Walter Neil, Jr.

Height:
5-9
Weight:
159
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lawton, Okla.
High School:
MacArthur

2019: Played in 11 games with 10 starts at cornerback, totaling 21 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, two pass breakups and an interception... Notched his first-career interception at Texas near the goal line to halt a potential Longhorn scoring drive... Tallied a season-high four tackles against Baylor and Kansas, the former in which he had a TFL... Recorded three stops in consecutive games against Texas and West Virginia.

2018: Started eight games, finishing fifth on the team with 40 tackles to go along with two pass breakups... Set a career high with nine tackles at Oklahoma before equaling that mark at Iowa State... Recorded six tackles against Mississippi State, a game that included a pass breakup... Also had a breakup against Oklahoma State.

2017: Played in 11 games and tied for fifth on the team with five special teams tackles, all coming on kickoff coverage... Totaled three defensive stops, including a tackle for loss in the season opener against Central Arkansas.

2016: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years at MacArthur under head coach Brett Manning... Helped the Highlanders earn a combined 36-4 record over his three-year career, including a state championship as a junior in 2014... Named the 2015 Oklahoma District 5A-1 Defensive Back of the Year... Selected to play in the 2016 Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State game... Was also a state champion in track.

PERSONAL: Walter Donnell Neil was born July 27, 1998, in Enid, Oklahoma... Son of Kristopher and Gretta Golden... Majoring in sociology/criminology.