Of note: Neal came to Nebraska as a graduate transfer after playing the previous three seasons at Central Florida. He started all 13 games in UCF’s perfect 13-0 season in 2017. This year, he’s tied for fifth on the team in tackles with 12.
On his favorite part of practice: “The clutch period. That’s the best situation as far as feeling like a game with the two-minute drill at the end of the game, either up by a touchdown or up by three points and the strategy going into that and the competition. If we get (an interception) it’s over, so it can last 15 seconds, or 5 or 10 minutes.