Safety, Virginia (from Baylor, Louisville), 2020–25
Devin Neal
Lettered 2020–22 at Baylor (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 27
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 214 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Lexington, KY
Devin Neal played safety at Baylor (2020–22), Louisville (2023–24) and Virginia (2025).
Career highs
12tackles, career highvs. Florida State, 20252interceptions, career highvs. Notre Dame, 2023Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2021
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Baylor | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Baylor | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Baylor | 41 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | Louisville | 72 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | Louisville | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Virginia | 88 | 41 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Career | 236 | 140 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 6 | 14 | 2 | |
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Baylor | 27 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Baylor | 27 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Baylor | 27 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Louisville | 27 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Louisville | 27 | S | Yr 5 | ||
| 2025 | Virginia | 27 | S | Sr. (Yr 6) | 6′0″ | 214 |
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
2025 Virginia 14 games, 88 tackles, 0.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Coastal Carolina | W 48–7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | at NC State | L 31–35 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 13 | vs. William & Mary | W 55–16 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Stanford | W 48–20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 26 | vs. Florida State | W 46–38 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Louisville | W 30–27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Washington State | W 22–20 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | at North Carolina | W 17–16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at California | W 31–21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Wake Forest | L 9–16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at Duke | W 34–17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 27–7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 6 | vs.Duke | L 20–27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Missouri | W 13–7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2024 Louisville 4 games, 9 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Austin Peay | W 62–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Jacksonville State | W 49–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 31–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | at Notre Dame | L 24–31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Louisville 13 games, 72 tackles, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 39–34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Murray State | W 56–0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Indiana | W 21–14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Boston College | W 56–28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 29 | atNC State | W 13–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Notre Dame | W 33–20 | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | at Pittsburgh | L 21–38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Duke | W 23–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 9 | vs. Virginia | W 31–24 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | at Miami | W 38–31 | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Kentucky | L 31–38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs.Florida State | L 6–16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. USC | L 28–42 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Baylor 11 games, 41 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. UAlbany | W 69–10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at BYU | L 20–26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Texas State | W 42–7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Iowa State | W 31–24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Oklahoma State | L 25–36 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 13 | at West Virginia | L 40–43 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Kansas | W 35–23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at Texas Tech | W 45–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Oklahoma | W 38–35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Kansas State | L 3–31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. TCU | L 28–29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2021 Baylor 8 games, 23 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | atTexas State | W 29–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Texas Southern | W 66–7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | atKansas | W 45–7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs.Iowa State | W 31–29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | atOklahoma State | L 14–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs.West Virginia | W 45–20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs.Oklahoma | W 27–14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Ole Miss | W 21–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Baylor 2 games, 3 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs.Kansas | W 47–14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | atIowa State | L 31–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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