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WATCH: Devin Neal Breaks Kansas Jayhawks Record For Career Touchdowns

Neal's record-breaking run showcased his myriad skills in Saturday's game with rival Kansas State.

Rich Cirminiello

Oct 26, 2024; Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Kansas Jayhawks running back Devin Neal (4) is tackled by Kansas State Wildcats safety Jordan Riley (6) during the third quarter at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-Imagn Images
Oct 26, 2024; Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Kansas Jayhawks running back Devin Neal (4) is tackled by Kansas State Wildcats safety Jordan Riley (6) during the third quarter at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-Imagn Images / Scott Sewell-Imagn Images
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Devin Neal, the local kid from Lawrence High School in Kansas, is now the Jayhawks' all-time leader in career touchdowns.

Neal's 44th TD smashed the mark set by June Henley almost three decades earlier. Fittingly, the run came in the Sunflower Showdown and featured many of his best qualities -- quickness, vision, and the toughness to pick up yards after contact.

Neal has been one of the Jayhawks' offensive bell cows from the moment he arrived on campus. In fact, he has led the program in rushing each of the last three seasons and will do so again this year.

Neal debuted as a freshman by rushing for 707 yards and scoring nine times. His best season was last year, when he ran for 1,280 yards and had 17 total touchdowns.

With four games left this season, Neal is on pace for his third straight 1,000-yard campaign and he sits only seven yards away from breaking Henley's program record for rushing yards in a career.

Neal's name is already splashed all over the Kansas record books, and he's destined to go down as an all-time great at the school.

In what promises to be an emotional send-off, his final home game will be Nov. 23 when Colorado visits Kansas.

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Rich Cirminiello
RICH CIRMINIELLO

I've been the VP of College Awards for the Maxwell Football Club since 2008. I oversee and manage all aspects of the Maxwell Award (CFB Player of the Year), Bednarik Award (Defensive POY) and Munger Award (CFB Coach of the Year), including creating watch lists, steering the selection committee and choosing players of the week. I appear weekly on SportsGrid TV to discuss college football, both as a guest and a co-host of various live shows. I oversee and manage two additional college awards, outside the purview of the Maxwell Football Club - former Seattle Seahawk RB Shaun Alexander's Freshman of the Year Award & the Buddy Teevens Award, which was created by Peyton Manning, Archie Manning and Omaha Productions in honor of the late Dartmouth coach. I'm contracted out each May by Phil Steele to help edit the magazine and write select articles leading up to the publication of his annual College Football Preview in June.

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