2024 Football Roster

25 James Neal

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 231
  • Class R-Sr.
  • Experience TR
  • Hometown Paris, Texas
  • Highschool Paris
  • Prev School UTEP

Biography

Career Accolades
  • CSC Academic All-District
2024 (Redshirt senior)
Enrolled at Texas State in January 2024.

CSC Academic All-District... Played in all 13 games, making 2 starts... Was second on the team with 52 tackles (26 solo), including 1.5 TFLs for 4 yards... Added a forced fumble, breakup and a QBH.
 
PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
UTEP (2021-23)
Played in 28 career games over 3 seasons at UTEP … 97 career tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumble recoveries and 1 forced fumble … Two-time Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll  (2022, 2023).
 
2023 (Redshirt junior)
Played in all 12 games … 81 tackles (27 solo), 1.5 TFLs, 1.0 sack and 1 interception … 9th in CUSA in total tackles … 11th in CUSA in tackles per game (6.8) … Season-high 10 tackles in the season opener at Jacksonville State on Aug. 26 … 4 tackles, 1.0 sack and a forced fumble vs. UIW on Sept. 2 … 9 tackles vs. UNLV on Sept. 23 … 8 tackles and a fumble recovery at FIU on Oct. 11 … 5 tackles and an interception at Sam Houston on Oct. 25 … Matched his season-high in tackles with 10 in the season finale vs. Liberty on Nov. 25.
 
2022 (Junior)
Played in 4 games at linebacker … 12 tackles and a fumble recovery … Season-high 4 tackles on 2 occasions.
 
2021 (Sophomore)
Played in 12 games as a second-unit linebacker … 4 tackles and 1.0 sack … Registered his sack against New Mexico State.
 
Tyler JC (2020-21)
2021 Spring (Sophomore)
All-conference first team … All-Region XIV Academic Team … Played in 8 games … 78 tackles (56 solo), 2.0 sacks and 2 interceptions … Team leader in tackles … Third in the NJCAA Region 14 in tackles per game (9.8) … Led NJCAA in solo tackles … 4th in the nation in total tackles … Season-high 16 tackles and a TFL vs. Kilgore College … 13 tackles (10 solo) and 1.5 sacks at Blinn College on May 8 … 13 tackles, an interception and 0.5 sack vs. Trinity Valley CC on April 2 … 11 tackles and 2.0 TFLs in the season opener at Navarro College on March 27 … Was teammates with Landry Kinne, brother of Texas State head coach GJ Kinne.
 
Abilene Christian (2019)
2019 (Freshman)
Appeared in all 12 games … 6 tackles.
 
High School
Letterwinner in football at Paris High (TX) … All-Red River Valley as a junior (2018) and senior (2019) … Competed on the track in all 4 years … Member of the National Honor Society.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-2024Redshirt Senior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 225 lbs
  • 25

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 231 lbs
    25