Defensive back, UT Rio Grande Valley, 2025–26
T.J. Neal
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2026)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Wichita, KS
T.J. Neal plays defensive back for UT Rio Grande Valley. Last time out, at Incarnate Word: 9 tackles. Neal leads UT Rio Grande Valley in interceptions this season.
2026 so far
39 tackles, 3 INT
Last game: 9 tackles at Incarnate Word, L 16–41
Next game: at Central Arkansas, Oct 24
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Career highs
10tackles, career highvs. SE Louisiana, 20262interceptions, career highvs. SE Louisiana, 2026Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UT Rio Grande Valley | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2026 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 39 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 39 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 2 | DB | Jr. | ||
| 2026 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 2 | DB | Sr. | 5′10″ | 200 |
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
2026 UT Rio Grande Valley 7 games, 39 tackles, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs.UT Permian Basin | W 44–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 5 | at UTSA | L 16–45 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | at Nicholls | L 28–31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | vs. McNeese | W 27–10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 3 | at East Texas A&M | L 17–20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | vs. SE Louisiana | W 13–3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | at Incarnate Word | L 16–41 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 UT Rio Grande Valley 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18 | at Lamar | L 21–23 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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