Neil Campbell is a cornerback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at UTEP.
Campbell gets targeted often and tackles in space. Arrived at UTEP from Indiana Wesleyan. On tape: 14 tackles against Liberty, Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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 | UTEP | 56 | 26 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 3 |
| Career | 56 | 26 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-28@ Utah State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-17vs UT Martin | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 3 | L 10-27@ No. 7 Texas | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 25-31vs UL Monroe | 11 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 11-30vs Louisiana Tech | 10 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 8-19vs Liberty | 14 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 35-17vs Sam Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-33@ Kennesaw State | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-30vs Jacksonville State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 26 | 6.0 | 2.0 | — | 3 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 42-17
vs UT Martin
1 sack · 2.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 25-point win at home against UT Martin.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
56tackles this season56 tackles · 6 for loss · 2 sacks · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 8.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Pass share
52.4%
410 pass / 372 run
Plays / game
65.2
12 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
452 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
More tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #8 of 19 Conference USA CBs — his program moves to the Mountain West for 2026
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%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Mountain West.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 3 schools: Curt Cignetti and Scotty Walden.
