#21

Moe Neal

Senior running back for Syracuse. 2019: 846 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 29 catches.

RB · Syracuse · Sr. · #21

5′11″ · 195 lb · Gastonia, NC

Syracuse 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 592 nationally · Signed with Syracuse

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Syracuse. 2019: 846 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 29 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Syracuse in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Syracuse, 2,556 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201612 games

Signed with Syracuse3-star out of Forestview

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#592 national

CFB

College

Syracuse

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Dino Babers

Syracuse

Played his entire career under Dino Babers.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dino Babers — 23-26 over that span.

2016Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Syracuse10-3HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2019Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (93rd percentile). Strength: rec yards (91st percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#22 / 314 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#28 / 314 · 91st pct

242

Carries#71 / 326 · 78th pct

170

Rush yards#75 / 326 · 77th pct

846

Rush TDs#86 / 326 · 70th pct

Fumbles lost#53 / 218 · 50th pct

Yards / carry#164 / 326 · 48th pct

5.0

Long run#174 / 326 · 46th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	54.5	3.8	0.5
Road6g	86.5	5.5	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	58.0	4.1	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	83.0	5.2	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Syracuse	170	846	5.0	7	--
2018	Syracuse	153	865	5.7	5	--
2017	Syracuse	92	488	5.3	1	--
2016	Syracuse	68	357	5.2	2	--
Career		483	2,556	5.3	15	--

Season	Team
2019	Syracuse	29	242	8.3	0	--
2018	Syracuse	13	128	9.8	0	--
2017	Syracuse	12	170	14.2	1	--
2016	Syracuse	2	6	3.0	0	--
Career		56	546	9.8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2019

W 39–30

vs Wake Forest

98 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Wake Forest at home in a shootout.

With S. Hofrichter — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG · C. Welch — 234 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 19 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-0@ Liberty	14	89	6.4	1	42
Wk 2	L 20-63@ Maryland	12	47	3.9	0	10
Wk 3	L 6-41vs Clemson	9	22	2.4	0	6
Wk 4	W 52-33vs Western Michigan	26	123	4.7	2	23
Wk 5	W 41-3vs Holy Cross	11	36	3.3	0	6
Wk 7	L 10-16@ NC State	8	31	3.9	0	12
Wk 8	L 20-27vs Pittsburgh	7	22	3.1	0	19
Wk 9	L 17-35@ Florida State	20	74	3.7	1	25
Wk 10	L 27-58vs Boston College	6	26	4.3	0	8
Wk 12	W 49-6@ Duke	17	115	6.8	1	35
Wk 13	L 34-56@ Louisville	20	163	8.2	1	45	Season-high 163 yds
Wk 14	W 39-30vs Wake Forest	20	98	4.9	1	15
Total		170	846	4.6	7	45

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology