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Marcus Neal Jr.

Iowa State · Safety · 2024-25

TKL
95
INT
2
PD
3

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2024 to 2025, Neal recorded 95 tackles and 12 tackles for loss. In 2025, Neal also had 2 interceptions.

In 17-0 that career earns a 69 overall, the 17th-highest safety rating at Iowa State since 1990 and No. 47 among all safeties of the 2025-Present era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2025
    • Third-team all-conference

Season by Season

Marcus Neal Jr. season-by-season statistics at Iowa State
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
202418100
2025771132
Total951232

Seasons with tracked stats at Iowa State. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Iowa State Teammates

  1. 72Rocco Becht2022-25QB
  2. 70Benjamin Brahmer2023-25TE
  3. 70Carson Hansen2023-25RB
  4. 68Caleb Bacon2022-25LB
  5. 67Brett Eskildsen2024-25WR
  6. 66Abu Sama III2023-25RB
  7. 66Jamison Patton2023-25CB
  8. 66Kooper Ebel2023-25LB
  9. 66Chase Sowell2025WR
  10. 64Drew Surges2023-25S

Full Iowa State all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  2. 90Ahmaad MosesSMU · 2022-25S
  3. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  4. 86Bishop FitzgeraldUSC · 2025S
  5. 83Michael TaaffeTexas · 2022-25S
  6. 83Jamel JohnsonTCU · 2023-25S
  7. 80Bray HubbardAlabama · 2023-25S
  8. 80Louis MooreIndiana · 2022-25S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big 12 players

Sources: Wikipedia (Marcus Neal Jr.) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.