No. 73 – New York Giants | |||||
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||
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Born: | Okeechobee, Florida, U.S. | September 19, 2000||||
Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||
Weight: | 350 lb (159 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) | ||||
College: | Alabama (2019–2021) | ||||
NFL draft: | 2022 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Evan Neal (born September 19, 2000) is an American football offensive tackle for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama and was selected seventh overall by the Giants in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Neal was born on September 19, 2000, in Okeechobee, Florida. He originally attended Okeechobee High School before transferring to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. [1] He played in the 2019 Under Armour All-America Game. [2] A five-star recruit, Neal committed to play college football at the University of Alabama. [3] [4]
Neal started all 13 games at left guard during his freshman year in 2019 before moving to right tackle in 2020. [5] [6] [7] He was a starting member of the team that won the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship. Following the 2021 season, Neal announced that he would forgo his senior year and enter the 2022 NFL Draft. [8]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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6 ft 7+1⁄2 in (2.02 m) | 337 lb (153 kg) | 34 in (0.86 m) | 10+1⁄8 in (0.26 m) | |||||||||
All values from NFL Combine [9] [10] |
Neal was drafted seventh overall by the New York Giants in the 2022 NFL Draft. [11] In Week 8 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Neal suffered a grade 2 MCL sprain. [12] He returned in Week 13. [13] He played in and started 13 regular season games and both of the Giants' playoff games as a rookie. [14]
When asked about booing Giants fans following the Week 4 2023 season loss to the Seattle Seahawks where Daniel Jones was sacked eleven times, Neal responded with "Why would a lion concern himself with the opinion of a sheep? ... I genuinely don’t care. Why should I? I’m in the National Football League. The person that’s commenting on my performance, what does he do? Flip hot dogs and hamburgers somewhere?”. [15] After receiving a large amount of backlash, he posted an apology on social media the next day. [16] On December 24, 2023, the Giants placed him on injured reserve. [17]
Neal's father, Eddie, played linebacker at Tulane while three uncles — Frankie Neal, Cleveland Gary, and Jimmie Jones — played in the NFL. [18]
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