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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Illinois
Curt Neal
DL • 6'0" • 300 lbs • Cornelius, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Curt Neal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Wisconsin • Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
Player Story
Curt Neal built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Cornelius, NC wearing No. 99, spending time with Illinois and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Curt Neal's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Curt Neal, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Curt Neal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 62
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Curt Neal quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DL
- Career Tackles
- 62
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin
- Top game
- Oregon
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hough · Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Hough · 37 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DL 444th (top 42%) · Big Ten 277th (top 36%) · National 2,328th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Wisconsin | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 18.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 11 | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 11 | 30 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 45.2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Illinois | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 10 | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Curt Neal played DL for Wisconsin and Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Curt Neal recorded 62 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Wisconsin.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Wisconsin paired 6.5 primary output with 17.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 10.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wisconsin, Illinois.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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2025 Postseason · Illinois
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
10.2
Usage
2.1
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Rutgers
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. Western Illinois: 0. Western Michigan: 0.5. Indiana: 0. USC: 0. Ohio State: 0. Rutgers: 2. Maryland: 1. Wisconsin: 0. Northwestern: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Western Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 2 by 13.3. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. USC: 3 by 12.5. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 2 by 28.3. Maryland: 1 by 14.2. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Rutgers
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/30 | vs Tennessee | W 30-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | vs Northwestern | W 20-13 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ Wisconsin | L 10-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Maryland | W 24-6 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs RutgersSplash game | W 35-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Ohio State | L 16-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs USC | W 34-32 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Indiana | L 10-63 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Western Michigan | W 38-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Western Illinois | W 52-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Curt Neal story
Curt Neal built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Cornelius, NC wearing No. 99, spending time with Illinois and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Curt Neal's career was his defensive production: 62 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Curt 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
Wisconsin
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Illinois
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | 6.3 | 1.1 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Wisconsin | 2.5 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 2.5 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 6.5 | 17.3 | 5.8 | 4 |
| 2025 Postseason | Illinois | 3.5 | 10.2 | 2.1 | -3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 3.5 | 10.2 | 2.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oregon
Week 12 · L 13-16 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 72 Rutgers
Week 10 · W 35-13 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#3
@ LSU
Week 1 · L 31-35 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#4
vs South Dakota
Week 2 · W 27-13
1.5
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 7 · L 6-15 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
59.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Wisconsin
6.5 primary output · 17.3 efficiency · 5.8 usage
45.2
#2
2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin
38.5
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Illinois
22.9
3.5 primary · 10.2 efficiency · 2.1 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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