Defensive tackle, NC State, 2018–20
Alim McNeill
Lettered 2018–19 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 29
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 320 lb
- Class (2020)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Raleigh, NC
- Born
- May 11, 2000, in Raleigh, North Carolina
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Alim McNeill played defensive tackle at NC State (2018–20). The Detroit Lions took McNeill in round 3, No. 72 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
2sacks, career highvs. North Carolina, 2019All-America: The Athletic 2020
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2020 NC State 11 games, 25 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs. Wake Forest | W 45–42 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | at Virginia Tech | L 24–45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | at Pittsburgh | W 30–29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | at Virginia | W 38–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Duke | W 31–20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | at North Carolina | L 21–48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | vs. Miami | L 41–44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | vs. Florida State | W 38–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs. Liberty | W 15–14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | at Syracuse | W 36–29 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 23–13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 NC State 10 games, 28 tackles, 5.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. East Carolina | W 34–6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Western Carolina | W 41–0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | at West Virginia | L 27–44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | atFlorida State | L 13–31 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | vs.Syracuse | W 16–10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at Boston College | L 24–45 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | atWake Forest | L 10–44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Louisville | L 20–34 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | atGeorgia Tech | L 26–28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs.North Carolina | L 10–41 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2018 NC State 11 games, 24 tackles, 3.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. James Madison | W 24–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Georgia State | W 41–7 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | at Marshall | W 37–20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | vs.Virginia | W 35–21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs.Boston College | W 28–23 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | at Clemson | L 7–41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | vs.Florida State | W 47–28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs.Wake Forest | L 23–27 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | atLouisville | W 52–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | atNorth Carolina | W 34–28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 1 | vs.East Carolina | W 58–3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2021 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅞″ |
| Weight | 317 lb |
| Arm length | 32⅝″ |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ |
| Wingspan | 79″W |
| 40-yard dash | 5.00 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.68 sW |
| Vertical jump | 30½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′0″ |
| Bench press | 27 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.68 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.65 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 70 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 35 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | Detroit Lions | 17 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | Detroit Lions | 12 | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | Detroit Lions | 12 | 23 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2025 | Detroit Lions | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Detroit Lions | 5 | 10 | 3.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 70 | 149 | 16 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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