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Former Syracuse football General Manager Nate McNeal was named Illinois football’s executive director of player evaluations and acquisitions, the program announced Wednesday. It marks McNeal’s third stint with the Fighting Illini, previously serving as their director of player personnel (2022-23), director of recruiting (2021) and director of high school relations (2016-18).
Between his Illinois stints, McNeal was Temple’s director of player personnel from 2019-20, overlapping with Fran Brown when he served as its co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach in 2019.