DT Lorenzo Neal will not be back in 2021
Purdue defensive tackle Lorenzo Neal has played his final game for the Boilermakers. The fifth-year senior is moving on, GoldandBlack.com has learned.
The 6-3, 325-pound Neal started 33 of the 38 games he played at Purdue, making 72 tackles with 13 TFLs and four sacks. He earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors in 2020 and 2018. Neal missed the 2019 season recovering from a knee injury suffered in the 2018 season finale at Indiana.
A native of Houston whose father was a long-time NFL fullback, Neal joins Derrick Barnes (LB), J.D. Dellinger (K), Tyler Coyle (S/LB), Brennan Thieneman (S), Simeon Smiley (DB) and Grant Hermanns (OT) as departing Boilermakers.
The NCAA granted seniors a blanket waiver to return for the 2021 season after COVID-19 created a disjointed 2020 campaign. Purdue played just six of nine scheduled games.
Four Purdue seniors/grad students are known to be returning next season. Defensive tackle Anthony Watts, wideout Jackson Anthrop, offensive tackle Greg Long and linebacker/end Semisi Fakasiieiki.
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