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Bio: Keanu Neal, safety

Keanu Neal during the Gators’ game against the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL / UAA Communications photo by Tim Casey
Keanu Neal during the Gators’ game against the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL / UAA Communications photo by Tim Casey
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April 29, 2016

Keanu Neal, safety, Florida

Height: 6-feet | Arm length: 32 3/4″

Weight: 211 pounds | Hand size: 10 5/8″

40-yard dash: 4.62 seconds (Tied with Clemson's Jayron Kearse for ninth-fastest among safeties)

Bench press: 17 reps of 225 pounds (Tied with Miami's Deon Bush for fifth-most among safeties)

Vertical jump: 38 inches (Tied with Southern Utah's Miles Killebrew for second-highest among safeties)

Broad jump: 132 inches (Longest among safeties)

Three-cone drill: 7.09 seconds (Eighth-fastest among safeties)

20-yard shuttle: 4.38 seconds (11th-fastest among safeties)

60-yard shuttle: 11.58 seconds (Fifth-fastest among safeties)

Overview: As expected, Neal's freakish athleticism was on display at the combine. His broad jump was impressive, as he finished three inches ahead of second-place T.J. Green from Clemson. CBS Sports had Neal rated as a fourth to fifth-round prospect early in the pre-draft process.

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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.

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