Devin Neal

#4 · RB · Sr. · Kansas5′11″ · 215 lb · Lawrence, KS

Devin Neal: RB · Kansas · #4.

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Devin Neal

RB · Kansas · Sr · #4

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Four seasons in the Kansas backfield to date. All-Big 12 in 2024 made it four straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 207 rushing yards and 80 receiving yards against Colorado — Week 13, 2024.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

217Carries
1247Yards
17.9%Top-5 share
10.6%Stuffed rate

Just 17.9% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 10.6% of carries. 10 carries for 28 yds vs Kansas State; 37 for 207 vs Colorado.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

49.3%Carry share
44.4%Q4-lead share
88.9%In competitive games

49.3% of carries overall (217/440) → 44.4% of Q4-with-lead carries (36/81) — 88.9% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

16/193rd/4th & short
14/23Inside-5 share

16 of 19 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (84.2%). 14 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (60.9%).

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