Usage / Role
56%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2015-2019Vanderbilt
Riley Neal
QB • 6'6" • 225 lbs • Yorktown, IN, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Riley Neal is a balanced quarterback profile with 16.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
27
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
41
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Ball State • Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
Riley Neal built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a quarterback from Yorktown, IN wearing No. 6, spending time with Ball State and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Riley Neal's career was his passing...
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- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Riley Neal, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Ball State. Riley Neal is a balanced quarterback profile with 16.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 10,388
- Passing yards
- 8,978
- Rushing yards
- 1,410
- Touchdowns
- 70
Quick Answers
Riley Neal quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 10,388
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Yorktown · Ball State
- High school pipeline
- Yorktown · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2019 Total offense rank
- 1,632 total offense · QB 111th (top 30%) · SEC 13th (top 8%) · National 118th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Ball State | 11 | 2,675 | 2,276 | 399 | 18 | 70 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ball State | 11 | 3,081 | 2,541 | 540 | 21 | 77 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ball State | 3 | 726 | 659 | 67 | 6 | 55.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ball State | 9 | 2,274 | 1,917 | 357 | 16 | 66.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 11 | 1,632 | 1,585 | 47 | 9 | 52.2 |
Related Context
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Riley Neal played QB for Ball State and Vanderbilt. Across 5 tracked seasons, Riley Neal recorded 8,978 passing yards, 1,410 rushing yards, and 26 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Ball State paired 3,081 primary output with 60.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 54.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 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 Ball State, Vanderbilt.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Loss with 369 yards of offense and 61.8 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
11
Primary Metric / G
148.4
Efficiency
54.3
Usage
16.6
Consistency
64.7
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 83. Purdue: 369. LSU: 202. Northern Illinois: 175. Ole Miss: 146. UNLV: 106. Missouri: 59. South Carolina: 46. Kentucky: 88. East Tennessee State: 203. Tennessee: 155
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia: 35 by 46.1. Purdue: 40 by 61.8. LSU: 37 by 47.7. Northern Illinois: 31 by 57.8. Ole Miss: 34 by 53.5. UNLV: 28 by 42.3. Missouri: 10 by 51.1. South Carolina: 6 by 67.7. Kentucky: 23 by 49.8. East Tennessee State: 30 by 67.2. Tennessee: 37 by 52.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins145.7 · Games = 3 · -3.7 vs Losses
Losses149.4 · Games = 8 · +3.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
67.7 vs South Carolina
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Tennessee | L 10-28 | 14 | 29 | 139 | 48.3 | 1 | 0 | 52.1 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs East Tennessee State | W 38-0 | 16 | 24 | 179 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 67.2 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Kentucky | L 14-38 | 10 | 19 | 74 | 52.6 | 0 | 1 | 49.8 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/2 | @ South Carolina | L 7-24 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 67.7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Missouri | W 21-14 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 37.5 | 1 | 1 | 51.1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/12 | vs UNLV | L 10-34 | 11 | 25 | 104 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | 42.3 | 3 | 2 | 0.70 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Ole Miss | L 6-31 | 18 | 30 | 140 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 53.5 | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Northern Illinois | W 24-18 | 21 | 28 | 189 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 57.8 | 3 | -14 | -4.70 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs LSU | L 38-66 | 15 | 31 | 206 | 48.4 | 1 | 1 | 47.7 | 6 | -4 | -0.70 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Purdue300-yard game | L 24-42 | 24 | 35 | 378 | 68.6 | 2 | 1 | 61.8 | 5 | -9 | -1.80 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Georgia | L 6-30 | 14 | 25 | 85 | 56.0 | 0 | 0 | 46.1 | 10 | -2 | -0.20 | 0 | 10 |
Player Story
Riley Neal story
Riley Neal built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a quarterback from Yorktown, IN wearing No. 6, spending time with Ball State and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Riley Neal's career was his passing role: 8,978 passing yards, 55 touchdown passes, 1,477 attempts, and 1,410 rushing yards across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Ball State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 1,410 rushing yards, 26 receiving yards, and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ball State and Vanderbilt.
The arc is straightforward: Riley Neal moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Ball State
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Vanderbilt
2019
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Ball State | 2,675 | 61.4 | 23.1 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ball State | 3,081 | 60.9 | 27.7 | 406 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ball State | 726 | 60.2 | 17.4 | -2,355 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ball State | 2,274 | 62.9 | 23.6 | 1,548 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1,632 | 54.3 | 16.6 | -642 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Toledo
Week 12 · L 19-37 · Conference game
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
345
Total Offense
81.4 takeover
345 total offense with 68.1 efficiency.
#2
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 11 · L 41-48 · Conference game
438
Total Offense
80.1 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
438 total offense with 61.8 efficiency.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 5 · W 52-24 · Conference game
463
Total Offense
75.6 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
463 total offense with 68.6 efficiency.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 1 · L 21-24
245
Total Offense
73.5 takeover
Loss with 245 yards of offense and 56.8 efficiency.
245 total offense with 56.8 efficiency.
#5
@ Northwestern
Week 4 · L 19-24
252
Total Offense
72.8 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
252 total offense with 57.2 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Ball State
3,081 primary output · 60.9 efficiency · 27.7 usage
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#2
2015 Regular Season · Ball State
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2,675 primary · 61.4 efficiency · 23.1 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Ball State
66.7
2,274 primary · 62.9 efficiency · 23.6 usage
Milestones
11
250+ passing yards
8
300+ total offense
9
3+ TD games
22
Above avg efficiency
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