Curt Neal holds the NT · Backup spot in Purdue Boilermakers’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Curt Neal is a nose tackle from Cornelius, NC who played high school football at William A. Hough before joining Wisconsin in 2022. He appeared in four games as a freshman and redshirted that season, then played in all 13 games as a redshirt freshman in 2023, recording 13 tackles and 1.5 tackles-for-loss. In 2024, Neal started all 12 games for the Badgers, posting 30 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss and a sack. He transferred to Illinois for the 2025 season, appearing in 12 games with eight starts and totaling 15 tackles, 0.5 tackles-for-loss, two pass breakups and one quarterback hurry. Neal is now a transfer at Purdue.

Wisconsin2022 – 2024

Illinois2025

Purdue2026 — present