Player Dossier

2014-2018

Nebraska

Tre Neal

DB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Buford, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tre Neal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

49%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

63

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

60

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · UCF

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UCF • Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Player Story

Tre Neal built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Buford, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Nebraska and UCF. The clearest part of Tre Neal's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8689

Dudley · Greensboro, NC

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Tre Neal, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · UCF. Tre Neal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
146
TFL
4
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
8
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Tre Neal quick answers

Latest team and position
Nebraska · DB
Career Tackles
146
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · UCF
Top game
Northwestern
Recruit profile
3-star · Dudley
High school pipeline
Dudley · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
57 tackles · DB 101st (top 12%) · Big Ten 59th (top 10%) · National 493rd (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonUCF00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonUCF10-0--050
2016 PostseasonUCF102-0--040.2
2016 Regular SeasonUCF1019-0--040.2
2017 PostseasonUCF137-0-1052.2
2017 Regular SeasonUCF136120-2252.2
2018 Regular SeasonNebraska12572025046.1

Related Context

Tre Neal played DB for UCF and Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tre Neal recorded 146 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UCF.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

UCF paired 8 primary output with 27.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCF, Nebraska.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2018 Regular Season · Nebraska

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

28.1

Usage

5.1

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 0. Troy: 2. Michigan: 0. Purdue: 1. Wisconsin: 0. Northwestern: 3. Minnesota: 0. Bethune-Cookman: 0. Ohio State: 0. Illinois: 0. Michigan State: 3. Iowa: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado: 5 by 20.8. Troy: 7 by 49.2. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 3 by 22.5. Wisconsin: 6 by 25. Northwestern: 4 by 46.7. Minnesota: 10 by 41.7. Bethune-Cookman: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 10 by 41.7. Michigan State: 3 by 42.5. Iowa: 5 by 30.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 8 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

49.2 vs Troy

Result
Fri 11/23@ IowaL 28-3153100
Sat 11/17vs Michigan StateSplash gameW 9-633003
Sat 11/10vs Illinois10+ tacklesW 54-35108000
Sat 11/3@ Ohio StateL 31-3610000
Sat 10/27vs Bethune-CookmanW 45-911000
Sat 10/20vs Minnesota10+ tacklesW 53-28105000
Sat 10/13@ NorthwesternSplash gameL 31-34430010
Sat 10/6@ WisconsinL 24-4163000
Sat 9/29vs PurdueL 28-4232001
Sat 9/22@ MichiganL 10-5622000
Sat 9/15vs TroySplash gameL 19-2473101
Sat 9/8vs ColoradoL 28-3352000

Player Story

Tre Neal story

Tre Neal built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Buford, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Nebraska and UCF. The clearest part of Tre Neal's career was his defensive production: 146 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 8 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 18 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Tre Neal's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    UCF

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Nebraska

    2018

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2014201520162016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonUCF0
2015 Regular SeasonUCF000
2016 PostseasonUCF08.81.40
2016 Regular SeasonUCF08.81.40
2017 PostseasonUCF827.968
2017 Regular SeasonUCF827.960
2018 Regular SeasonNebraska1028.15.12

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Northwestern

Week 7 · L 31-34 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Memphis

Week 14 · W 62-55 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Troy

Week 3 · L 19-24

2

Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

#4

@ SMU

Week 10 · W 31-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Florida International

Week 1 · W 61-17

1

Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · UCF

8 primary output · 27.9 efficiency · 6 usage

52.2

#2

2017 Regular Season · UCF

52.2

8 primary · 27.9 efficiency · 6 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · UCF

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games