Devin Neal is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Virginia.
Neal plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The six seasons span three programs and three head coaches: Dave Aranda, Jeff Brohm and Tony Elliott. All-ACC in 2025 made it five straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 12 tackles against Florida State, Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
88 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia | 88 | 41 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 7 | -- |
| 2024 | Louisville | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | 72 | 45 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 |
| 2022 | Baylor | 41 | 31 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | Baylor | 23 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Baylor | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 236 | 140 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 14 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs Coastal Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-35@ NC State | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-16vs William & Mary | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-20vs Stanford | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 46-38vs No. 8 Florida State | 12 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 30-27@ Louisville | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 22-20vs Washington State | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-16@ North Carolina | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-21@ California | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 9-16vs Wake Forest | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-17@ Duke | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Virginia Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 20-27vs Duke | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 13-7vs No. 25 Missouri | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 88 | 41 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 7 |
Bowl · 2025
W 13-7
vs Missouri · neutral site
11 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 6 solo tackles
A close one, won by 6 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
88tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL88 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 7 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Pass share
48.0%
492 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
73.3
14 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
474 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #127 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-ACC
Based on 2025: #6 of 25 ACC Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Dave Aranda, Jeff Brohm and Tony Elliott.
