David Neill

American football player (born 1980)
American football player
David Neill
Personal information
Born: (1980-07-17) July 17, 1980 (age 43)
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High school:Hart High School
(Newhall, California)
College:University of Nevada
(1988–2001)
Position:quarterback

David Neill (born July 17, 1980[1]) is an American former college football player. He played as a quarterback for the University of Nevada[2] from 1998 to 2001.[3] In 1998, he set an NCAA record for most touchdown passes in a season by a freshman with 29 thrown. This record was tied in 2006 by Colt McCoy of the Texas Longhorns,[4] and broken the following season by Sam Bradford of Oklahoma.[5] Neill also previously held the school record for most completed passes with 763.[1] This has since been broken by Cody Fajardo (878). He received attention from the Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Jets of the NFL, but he opted for a veterinary career and left football prior to the 2002 NFL Draft. But he left the veterinary career and got married and had two kids.[6] Coach Neill now works at Liberty Christian School as an athletics coach.[7]

Neill currently holds the following records at the University of Nevada:

1. Total offense in a single game: 582 (also an NCAA record for a true freshman).[8]

2. Total yards thrown in a single game: 611 (also an NCAA record for a true freshman).[9]

3. Career passing yards: 10,901.

4. Passing attempts in a career: 1374.

Neill attended high school at Hart High School in Newhall, California, where he played both football and basketball.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "David Neill". NFL.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2004. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
  2. ^ Paige A. Leech (30 July 2000). "No passing fad". Los Angeles Times. pp. D15–D16. Retrieved 11 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ "Joe Santoro: That time a Nevada Wolf Pack freshman QB beat Fresno". Nevada Appeal. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  4. ^ Halliburton, Suzanne (December 30, 2006). "Texas wins Alamo Bowl 26-24". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on 2007-01-21. Retrieved 2006-12-30.
  5. ^ "Patrick runs for career-best 202 yards, 2 TDs as OU rolls". ESPN. Associated Press. 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
  6. ^ Gerry Gittelson (1 February 2004). "Neill happy with his call". Daily News. The Free Library. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Coach Directory - Liberty Christian School".
  8. ^ NCAA stats as of 2019
  9. ^ NCAA stats as of 2019
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Nevada Wolf Pack starting quarterbacks
  • Stan Heath (1947–1948)
  • Chris Ault (1965–1967)
  • Jeff Tisdel (1974–1977)
  • Larry Worman (1978–1979)
  • Jeff Ardito (1980)
  • Marshall Sperbeck (1981–1982)
  • Eric Beavers (1983–1986)
  • Jim Zaccheo (1987–1988)
  • Fred Gatlin (1989–1991)
  • Chris Vargas (1991–1993)
  • Mike Maxwell (1994–1995)
  • Eric Bennett (1995)
  • John Dutton (1996–1997)
  • David Neill (1998–2001)
  • Zack Threadgill (2002)
  • Andy Heiser (2003)
  • Jeff Rowe (2004–2006)
  • Travis Moore (2006)
  • Nick Graziano (2007)
  • Colin Kaepernick (2007–2010)
  • Tyler Lantrip (2011)
  • Cody Fajardo (2011–2014)
  • Devin Combs (2012–2013)
  • Tyler Stewart (2013, 2015–2016)
  • Ty Gangi (2016–2018)
  • Kaymen Cureton (2017)
  • Cristian Solano (2018–2019)
  • Carson Strong (2019–2021)
  • Malik Henry (2019)
  • Nate Cox (2021–2022)
  • Shane Illingworth (2022)
  • Brendon Lewis (2023)


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