Player Dossier

2017-2021

LSU

Neil Farrell Jr.

DE • 6'4" • 319 lbs • Mobile, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Neil Farrell Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

54%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for an edge defender

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Reliability

51

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

85

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · LSU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
LSU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Player Story

Neil Farrell Jr. built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive end from Mobile, AL wearing No. 92, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Neil Farrell Jr.'s career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8878

Murphy · Mobile, AL

Committed To
LSU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 21
Overall
No. 126
NFL Team
Las Vegas Raiders

Neil Farrell Jr., DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · LSU. Neil Farrell Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
143
TFL
22
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
8
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Neil Farrell Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
LSU · DE
Career Tackles
143
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 48 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · LSU
Top game
Ole Miss
Recruit profile
3-star · Murphy · LSU
High school pipeline
Murphy · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 4 · Pick 21 · Las Vegas Raiders
Latest roster
No. 92 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
45 tackles · DE 28th (top 10%) · SEC 95th (top 15%) · National 764th (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonLSU35-01-013.7
2018 Regular SeasonLSU102341.521036.9
2019 PostseasonLSU1520.50--052.5
2019 Regular SeasonLSU15446.5341052.5
2020 Regular SeasonLSU8241.51-1020.8
2021 Regular SeasonLSU12459.5212058.1

Related Context

Neil Farrell Jr. played DE for LSU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Neil Farrell Jr. recorded 143 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with LSU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

LSU paired 14.5 primary output with 27.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 27.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · LSU

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

27.7

Usage

7

Consistency

49.8

Best Game by takeover score

Ole Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCLA: 1. McNeese: 1. Central Michigan: 1.5. Mississippi State: 0. Auburn: 1. Kentucky: 0. Florida: 0.5. Ole Miss: 4. Alabama: 3.5. Arkansas: 0. UL Monroe: 1. Texas A&M: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCLA: 2 by 18.3. McNeese: 2 by 18.3. Central Michigan: 3 by 27.5. Mississippi State: 4 by 16.7. Auburn: 0 by 10. Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Florida: 7 by 34.2. Ole Miss: 7 by 69.2. Alabama: 7 by 64.2. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. UL Monroe: 6 by 35. Texas A&M: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 6 · +0.7 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

Ole Miss

Best efficiency game

69.2 vs Ole Miss

Result
Sun 11/28vs Texas A&MW 27-2432001
Sun 11/21vs UL MonroeW 27-1464100
Sun 11/14vs ArkansasL 13-1610000
Sat 11/6@ AlabamaSplash gameL 14-20722.5010
Sat 10/23@ Ole MissSplash gameL 17-3174310
Sat 10/16vs FloridaW 49-42720.5000
Sat 10/9@ KentuckyL 21-4231000
Sun 10/3vs AuburnL 19-2400000
Sat 9/25@ Mississippi StateW 28-2541000
Sat 9/18vs Central MichiganW 49-21311.5000
Sun 9/12vs McNeeseW 34-721001
Sun 9/5@ UCLAL 27-3822100

Player Story

Neil Farrell Jr. story

Neil Farrell Jr. built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive end from Mobile, AL wearing No. 92, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Neil Farrell Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 143 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 48 career games in the available record. That gives Neil Farrell Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    LSU

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonLSU110.33.2
2018 Regular SeasonLSU8.518.14.47.5
2019 PostseasonLSU1522.86.96.5
2019 Regular SeasonLSU1522.86.90
2020 Regular SeasonLSU3.516.93.6-11.5
2021 Regular SeasonLSU14.527.7711

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ole Miss

Week 8 · L 17-31 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

89.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Vanderbilt

Week 4 · W 66-38 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#3

vs SE Louisiana

Week 2 · W 31-0

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Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#4

@ Alabama

Week 10 · L 14-20 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Ole Miss

Week 16 · W 53-48 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · LSU

14.5 primary output · 27.7 efficiency · 7 usage

58.1

#2

2019 Postseason · LSU

52.5

15 primary · 22.8 efficiency · 6.9 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · LSU

52.5

15 primary · 22.8 efficiency · 6.9 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games