2021 Football Roster
Neri, Diego
vs
Liberty
Sep 13 (Sat)
5 p.m.
Jersey Number 24
Diego Neri
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- Cincinnati Northwest
Bio
HONORS
Personal
- 2022 Academic All-MAC
- Appeared in all 13 of BGSU's games
- Saw most of his time on special teams
- Made one stop against Ohio
- Recorded one tackle against Georgia Tech
- Made three stops against Akron
- Notched a tackle at Kent State and against Minnesota in the Quick Lane Bowl
- Appeared in all 13 of BGSU's games
- Made 11 tackles on the season
- Made two stops at UCLA
- Notched two tackles against Marshall
- Recorded four stops at Mississippi State
- Also made one tackle against WMU, Kent State and at Toledo
- Appeared in all 12 of BGSU games with one start
- Made collegiate debut and first career start at Tennessee
- Made three stops against the Volunteers
- Notched four stops, including first career sack against Murray State
- Tallied a career-high six tackles at Kent State
- Made three stops at Buffalo
- Earned four varsity letters at Cincinnati Northwest High School under coach Damien Johnson
- Team captain
- Three-time first team all-conference linebacker and also named second team all-conference as a freshman
- Defensive Player of the Year in the Southwest Ohio Conference
- Fox19 Penn State Athlete of the Month
- Also lettered in basketball and track & field
- Had offers from Air Force, Liberty, Navy and most of the Mid-American Conference
Personal
- Son of Cesar and Daneal Neri
- Three brothers – Kevin (deceased), Cesar and Eli – and a sister, Jaylen
- Major is mathematics
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