Alim McNeill: DT · NC State · #29.
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Alim McNeill
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Three seasons in the NC State defensive front to date. The first one came in 2020: All-America (The Athletic). A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Liberty — Week 12, 2020.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 45-42vs Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-45@ No. 20 Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-29@ No. 24 Pittsburgh | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-21@ Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-20vs Duke | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-48@ No. 14 North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 41-44vs No. 11 Miami | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 38-22vs Florida State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 15-14vs No. 21 Liberty | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 36-29@ Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-13vs Georgia Tech | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 6 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%4 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
4%1 hurry25 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Dave Doeren, all balanced offenses — 21-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Pass share
48.9%
399 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
74.2
11 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
First team on a list outside the NCAA-recognized selectors.
Selector Grid · 2020
How it ended
Three seasons at NC State, 77 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #72 overall by the Detroit Lions.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2020)
named by 1 selector
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Doeren.
Next stop · NFL
Detroit LionsEntering 6th NFL season
Detroit LionsEntering 6th NFL season
