David Neill

{{Short description|American football player (born 1980)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college football player

|name=David Neill

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|school=Nevada Wolf Pack

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|currentposition=Quarterback

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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1980|7|17|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Santa Clarita, California, U.S.

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• Nevada (1998–2001)

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David Neill (born July 17, 1980) is an American former college football player. He played as a quarterback for the University of Nevada{{cite news |author1=Paige A. Leech |title=No passing fad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/127543332/ |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=30 July 2000 |pages=D15–D16 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} from 1998 to 2001.{{cite news |title=Joe Santoro: That time a Nevada Wolf Pack freshman QB beat Fresno |url=https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2019/nov/19/joe-santoro-that-time-a-nevada-wolf-pack-freshman-/ |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=Nevada Appeal |date=19 November 2019}} In 1998, he set an NCAA record for most touchdown passes in a season by a freshman with 29 thrown. This record was tied in 2006 by Colt McCoy of the Texas Longhorns,{{cite news | url=http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/longhorns/12/31/31texfoot.html | title=Texas wins Alamo Bowl 26-24 | publisher=Austin American-Statesman | date=December 30, 2006 | accessdate=2006-12-30 | author=Halliburton, Suzanne |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070121211249/http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/longhorns/12/31/31texfoot.html |archivedate = 2007-01-21}} and broken the following season by Sam Bradford of Oklahoma.{{cite news | title=Patrick runs for career-best 202 yards, 2 TDs as OU rolls | agency=Associated Press | publisher=ESPN | access-date=2007-11-24 | date=2007-11-24 | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=273280201 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117070153/http://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=273280201 | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 17, 2017 }} Neill also previously held the school record for most completed passes with 763.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/2002/profiles/neill_david.htm |title=David Neill |work=NFL.com |accessdate=2007-02-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040813204445/http://www.nfl.com/draft/2002/profiles/neill_david.htm |archivedate=August 13, 2004 }} This has since been broken by Cody Fajardo (878). He received attention from the Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Jets of the NFL, but he opted for a veterinary career and left football prior to the 2002 NFL draft. But he left the veterinary career and got married and had two kids.{{cite news |author1=Gerry Gittelson |title=Neill happy with his call |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/NEILL%2BHAPPY%2BWITH%2BHIS%2BCALL.-a0112878292 |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=Daily News |publisher=The Free Library |date=1 February 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206154349/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/NEILL+HAPPY+WITH+HIS+CALL.-a0112878292 |archive-date=6 December 2017}}

Neill currently holds the following records at the University of Nevada:

1. Total offense in a single game: 582 (also an NCAA record for a true freshman).[http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2019/FBS.pdf NCAA stats as of 2019]

2. Total yards thrown in a single game: 611 (also an NCAA record for a true freshman).

3. Career passing yards: 10,901.

4. Passing attempts in a career: 1374.

Neill attended high school at Hart High School in Newhall, California, where he played both football and basketball.