Catch of the day

January 19, 2015

Colorado punter Darragh O'Neill.

Darragh O'Neill - son of Cork All-Ireland winning footballer Colm - has been making headlines in the US after this brilliant one-handed catch in an American football game.

O'Neill, who is also a nephew of Kerry legend Maurice Fitzgerald, made the catch during Saturday's East-West Shrine All-Star collegiate game in Florida. While O'Neill's West team lost the game 19-3, the Colorado Buffaloes punter did his chances of securing a move to an NFL club no harm at all, with USA Today describing his incredible piece of skill as "the best catch anyone will ever see by a punter".

O'Neill moved with his family to the States as a three-year-old and has excelled in both American football and basketball. His father Colm won All-Ireland SFC medals in 1989 and '90, but was sent off in the latter final for striking Meath full back Mick Lyons.


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