2013 Football Roster
Roster
Ben Neill
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 179
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Decatur, Ala
- Previous School:
- Decatur HS
2012: Served as the team’s main holder and backup quarterback . . . completed 5-of-9 passes for 34 yards for the season . . . against West Alabama, he completed 4-of-7 attempts for 35 yards . . . also completed 1-of-2 passes at Chattanooga.
2011: Saw action in all 11 games . . . served as the team’s main holder and as a backup quarterback . . . completed nine of 14 passes for 89 yards and a touchdown . . . completed six of nine passes for 43 yards against Stillman . . . completed two of two passes for 14 yards against Gardner-Webb.
2010: Saw action in five games . . . took over as the team’s main holder, replacing Richie Fordham after he suffered an injury at Western Carolina.
High School: Played quarterback, free safety and punter at Decatur High School . . . holds school records for career total yardage, career touchdown passes, career passing yards, single-season passing yards and single-season touchdown passes . . . posted a record of 27-8 as a starting quarterback . . . voted a permanent team captain . . . a three-year All-Area and All-Region selection by the Decatur Daily . . . named to the Huntsville Times’ Elite 11 Team MVP in 2009 . . . won the Mizeman Trophy . . . threw for 2,150 yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior . . . passed for 5,597 yards and rushed for 1,156 yards in his career.
Personal: Born Oct. 2, 1991 . . . son of Jim and Libby Neill . . . majoring in sports administration.
