UTEP Miners

2019 (KANSAS STATE): Played in 11 games with 10 starts at cornerback, totaling 21 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, two pass breakups and an interception ... Notched his first-career interception at Texas near the goal line to halt a potential Longhorn scoring drive ... Tallied a season-high four tackles against Baylor and Kansas, the former in which he had a TFL ... Recorded three stops in consecutive games against Texas and West Virginia.
 
2018 (KANSAS STATE): Started eight games, finishing fifth on the team with 40 tackles to go along with two pass breakups ... Set a career high with nine tackles at Oklahoma before equaling that mark at Iowa State ... Recorded six tackles against Mississippi State, a game that included a pass breakup ... Also had a breakup against Oklahoma State.
 
2017 (KANSAS STATE): Played in 11 games and tied for fifth on the team with five special teams tackles, all coming on kickoff coverage ... Totaled three defensive stops, including a tackle for loss in the season opener against Central Arkansas.
 
2016 (KANSAS STATE): Redshirted the 2016 season, did not see action.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years at MacArthur under head coach Brett Manning ... Helped the Highlanders earn a combined 36-4 record over his three-year career, including a state championship as a junior in 2014 ... Named the 2015 Oklahoma District 5A-1 Defensive Back of the Year ... Selected to play in the 2016 Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State game ... Was also a state champion in track.
 
PERSONAL: Walter Donnell Neil was born July 27, 1998, in Enid, Oklahoma ... Son of Kristopher and Gretta Golden.