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Freshman Wisconsin DT Curtis Neal gives update on ACL injury

True freshman Wisconsin DL Curtis Neal gives an update on his ACL injury:

On Tuesday morning, true freshman defensive tackle and early-enrollee, Curtis Neal, gave an update on an ACL injury that he sustained before his senior high school football season last year.

Related: Wisconsin lands Crystal Ball Prediction for three-star 2023 ATH Collin Dixon

Neal tweeted out that he is finally fully cleared to play after not being able to participate in spring practices for the Badgers while he was still recovering. The North Carolina native joined Wisconsin as an early enrollee in January after having to sit out his senior year due to the ACL injury.

It will be very exciting to see what Neal can do in fall camp, especially after a full offseason rehabbing with the Wisconsin Strength and Conditioning staff.

An unexpected text from RB Coach Gary Brown is the reason Curtis Neal is a Wisconsin Badger

Thanks are owed to RB coach Gary Brown for re-igniting the program’s relationship with current commit Curtis Neal

Wisconsin landed a commitment from 2022 three-star defensive tackle Curtis Neal last week, in the end edging out Ohio State and other big-name schools.

Neal’s recruiting path and profile is extremely unique.

The Badgers were his first official offer back in 2018, Neal quickly earned four-star status, big programs including Ohio State, Alabama and LSU offered the defensive lineman, 247Sports then sent him back to a three-star and, finally, we get to where we are today: Curtis Neal committed to play at Wisconsin.

Related: Wisconsin football class of 2022 commitment tracker

Neal came on the most recent episode of Locked On Badgers and talked about his path and recruiting process, what stuck out about Wisconsin, the existence of a class of 2022 commit group chat and more.

The most interesting nugget from the interview was a story about new running backs coach Gary Brown, and an unexpected text which ended up being the spark plug that led him to Wisconsin.

“The crazy thing is, [Wisconsin] thought since I was getting pretty big offers that I kind of five-starred them and just wasn’t talking to them,” Neal said. “But a couple months ago, coach [Gary] Brown texted me and said ‘so are you going to give us a chance,’ and I was like ‘I thought you guys didn’t want me anymore and weren’t interested…’ We got on the phone and got back connected…If I didn’t get that text I probably wouldn’t be here right now.”

Sometimes it’s small moments like this that define the recruiting process. For a Wisconsin program that welcomed in Brown and promoted defensive line coach Ross Kolodziej, though, the outcome of Neal’s recruiting process is impressive to say the least.

Neal now has a chance to prove doubters wrong and become a force up front on Jim Leonhard’s defense.

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BREAKING: Wisconsin beats out Ohio State to land 2022 DL Curtis Neal

Wisconsin beats out Ohio State, Alabama, LSU, and others for one of the top DL in the class of 2022:

In a preseason preview of the potential 2021 Big Ten championship game, Wisconsin beat Ohio State off the field for 2022 defensive lineman Curtis Neal.

Neal took visits to Wisconsin and Ohio State in the past month, and had offers from Alabama, LSU and Arizona State among others. The Cornelius, North Carolina, native is the 12th-best DL in his state and a high three-star prospect by 247Sports.

Neal becomes the seventh Wisconsin commit, and the sixth in the last week, in the class of 2022. He is the first DL to commit to the Badgers in the class.

 

One of Wisconsin’s top class of 2022 targets announces his commitment date

Wisconsin may be just days away from receiving their second commitment in the class of 2022. Three-star defensive tackle Curtis Neal, one

Wisconsin may be just days away from receiving their second commitment in the class of 2022.

Three-star defensive tackle Curtis Neal, one of their top targets in the class, tweeted today that he will announce his commitment on June 27.

The Badgers recently received a crystal ball prediction to land the defensive lineman, though he also has one to choose rival Ohio State.

If Neal chooses Wisconsin, he will join quarterback Myles Burkett in the program’s class of 2022.

The Cornelius, North Carolina native is 247Sports’ No. 414 recruit in the class of 2022, No. 58 defensive lineman and No. 13 player from his home state of North Carolina.

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Michigan State offers 2022 4-star DT, author of viral recruiting tweet

Curtis Neal is the latest top prospect offered by Mel Tucker

I officially have a favorite prospect for Michigan State football in the 2022 class.

Michigan State on Monday offered Curtis Neal, a 4-star defensive tackle in the class 2022 out of Cornelius, North Carolina. Neal is rated by 247 as the 12th-best DT in the 20222 class.

That’s all well and good, but I’m more interested in something else. If that name or Twitter picture looks familiar, you’re not wrong. About a month ago Neal had a recruiting tweet that was quite popular when he posted his “Top 5” and instead of schools it was restaurants.

This is the exact mindset I want out of  a 6’1 305 lb. defensive tackle. It even looks like Neal is making the “feed me” celebration gesture in that edit. That’s good stuff from Neal. He currently has offers from just about every school in the country and given that he is just a sophomore, there’s still a long ways to go in his recruiting.

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