University of North Dakota Athletics

Travis O'Neel, Football
1998-2001
O'Neel led UND's 2001 national title team in tackles (87) and earned Division II All-America honors from Football Gazette (1st team), Daktronics (1st team), D2Football.com (1st) and the Associated Press (2nd team). In 1999, O'Neel was named to the Sophomore All-America Team by USA Football.
 
A three-time All-North Central Conference First Team performer and the 2001 NCC's Most Valuable Linebacker, O'Neel appeared in 48 collegiate games and amassed 214 total tackles. He helped lead UND to three NCAA postseason appearances and a four-year record of 39-9 (.813).
 
O'Neel, an Eden Prairie, Minn., native was a two-time Academic All-NCC selection and graduated from UND in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. He was a teacher in the Philippines at the time of his passing due to a motorcycle accident in 2015.