Walter Neil, Jr. brought to UTEP a resumé so big it was heavy.
He was a two-year cornerback starter at Kansas State before he entered the transfer portal, sat out the COVID 2020 season and took a graduate transfer.
At six years removed from high school in Lawton, Okla., Neil’s one of the Miners’ oldest players, and he’s excelled at the highest level of the FBS on the biggest stages. He is on NFL radars
Neil carried with him the weight of expectations. There are many ways to describe how he has thrived in his one year in El Paso and here is a big one: He has met all of those expectations.