Amari McNeill is a defensive tackle who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Colorado.
McNeill wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The first one came in 2024: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Wyoming — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-27vs Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-7vs Delaware | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-36@ Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-20vs Wyoming | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24vs No. 25 BYU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-35@ TCU | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-17vs No. 22 Iowa State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-53@ Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-24@ Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%2 TFLSack rate
3%0 sacksHurry rate
6%1 hurry18 tackles · 2 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deion Sanders
Pass share
45.6%
356 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
65.0
12 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
409 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #277 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #20 of 22 Big 12 DTs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
A stat line in 30 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Josh Heupel and Deion Sanders.
