Lorenzo Neal
Lorenzo LaVonne Neal
Born: December 27, 1970
Hanford, CA USA
Position: FB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 255
College: Fresno St.
High School: Lemoore (CA)
Career: 1993-2008
Drafted: 1993 in Round 4, #89 overall by the New Orleans Saints
Lorenzo Neal played from 1993 to 2008 during his career with the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, San Diego Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tennessee Titans. Neal ran for 807 yards in his career on 226 attempts, scoring 6 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 199 passes for 1,086 yards and 12 receiving touchdowns..
 New Orleans Saints |
 New York Jets |
 Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
 Tennessee Titans |
 Cincinnati Bengals |
 San Diego Chargers |
 Baltimore Ravens |
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 21 | 175 | 8.3 | 74 | 1 |
| 1994 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 12 | 1 |
| 1995 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 21 | 58 | 2.8 | 11 | 1 |
| 1997 | NFL New York Jets | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| 2003 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 18 | 40 | 2.2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2004 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| 2005 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 29 | 98 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| 2006 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 29 | 140 | 4.8 | 43 | 1 |
| 2007 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| 2008 | NFL Baltimore Ravens | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 226 | 807 | 3.6 | 74 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 12 | 123 | 10.2 | 69 | 1 |
| 1996 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 31 | 194 | 6.3 | 23 | 1 |
| 1997 | NFL New York Jets | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 14 | 1 |
| 1998 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 5 | 1 |
| 1999 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 8 | 2 |
| 2000 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2001 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 19 | 101 | 5.3 | 12 | 1 |
| 2002 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 21 | 133 | 6.3 | 15 | 1 |
| 2003 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| 2004 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| 2005 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 24 | 145 | 6.0 | 21 | 1 |
| 2006 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 17 | 83 | 4.9 | 21 | 0 |
| 2007 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 9 | 1 |
| 2008 | NFL Baltimore Ravens | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 199 | 1086 | 5.5 | 69 | 12 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 17 | 0 |
| 2003 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2006 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2007 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | NFL Baltimore Ravens | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 179 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1994 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1995 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1996 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2003 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1993 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1994 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1995 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1996 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1997 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1998 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1999 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 2000 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 2001 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2002 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 2003 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 2005 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2006 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 2007 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 2 | 2 |
| 1994 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 7 |
| 1995 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 7 |
| 1996 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 11 |
| 1997 | NFL | New York Jets | 16 | 3 |
| 1998 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 1 |
| 1999 | NFL | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 14 |
| 2000 | NFL | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 5 |
| 2001 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 10 |
| 2002 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 8 |
| 2003 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 15 |
| 2004 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 10 |
| 2005 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 15 |
| 2006 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 11 |
| 2007 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 13 | 8 |
| 2008 | NFL | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 5 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame 1st team All-2000s Team
Honors
2005 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
2006 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
2007 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
