Coby McNeal, 26-year-old who was part of Ashford Academy’s last senor class in 2015 before the private school closed and was a walk-on player at Colorado State this past season,
Listed as a redshirt sophomore tight end at 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, McNeal continues his football journey after spending six years in the Marines before enrolling at Colorado State in January of last year to pursue a business degree.
“I happened to see one of the offensive line coaches walking through one day and I sat and talked to him. He got me in touch with someone in player personnel and they told me the date and stuff like that.” A native of Dothan, McNeal played football, basketball and baseball at Ashford Academy and earned Dothan Eagle Super 12 honors for basketball as a senior.
“They asked me what position I played in high school and they had a bunch of drills for us to run through,” McNeal said of the process. “The defensive end coach came up to me and asked if I had ever played defensive end. I told him I haven’t. They coached me up and now I’m playing defensive line.”“That was really difficult,” McNeal said.
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