Sharrod Neasman

2015: Team Captain, Named the team’s 2015 Student-Athlete of the Year, Tallied a team high 10 tackles (5-5) at Tulsa…tallied seven tackles (6-1) versus Miami and added a pass breakup…tallied eight tackles (5-3) versus buffalo and added two of the team’s four pass breakups…recorded two tackles at Charlotte but helped to set the record night of six interceptions with an INT that he returned 30 yards…recorded four tackles (3-1) versus Rice…tallied seven tackles (1-6=7) versus Marshall…recorded six tackles (3-3=6) at UTEP…tallied six tackles (2-4=6) in the Shula Bowl victory over FIU…led the Owls at WKU with 10 tackles (7-3)…tallied four tackles (1-3=4) versus Middle Tennessee, had hauled in a reception, first tipped by teammate Jalen Young and returned the pass for 45 yards…tallied six (5-1) tackles and had an interception in the end zone versus UF…recorded four tackles (1-3=4) in his final collegiate game and the team’s season-ending victory over ODU.

2014: Started at nickel for the Owls…recorded eight tackles, nearly his season total in 2012…six were solo…had two tackles, one solo, at No. 2 Alabama….recorded three tackles in the home season opener versus Tulsa…recorded three tackles, including two solos at Wyoming…recorded two tackles in the UTSA victory…recorded three tackles, all solo, as well as a forced fumble and a pass breakup at FIU…pressed into greater action versus WKU…tallied six tackles in the game and credited with two pass breakups…credited with six tackles, two solo, at No. 23 Marshall…tallied a career-high 14 tackles, including two for a loss of four yards…had five tackles at North Texas…grabbed his first career INT inches from the turf to set the Owls up in Middle Tennessee territory…also had four tackles, including one for a loss…tallied four tackles in the final game of the year, versus ODU…also credited with an INT, his second in as many games…ended his junior campaign fifth on the team with 60 tackles, two interceptions and three passes defended…named the team’s Comeback Player of the Year at the season ending banquet.

2013: Saw defensive action in eight games…ended the season with a total of five tackles.

2012: Joined the squad for spring drills…recorded two kick returns, the first a return of 22 yards versus North Texas…the second was at ULM and a return of 25 yards…tallied 11 tackles on the year, including nine solo…first multiple tackle game was two at Georgia…met the mark at ULM and at South Alabama…credited with forcing a fumble at Alabama.

High School: Played for Ed Volz at Braden River High School.

Personal: Mechanical engineering major…son of Latanya Neasman…born in Sarasota, FL.

NEASMAN HIGHLIGHTS

NEASMAN PRO DAY

A strange change of events early on affected the recruiting process in high school. A coaching incident involving the teams head coach forced him to prison. It left the program influx with little direction especially in the way of helping kids gain exposure from interested collegiate programs. No college offers were made to Neasman and after school as he worked several jobs. Neasman also spent time making highlight tapes. Those tapes were sent across the nation in hopes of finding a coaching staff that saw his worth. 

Neasman had to pay his own way with no scholarship help and walked on the Florida Atlantic campus. He leaves a team captain and was invited to two all-star games that included the NFLPA and Tropic Bowls. He has nice size and great athleticism. Will support the run fast. Good open-field tackler. Shows the burst out of his breaks. Neasman has enough speed and hip transition to play in the nickel. Shows good route recognition in zone coverage. Good ball skills. Has a 37 inch vertical jump. Has small sample size of exposure at outside linebacker at FAU. Student of the game and dedicated. The tools to develop into a fine safety.