Alim McNeill

Experience: 6 years

Height: 6-2

Age: 26

Weight: 310 lbs

College: N.C. State

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Year

Season

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line	3	2	1	1	0	0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	5	5	4	1	2	0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	2	1	1	0	1	1
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	4	6	1	5	1.5	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
1st Half	5	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2nd Half	6	8	3	5	2.5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Home Games	4	7	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Road Games	3	7	3	4	1.5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Margin 0-7	4	7	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Margin 15+	1	2	0	2	0.5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF
Ahead	6	7	3	4	3.5	1
Ahead by 1-8 Points	5	5	2	3	2	0
Ahead by 9-16 Points	1	1	1	0	1	0
Behind	4	5	3	2	1	0
Behind by 1-8 Points	3	2	2	0	1	0
Behind by 9-16 Points	2	3	1	2	0	0
Tied	7	2	1	1	0	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF
1st Quarter	5	4	2	2	1	0
4th Quarter	4	2	0	2	0	1
4th Quarter within 7	2	1	0	1	0	0
Overtime	1	1	1	0	1	0
2nd Quarter	2	1	1	0	0	0
3rd Quarter	6	6	3	3	2.5	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Grass	1	2	0	2	0.5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Turf	6	12	7	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Tallied 14 tackles (five solo), three quarterback hits, two tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, one forced fumble and one pass defense in 10 game appearances in 2025.
Started in all 14 games in which he appeared in 2024, recording 25 tackles (17 solo), seven tackles for loss, seven quarterback hits, 3.5 sacks, one pass defense and one forced fumble.
In 2023, he became Detroit's first interior defensive lineman to produce 5.0 sacks in a season since Ndamukong Suh in 2014.
Totaled 2.0 sacks and a pass defense vs. Las Vegas (10/30/23), becoming the first interior defensive lineman to do so for Detroit since Shaun Rogers in 2007.
In Week 11 at the New York Giants (11/20/22), he became Detroit's first interior lineman to produce a game with three tackles for loss and 1.0 sack since Caraun Reid in 2015.
Posted his first-career sack in Week 14 at Denver (12/12/21).
Joined the Lions as a third-round selection (72nd overall) in the 2021 NFL Draft out of N.C. State.

COLLEGE

Played three seasons at N.C. State (2018-20), producing career totals of 77 tackles, 10.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception.
2020: Logged 25 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and one interception, which he returned for a touchdown.
First-Team All-ACC
Second-Team AP All-American
Earned a 90.7 overall PFF grade, making him the highest-rated interior defender in the Power 5.
Earned a 92.1 run-stop grade from PFF, the highest mark in the NCAA.
2019: Registered 28 total tackles, had 7.5 tackles for loss and produced 5.5 sacks.
2018: Tallied 24 total tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and one forced fumble.

PERSONAL

Played at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, N.C.
Rushed for 18 touchdowns at Sanderson and added 18.0 sacks in his career.
Was a three-time all-conference selection as a baseball player at Sanderson, collected 43 career runs scored and batted .355 as a senior.

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