Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Arizona
DaVonte' Neal
CB • 5'10" • Akron, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DaVonte' Neal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
55
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Notre Dame • Arizona
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Arizona
Player Story
DaVonte' Neal built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a cornerback from Akron, OH wearing No. 19, spending time with Arizona and Notre Dame. The clearest part of DaVonte' Neal's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
DaVonte' Neal, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Notre Dame. DaVonte' Neal shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 21
- Passes defended
- 4
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
DaVonte' Neal quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona · CB
- Career Tackles
- 21
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2012 Postseason · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Northern Arizona
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Central · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Central · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · CB 165th (top 49%) · Pac-12 164th (top 31%) · National 1,902nd (top 34%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Postseason | Arizona | 11 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona | 11 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 3 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 26.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona | 10 | 21 | - | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 45.6 |
Related Context
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DaVonte' Neal played CB for Notre Dame and Arizona. Across 5 tracked seasons, DaVonte' Neal recorded 13 rushing yards, 209 receiving yards, and 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Arizona.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason
Notre Dame paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.8 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Notre Dame, Arizona.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Washington
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Arizona
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
13.8
Usage
2.2
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Washington
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. BYU: 1. Grambling: 1. Hawai'i: 0. Washington: 1. UCLA: 1. USC: 0. Stanford: 0. Colorado: 0. Oregon State: 0. Arizona State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. BYU: 3 by 22.5. Grambling: 3 by 22.5. Hawai'i: 2 by 8.3. Washington: 6 by 35. UCLA: 4 by 26.7. USC: 2 by 8.3. Arizona State: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.2 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
Washington
Best efficiency game
35 vs Washington
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Arizona State | W 56-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | @ Oregon State | L 17-42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Colorado | L 24-49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 10/30 | vs Stanford | L 10-34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs USC | L 14-48 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | @ UCLA | L 24-45 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | vs Washington | L 28-35 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/18 | vs Hawai'i | W 47-28 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/11 | vs Grambling | W 31-21 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/4 | vs BYU | L 16-18 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
DaVonte' Neal story
DaVonte' Neal built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a cornerback from Akron, OH wearing No. 19, spending time with Arizona and Notre Dame. The clearest part of DaVonte' Neal's career was his receiving role: 28 catches, 209 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns, and 13 rushing yards across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Arizona. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 13 rushing yards, 21 tackles, and 358 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona and Notre Dame.
The arc is straightforward: DaVonte' 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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Notre Dame
2012
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona
2013-2016
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2012201220132014201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Postseason | Arizona | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona | 1 | 10 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona | 5 | 13.8 | 2.2 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northern Arizona
Week 3 · W 77-13
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Washington
Week 4 · L 28-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Arizona State
Week 13 · W 56-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
55 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.
#4
@ UCLA
Week 5 · L 24-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
52 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52 takeover score.
#5
vs Grambling
Week 2 · W 31-21
1
Havoc Plays
47.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Postseason · Notre Dame
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
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#2
2012 Regular Season · Notre Dame
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Postseason · Arizona
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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