Tag: Jabril McNeill

Linebacker Jabril McNeill announces he will enter the transfer portal

Linebacker Jabril McNeill becomes the latest Oregon Duck to leave the program and enter the transfer portal.

The Oregon Ducks football roster keeps dwindling as the transfer portal officially opened today.

Add linebacker Jabril McNeill to the list of Ducks who have decided to look for more playing time elsewhere. The sophomore from Raleigh, NC played in all 14 games last season, mostly on special teams, but only made an appearance in three games in 2022.

Given the fact he wasn’t playing much and he was so far away from home, it’s not really a surprise to see McNeill enter to portal and look for greener pastures at another school.

It’s pure coincidence that the former 4-star recruit from North Carolina leaves just before the Ducks are set to play the Tar Heels in the Holiday Bowl Dec. 28.

Tennessee offers 2021 outside linebacker

Tennessee offers 2021 outside linebacker.

Tennessee issued a scholarship offer for 2021 outside linebacker Jabril McNeill out of Raleigh, N.C. on Sunday.

McNeill is a three-star prospect on the 247Sports Composite, and rated as the No. 46 outside linebacker in the country from Sanderson High School in North Carolina.

At 6-foot-3, 206-pounds, McNeill has slowly — but surely — gathered offers from Power 5 programs in recent months.

South Carolina, Appalachian State, Virginia Tech, NC State and Wake Forest are the other schools vying for McNeill’s services.

McNeill has the measurables to be a powerful edge rusher in Jeremy Pruitt and Derrick Ansley’s 3-4 defense.

The Vols will lose Darrell Taylor to the 2020 NFL Draft, but return nearly all of its 2019 production from the second level of the defense.