2026 DRAFT PICK #96: CB Julian Neal

[Grahamhawker]

I don't think he'll have to worry about that in Seattle.

I was thinking it could be the perfect landing place to get the most out of his skills.

 

[HawkRiderFan]

He gives me Sherman vibes. I'm here for it.

I thought the exact same thing. Even his scouting report weaknesses - stiff hips and change of direction. I recall the hip thing being one of the things on Sherm's scouting report that ticked him off

 

[Maelstrom787]

This is my favorite pick of the draft so far. He has a real edge to him. Feels like a future star to me. Has that sort of personality.

 

[glenwo2]

Internet saying his knee is gone. He might go undrafted.

The Raiders thought otherwise. lol

 

[glenwo2]

Crazy how far this guy has fallen. His knee must be really effed up. He was supposed to be one of the top 3 CB's in the draft. Ranked #19 by DJ leading up to the draft. Really sucks for a guy who committed his life to football and got an injury at the worst time possible. Hopefully he made some NIL $$.

Looks like the Raiders are going to take that risk with him 'cause they drafted him.

 

[Azvacar]

The Raiders thought otherwise. lol

They do some dumb things... never know though.. one year on practice squad never practicing to recoop the knee.. he could be amazing.........

 

[GemCity]

Man..didn’t this cat have the overall best zone coverage score? Aggregation wise?

He’s a beast.

 

[glenwo2]

Man..didn’t this cat have the overall best zone coverage score? Aggregation wise?

He’s a beast.

If he can recover from his injury, the Raiders got an absolute monster steal here.

 

[Grahamhawker]

From his highlights, the way he closes on the catch point is special.

 

[Sperrydogg]

Sorry but Leo and reed will stay for more than 1 more year. Lawerence will retire unless we run it back and he wants to make history.

Yeah he wasn’t saying Leo was retiring…

 

[Pandion Haliaetus]

Im kind of hoping Neal not only utilizes the Seahawks film library and watches a bunch of Sherman tape. Im also hoping Sherman connects with him in the real workd and becomes an off field mentor.

Because Neal’s floor looks like Mike Jackson (who gave the Ram’s fits and Seahawks fits with aggressive, physical style) and his potential ceiling could be a poor man’s Sherman if he ups the mental game and technique refinement especially working on maxing out his agility. But Neal already possesses the physicality and gritty confidence in his game to be potentially be an dominant enforcer type at CB.

 

[Nv_Hawks]

He’s opposite of Riq. This guy loves to tackle.

 

[glenwo2]

He’s opposite of Riq. This guy loves to tackle.

All I need from him to be the opposite of Riq is not be a f-cking idiot.

And I think he will be (the opposite of Riq).

 

[Kamcussionator]

This article points out that there were two corners out of the 32 measured at the combine who weighed over 200#:
Julian Neal and Andre Fuller.

They are also now the 1st and 2nd tallest CBs on the roster.

Last year I noticed that everyone we drafted was the biggest/fastest at their position -- a nod to increasing physicality -- but this seems a little more, "We need someone who's gonna knock Puka around."

The guy was our achilles heel last year, maybe these guys are the solution.

Seahawks draft insights: What Julian Neal and Andre Fuller have in common

The Seahawks went for big and physical corners in the draft.

www.fieldgulls.com

 

[glenwo2]

From this moment :





To making it official :

 

[glenwo2]