#42

Tyrone Neal

Junior linebacker for Eastern Michigan. 2018: 32 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

LB · Eastern Michigan · Jr. · #42

6′1″ · 229 lb · Hillside, IL

Eastern Michigan 2018 alumnus

The story

3 linebacker for Eastern Michigan. 2018: 32 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Eastern Michigan, 32 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Eastern Michigan

2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#1259 / 2662 · 52nd pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1570 / 2662 · 39th pct

Tackles for loss#1758 / 2662 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2018 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+3g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

117 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Eastern Michigan	32	14	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		32	14	1.0	0.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 51–17

vs Monmouth

2 SOLO · 7 TOT

Dominant 34-point win at home against Monmouth.

With T. Wiegers — 238 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 11 rush yds (2 car) · J. Julien — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 58 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week