Player Dossier

2017-2020

UNLV

Nate Neal

DL • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Montclair, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nate Neal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State

Player Story

Nate Neal built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Montclair, CA wearing No. 91, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Nate Neal's career was his defensive production: 20...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7752

Etiwanda · Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Committed To
UNLV
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Nate Neal, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UNLV. Nate Neal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
20
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

Nate Neal quick answers

Latest team and position
UNLV · DL
Career Tackles
20
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · UNLV
Top game
Colorado State
Recruit profile
2-star · Etiwanda · UNLV
High school pipeline
Etiwanda · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 91 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
3 tackles · DL 639th (top 80%) · Mountain West 290th (top 66%) · National 3,391st (top 65%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonUNLV11-0--036.7
2018 Regular SeasonUNLV4821--048.5
2019 Regular SeasonUNLV780.502-029.6
2020 Regular SeasonUNLV13-0--043.3

Related Context

Nate Neal played DL for UNLV. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nate Neal recorded 20 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

UNLV paired 3 primary output with 15.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

12.5

Usage

2.1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

San Diego State

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Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San Diego State

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs San Diego State

Result
Sun 10/25@ San Diego StateL 6-3430000

Player Story

Nate Neal story

Nate Neal built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Montclair, CA wearing No. 91, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Nate Neal's career was his defensive production: 20 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Nate Neal's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UNLV

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonUNLV04.20.7
2018 Regular SeasonUNLV315.85.73
2019 Regular SeasonUNLV2.58.32.6-0.5
2020 Regular SeasonUNLV012.52.1-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Colorado State

Week 10 · L 17-37 · Conference game

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Prairie View A&M

Week 3 · W 46-17

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Utah State

Week 7 · L 28-59 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

26.4 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.4 takeover score.

#4

vs New Mexico

Week 6 · L 14-50 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

26.4 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.4 takeover score.

#5

@ San Diego State

Week 8 · L 6-34 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · UNLV

3 primary output · 15.8 efficiency · 5.7 usage

48.5

#2

2020 Regular Season · UNLV

43.3

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · UNLV

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games