Frankie Neal
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Sebring, Florida, U.S.
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born | October 1, 1965 Sebring, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Okeechobee (FL) | ||||||||
| College | Florida Fort Hays State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1987: 3rd round, 71st overall pick | ||||||||
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Frankie Leon Neal (born October 1, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for a single season in 1987. Neal played college football for University of Florida and Fort Hays State University, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. He was released by the Packers after one season and subsequently was arrested multiple times.[1][2]
Neal was born in Sebring, Florida.[3] He attended Okeechobee High School in Okeechobee, Florida,[4] where he played high school football for the Okeechobee Brahmans.
College career
Neal attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Charley Pell and coach Galen Hall's Florida Gators football teams from 1983 to 1985.[5] Memorably, Neal was part of one of the ten greatest pass plays in Gators football history when he caught a pass from quarterback Kerwin Bell to go eighty-two yards from scrimmage for a touchdown against the Florida State Seminoles in 1985.[5] He finished the 1985 season with twenty receptions for 487 yards, which is still the Gators' single-season record for most yards per catch (24.4 yards).[5]