#92

Neil Farrell Jr.

Former defensive end at LSU. 2021: 2 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.

DE · LSU · Sr. · #92

6′4″ · 319 lb · Mobile, AL

CFB Index 41 · #236 of 370 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceLas Vegas — drafted 2022, Rd 4, Pick 21, #126 overall

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 371 nationally · Signed with LSU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at LSU. 2021: 2 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 45 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to LSU in 2017.
Drafted round 4 by the Las Vegas in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at LSU, 8 sacks — drafted at #126 overall by Las Vegas.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20173 games

Signed with LSU3-star out of Murphy

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-SECsecond

2022

Drafted by Las Vegasround 4, pick 126

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#371 national

CFB

College

LSU

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #126

Las Vegas · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Ed Orgeron

LSU

Played his entire career under Ed Orgeron.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Las VegasEntering 5th NFL season

#126Rd 4 · Pick 21

Las VegasEntering 5th NFL season

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2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Ed Orgeron — 45-19 over that span.

2017LSU9-4HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-heavy

2018LSU10-3HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-leaning

2019LSU15-0HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

2020LSU5-5HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced, fast tempo

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

41Rotational starter #236 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (94th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#163 / 2743 · 94th pct

9.5

Sacks#529 / 2743 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles#737 / 2743 · 73rd pct

Passes defended#735 / 2743 · 67th pct

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Solo tackles#1137 / 2743 · 57th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.1	0.4	0.0	0.3
Road5g	4.6	1.3	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	0.4	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	1.3	0.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #236 of 370 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #236 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	LSU	45	20	9.5	2.0	2	--	--
2020	LSU	24	8	1.5	1.0	1	--	--
2019	LSU	46	15	7.0	3.0	1	--	--
2018	LSU	23	10	4.0	1.5	1	--	--
2017	LSU	5	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		143	54	22.0	7.5	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2021

W 27–24

vs Texas A&M

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With M. Johnson — 306 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 76.1 · -9 rush yds (11 car) · A. Atkins — 38 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 45 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 27-38@ UCLA	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 34-7vs McNeese	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 49-21vs Central Michigan	3	1	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 28-25@ Mississippi State	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 19-24vs Auburn	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 21-42@ Kentucky	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 49-42vs Florida	7	2	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 8	L 17-31@ Ole Miss	7	4	3.0	1.0	—	0	3.0 TFL
Wk 10	L 14-20@ Alabama	7	2	2.5	1.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 11	L 13-16vs Arkansas	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 27-14vs UL Monroe	6	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 27-24vs Texas A&M	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		45	20	9.5	2.0	—	2

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