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2025 Football Roster

99 Curt Neal

  • Position DL
  • Class Junior
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 310
  • Major Social Work
  • Hometown Cornelius, N.C.
  • High School Hough
  • Prev School Wisconsin
  • Instagram hoodbabycurt

Biography

2025 Junior

  • Transferred to Illinois with two seasons of eligibility
  • Signed with Illinois on Dec. 23, 2024

2024 Sophomore (Wisconsin)

  • Started all 12 games at defensive tackle
  • 29 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sack on the season
  • Led all Wisconsin defensive linemen with 29 tackles
  • Career-high four tackles against #1 Oregon (11/16/24), at Iowa (11/2/24), against South Dakota (9/7/24), and against Western Michigan (8/30/24)
  • Solo tackles for loss against #1 Oregon (11/16/24) and Minnesota (11/29/24)
  • First career assisted sack at Northwestern (10/19/24)

2023 Redshirt Freshman (Wisconsin) 

  • Played in all 13 games with one start at defensive tackle
  • 13 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss on the season
  • Season-high three tackles against Iowa (10/14/23)

2022 Freshman (Wisconsin)

  • Played in four games and redshirted the season
  • Three tackles on the season
  • Season-high two tackles against Maryland (11/5/22)

High School

  • Four-star recruit by ESPN
  • Three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals
  • Missed his senior season due to an injury
  • Earned first-team all-state honors as a junior
  • As a junior, totaled 32 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss, and 3.0 sacks
  • Earned all-state mention as a sophomore with 52 tackles and 5.0 sacks
  • Majoring in social work 

Statistics

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