Linebacker, Auburn (from Illinois), 2012–16
T.J. Neal
- Number
- No. 17
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- McKeeseport, PA
T.J. Neal played linebacker at Illinois (2012–15) and Auburn (2016).
Career highs
9tackles, career highvs. Vanderbilt, 2016Defense
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.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013N | 12 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 1 |
| 2015E | 6 of 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | – |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Illinois | 17 | LB | |
| 2013 | Illinois | 17 | LB | |
| 2014 | Illinois | 17 | LB | |
| 2015 | Illinois | 17 | LB | |
| 2016 | Auburn | 17 | LB | 6′1″ |
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
2016 Auburn 8 games, 29 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs. LSU | W 18–13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. UL Monroe | W 58–7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | at Mississippi State | W 38–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Arkansas | W 56–3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at Ole Miss | W 40–29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 23–16 | 9 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Georgia | L 7–13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | at Alabama | L 12–30 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 Illinois 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | at Nebraska | L 14–45 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2013 Illinois 1 game, 1 return, 17 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26 | vs. Michigan State | L 3–42 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0″ |
| Weight | 236 lb |
| Arm length | 30⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.79 s |
| Vertical jump | 31″ |
| Broad jump | 9′0″ |
| Bench press | 19 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.63 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.41 s |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
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