Senior defensive lineman for Houston. 2022: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.
6′1″ · 315 lb
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
DT recruit
No. 343 nationally · Joined Houston
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Houston. 2022: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.
Jamykal Neal
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has four seasons of production at Houston behind him. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Navy — Week 8, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Houston, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 27-20 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (24th 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
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #183 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 37–35
at UTSA
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Edged out UTSA on the road in a shootout.
With C. Tune — 206 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.3 · 51 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · L. Wilkins — 46 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-35@ UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-33@ Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-27vs Rice | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27vs Tulane | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 33-32@ Memphis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-20@ Navy | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-27vs South Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 63-77@ SMU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-37vs Tulsa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 1 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.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Terry Hampton’s 2022 season.
Matches Terry on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Isaiah Raikes's senior season at Texas A&M (2022).
Matches Isaiah on
Player DNA