Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Iowa State
Marcus Neal Jr.
DB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Kansas City, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marcus Neal Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
90
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Player Story
Marcus Neal Jr. built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 31, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Marcus Neal Jr.'s career was his defensive...
Read the storyMarcus Neal Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State. Marcus Neal Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 95
- TFL
- 12
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Marcus Neal Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 95
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Raytown South · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 77 tackles · DB 27th (top 3%) · Big 12 23rd (top 4%) · National 189th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa State | 7 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 13.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 12 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 75 |
Related Context
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Marcus Neal Jr. played DB for Iowa State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Marcus Neal Jr. recorded 95 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 20 primary output with 43.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 43.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.7
Efficiency
43.4
Usage
15.4
Consistency
56.8
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 0. Kansas State: 2.5. Iowa: 3. Arkansas State: 1. Arizona: 2. Cincinnati: 1. Colorado: 0.5. BYU: 0. Arizona State: 3. TCU: 3. Kansas: 1. Oklahoma State: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 5 by 20.8. Kansas State: 8 by 58.3. Iowa: 9 by 67.5. Arkansas State: 7 by 39.2. Arizona: 5 by 40.8. Cincinnati: 5 by 30.8. Colorado: 6 by 30. BYU: 9 by 37.5. Arizona State: 8 by 63.3. TCU: 8 by 63.3. Kansas: 5 by 30.8. Oklahoma State: 2 by 38.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.9 · Games = 8 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 4 · -0.8 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
Iowa
Best efficiency game
67.5 vs Iowa
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Oklahoma StateSplash game | W 20-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Kansas | W 38-14 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ TCUSplash game | W 20-17 | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Arizona StateSplash game | L 19-24 | 8 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs BYU | L 27-41 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Colorado | L 17-24 | 6 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Cincinnati | L 30-38 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs ArizonaSplash game | W 39-14 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Arkansas State | W 24-16 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs IowaSplash game | W 16-13 | 9 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs South Dakota | W 55-7 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | @ Kansas StateSplash game | W 24-21 | 8 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Marcus Neal Jr. story
Marcus Neal Jr. built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 31, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Marcus Neal Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 95 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Marcus Neal Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Iowa State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa State | 2 | 13.6 | 2.9 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 2 | 13.6 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 20 | 43.4 | 15.4 | 18 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 12 Iowa
Week 2 · W 16-13 · Ranked opponent
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 37 TCU
Week 11 · W 20-17 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 60 Arizona State
Week 10 · L 19-24 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 42 Kansas State
Week 1 · W 24-21 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.5 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 121 Oklahoma State
Week 14 · W 20-13 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
20 primary output · 43.4 efficiency · 15.4 usage
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#2
2024 Postseason · Iowa State
13.2
2 primary · 13.6 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Iowa State
13.2
2 primary · 13.6 efficiency · 2.9 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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