Alim McNeill holds the RDT · Starter spot in Detroit Lions’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Alim McNeill played 10 games in 2025 with a 76% snap share.

Alim McNeill is a 26-year-old defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions standing 6'2" and weighing 315 pounds. Selected in the third round (72nd overall) by Detroit in 2021, McNeill played three seasons at N.C. State, where he recorded 77 tackles and 10.0 sacks. In 2023, he became the Lions' first interior defensive lineman to post 5.0 sacks in a season since Ndamukong Suh in 2014. Through five seasons of NFL experience, McNeill started all 14 games in 2024, tallying 25 tackles, seven tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and one pass defense.

N.C. State2018 – 2020

Lions2021 — present

CollegeN.C. StateDraftRound 3 · No. 72 overall · 2021 · DETHometownRaleigh, NC