Grady O'Neill
Grady O'Neill
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: K.C. Keeler → Phil Longo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 38 | 392 | 10.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Wisconsin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 38 | 392 | 10.3 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 1 | -5 | 24 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Wisconsin | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | -5 | 24 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025
W 26–23
vs Delaware
5 rec · 57 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Moves the chains on third down.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Sam Houston
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Sam Houston
Returning around him
- 90% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +5 net (20 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Sam Houston · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #123
DNA match
Player DNA
Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Peyton Higgins’s 2024 season.
Matches Peyton on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Brandon Smith’s path through Iowa.
Brandon Smith
Nate Stewart
Connor Wedington
Noah Gray
Landon Ruggieri
Matches Brandon on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Zion Booker's sophomore season at Tulsa (2025).
Matches Zion on
Differs from Zion on
Player DNA
Players who play like Grady O'Neill
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #1834
Peaked at #1834 this season.
Background
Wisconsin 2024 Season Appeared in three games for the Badgers vs Rutgers, Nebraska, Minnesota ... named to Academic All-Big Ten team … contributed primarily on special teams and as a rotational wideout with the Badgers 2023 Season Did not see any action ... named to Academic All-Big Ten team 2022...