Alim McNeill
DL
#54
Experience: 5 years
Height: 6-2
Age: 24
Weight: 315 lbs
College: N.C. State
2024 SEASON
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Solo15
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SCK3.5
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FF1
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Defense
| YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
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| 2024 | Detroit Lions | 14 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2023 | Detroit Lions | 13 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2022 | Detroit Lions | 17 | 37 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | Detroit Lions | 17 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| TOTAL | 61 | 126 | 55 | 71 | 11.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- In 2023, he became Detroit's first interior defensive lineman to produce 5.0 sacks in a season since Ndamukong Suh in 2014.
- Logged 8.0 sacks through the first three seasons of his career, the sixth-most sacks any Lions interior defensive lineman has logged through three-career seasons.
- Totaled 2.0 sacks and a pass defense vs. Las Vegas (10/30/23), becoming the first interior defensive lineman to do so for Detroit since Shaun Rogers in 2007.
- In Week 11 at the New York Giants (11/20/22), he became Detroit's first interior lineman to produce a game with three tackles for loss and 1.0 sack since Caraun Reid in 2015.
- Posted his first-career sack in Week 14 at Denver (12/12/21).
- Joined the Lions as a third-round selection (72nd overall) in the 2021 NFL Draft out of N.C. State.
COLLEGE
- Played three seasons at N.C. State (2018-20), producing career totals of 77 tackles, 10.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception.
- 2020: Logged 25 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and one interception, which he returned for a touchdown.
- First-Team All-ACC
- Second-Team AP All-American
- Earned a 90.7 overall PFF grade, making him the highest-rated interior defender in the Power 5.
- Earned a 92.1 run-stop grade from PFF, the highest mark in the NCAA.
- 2019: Registered 28 total tackles, had 7.5 tackles for loss and produced 5.5 sacks.
- 2018: Tallied 24 total tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and one forced fumble.
PERSONAL
- Played at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, N.C.
- Rushed for 18 touchdowns at Sanderson and added 18.0 sacks in his career.
- Named the 2017 Cap 7 Conference Player of the Year by the Raleigh News & Observer and participated in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American game.
- Was a three-time all-conference selection as a baseball player at Sanderson, collected 43 career runs scored and batted .355 as a senior.