Senior defensive tackle on Purdue's 2020 roster.
6′3″ · 325 lb · Houston, TX
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 1782 nationally · Signed with Purdue
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle on Purdue's roster.
Lorenzo Neal
Four seasons at Purdue, two different head coaches: Gerad Parker and Jeff Brohm. The receipt: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Northwestern — Week 11, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Purdue, 72 tackles — 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 · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gerad Parker → Jeff Brohm. 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: tackles (2nd 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
2020 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2020
W 24–20
vs Iowa
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
With B. Cormier — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 58 LONG · A. O'Connell — 282 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · -19 rush yds (2 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 24-20vs Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-24@ Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-27vs Northwestern | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 31-34@ Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-37vs Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |