The Draft Bomb · Prospect profile2027 Draft · BB #112
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Marcus
Neal Jr..
Bomb Grade
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Big Board #112
S· #9 S· Round 4· Tier 5 · Rotation
Marcus
Neal Jr..
Penn State· Jr· Kansas City, MO· 6'1"· 216 lb(School-listed)
"Marcus Neal Jr. put up 11 tackles for loss from the safety position at Iowa State, then took that violence to Penn State to prove it travels."
Marcus Neal Jr. is a 6-1, 216-pound junior safety from Kansas City, Missouri who started every game at Iowa State in 2025 before transferring to Penn State.
What he does well
- 01Run diagnosis — He reads run action from depth and triggers without a wasted step, which is how a safety finishes a season with 11.0 tackles for loss.
- 02Open-field tackling — Forty of his 77 stops in 2025 were solo, and he wraps through contact instead of launching and hoping for the collision.
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