Keanu
Neal.
Keanu
Neal.
Florida· 6'0"· 211 lb· 4.62s 40
A versatile safety who best fits a quarters or two-high safety system that values interchangeable parts and aggressive run support.
Immediate starter as a Strong Safety who can rotate into the box and eventually develop into a Pro Bowl caliber playmaker.
A purely Cover-2 zone scheme that requires safeties to consistently play deep halves with less focus on run defense.
Neal’s measurables and aggressive play style make him a prime candidate for a scheme that prioritizes physicality and versatility at the safety position.
Selected #17 overall in Round 1 of the 2016 NFL Draft by Atlanta Falcons out of Florida.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.62sp50
- Vertical
- 38inp50
- Broad jump
- 132inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.09sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.38sp50
- Bench
- 17repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Florida | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Florida | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Keanu Neal played safety for the Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Pittsburgh Steelers. He was a Pro Bowl selection early in his career but battled significant injuries, later transitioning to linebacker for a period.