Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 15-54@ Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-77@ Indiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#24
Diego Neri
Junior linebacker for Bowling Green. 2023: 8 tackles.
6′2″ · 235 lb · Cincinnati, OH
CFB Index 35 · #416 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceBowling Green 2023 alumnus
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.
Recruiting
3★
LB recruit
No. 1855 nationally · Signed with Bowling Green
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Bowling Green. 2023: 8 tackles.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Bowling Green in 2021.
- Transferred from Bowling Green to Western Illinois in 2024.
Diego Neri
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Bowling Green to Western Illinois — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 2 tackles against Indiana — Week 2, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Bowling Green, 41 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
20218 games
- Signed with Bowling Green3-star out of Northwest
2024
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Bowling Green
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coach2021–2023
Bowling Green
Played his entire career under Scot Loeffler.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Scot Loeffler — 17-21 over that span.
2021Bowling Green4-8HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced
2022Bowling Green6-7HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced
2023Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eddie George
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
35 · #416 of 578 LBs
Three-star recruit. Now #416 at the position.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 11 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 22 | 14 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 41 | 25 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Sideline-to-Sideline
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
LB
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jeremiah Trotter Jr.’s 2021 season.
70%match
NFL Rd 5
Matches Jeremiah on
TFL rate
Solo tackle rate
Weight
Differs from Jeremiah on
Height (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Johnathan Hall's freshman season at Utah (2023).
88%match
Matches Johnathan on
TFL rate
Weight
Sack rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Diego Neri
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology