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Leslie O'Neal

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Kansas City Chiefs · DE

Leslie O'Neal recorded 194 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 13 rostered seasons with Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams, WSH, San Diego Chargers.

▶Best highlights

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tackles/gm

6

playoff games

13

indexed seasons

194

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Leslie O'Neal's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1986
DALLASCOWBOYS
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
NOV 16, 1986

Dallas Cowboys vs Los Angeles Chargers

Regular Season · Nov 16, 1986

0 tackles · 5 sacks · 0 INT

Super Bowl
XXIX
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
JAN 29, 1995

Los Angeles Chargers vs San Francisco 49ers

Super Bowl XXIX · Jan 29, 1995

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1995
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
OCT 22, 1995

Los Angeles Chargers vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Oct 22, 1995

0 tackles · 4 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1992
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
DEC 6, 1992

Los Angeles Chargers vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Dec 6, 1992

0 tackles · 4 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1991
DENVERBRONCOS
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
DEC 22, 1991

Denver Broncos vs Los Angeles Chargers

Regular Season · Dec 22, 1991

0 tackles · 4 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Leslie O'Neal's indexed NFL box scores.

Career highs: 6 total tackles · 2 tackles for loss

Regular Season
1999
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
DEC 26, 1999

Kansas City Chiefs vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Dec 26, 1999

6 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 5 sacks

Regular Season
1986
DALLASCOWBOYS
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
NOV 16, 1986

Dallas Cowboys vs Los Angeles Chargers

Regular Season · Nov 16, 1986

0 tackles · 5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
1999
OAKLANDRAIDERS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
JAN 2, 2000

Oakland Raiders vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Jan 2, 2000

4 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
1997
LOS ANGELESRAMS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
NOV 9, 1997

Los Angeles Rams vs Green Bay Packers

Regular Season · Nov 9, 1997

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Leslie O'Neal's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1986–2000

01
LACO'NEAL—Leslie O'Neal
LACSEAU55Junior Seau
LACHUMPHRIES12Stan Humphries

Defense carries an unlikely champion of the AFC

Los Angeles Chargers · Seau and the first Super Bowl

Seau became the emotional center of the franchise and the 1994 Chargers won three straight playoff games to reach Super Bowl XXIX.

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Franchise era

1990–1998

02
LARO'NEAL—Leslie O'Neal
LAREVERETT11Jim Everett
LARBETTIS36Jerome Bettis

A franchise changes cities while rebuilding

Los Angeles Rams · Decline and the move to St. Louis

The final Anaheim teams faded before Georgia Frontiere moved the club to St. Louis, where Bruce became the first piece of a sudden offensive leap.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

03
KCO'NEAL—Leslie O'Neal
KCTHOMAS58Derrick Thomas
KCSMITH90Neil Smith

Defense and power make the Chiefs a fixture

Kansas City Chiefs · Martyball restores Arrowhead

Marty Schottenheimer and Thomas produced seven playoff appearances and one of football's loudest home advantages, though no Super Bowl trip followed.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

04
KCO'NEAL—Leslie O'Neal
KCGONZALEZ88Tony Gonzalez
KCHOLMES31Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes and an elite line light up Sundays

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Kansas City built record-setting offenses but remained unable to win a playoff game, then bottomed out before a transformative coaching hire.

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Career accomplishments

Pro Bowl selection · 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year · 198613 NFL seasons194 career games19 career solo tackles133 career sacksJersey: 916 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 7, 1986Most recent: Jan 2, 2000

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history