Senior defensive tackle for Colorado. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
6′4″ · 300 lb · Suwanee, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
sacks · 2025
2 TFL · 18 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 1 tackles, at Houston
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for Colorado. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
Amari McNeill
Wins his gap play after play. Amari McNeill has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. 2024 brought the first one: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Wyoming — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Deion Sanders. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
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
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index 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
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025
W 24–17
vs Iowa State
3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With K. Salter — 255 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.1 · 57 rush yds (9 car) · D. Greaves — 41 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 47 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| 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 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 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 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
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.
2026 Outlook
Colorado
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Colorado
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Colorado · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #39 · 2026 recruiting class #67
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to LeDarrius Cox’s 2024 season.
Matches LeDarrius on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to LeDarrius Cox's senior season at UAB (2024).
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Player DNA