Linebacker for Auburn. 2016: 29 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.
6′1″ · McKeeseport, PA
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 830 nationally · Signed with Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2016 linebacker for Auburn. 2016: 29 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.
T.J. Neal
Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 9 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Vanderbilt — Week 10, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Auburn, 29 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th 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
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2016
W 18–13
vs LSU
2 TOT · 2 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.
With S. White — 234 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.3 · -9 rush yds (6 car) · K. Johnson — 93 rush yds (22 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 18-13vs LSU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 58-7vs UL Monroe | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-14@ Mississippi State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-3vs Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 40-29@ Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-16vs Vanderbilt | 9 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 7-13@ Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 12-30@ Alabama | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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