Oren O'Neal: A True Warrior for the Oakland Raiders

In his rookie year, Oren O'Neal was a beast who struck fear into defenders as his 5'11'' 245 pound frame barrelled towards linebackers, often resulting in an audible smack and a defender on his back. O'Neal was arguably one of the mostly uncredited forces responsible for leading the Raiders 2007 run offense to sixth in the NFL, featuring the likes of Justin Fargas, Dominic Rhodes, and Lamont Jordan. Then in his second year disaster struck. In the third preseason game against Arizona last summer, Oren O'Neal went down on a special teams play suffering tears to both his ACL and LCL tearing muscle from the bone and nearly severing a nerve which would have resulted in the end of his playing days and may have even hampered his walking for life. With his absence in 2008, the Raiders rushing attack dropped from sixth to 10th despite a more talented backfield still featuring Justin Fargas as well as Darren McFadden and Michael Bush. The injury left him unable ...