Linebacker, Texas State (from UTEP), 2021–24
James Neal
- Number
- No. 25
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Paris, TX
James Neal played linebacker at UTEP (2021–23) and Texas State (2024).
Career highs
10tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Liberty, 2023Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | UTEP | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | UTEP | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | UTEP | 67 | 19 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | Texas State | 50 | 24 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 133 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | UTEP | 25 | LB | Fr. | ||
| 2022 | UTEP | 25 | LB | So. | ||
| 2023 | UTEP | 25 | LB | Jr. | ||
| 2024 | Texas State | 25 | LB | Sr. | 6′0″ | 225 |
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
2024 Texas State 13 games, 50 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Lamar | W 34–27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. UTSA | W 49–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 12 | vs. Arizona State | L 28–31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Sam Houston | L 39–40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | at Troy | W 38–17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Arkansas State | W 41–9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at Old Dominion | L 14–24 | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Louisiana | L 17–23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at UL Monroe | W 38–17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Southern Miss | W 58–3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Georgia State | L 44–52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at South Alabama | W 45–38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 3 ✦ | vs. North Texas | W 30–28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 UTEP 11 games, 67 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 | at Jacksonville State | L 14–17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2 | vs. Incarnate Word | W 28–14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | at Northwestern | L 7–38 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | at Arizona | L 10–31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Louisiana Tech | L 10–24 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 11 | at Florida International | W 27–14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. New Mexico State | L 7–28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | atSam Houston | W 37–34 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 4 | vs. Western Kentucky | L 13–21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at Middle Tennessee | L 30–34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Liberty | L 28–42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 UTEP 4 games, 12 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vs.North Texas | L 13–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 3 | at Oklahoma | L 13–45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs.New Mexico State | W 20–13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at New Mexico | L 10–27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 UTEP 4 games, 4 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | atNew Mexico State | W 30–3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | at Florida Atlantic | L 25–28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | atNorth Texas | L 17–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | vs. Rice | W 38–28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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