David Neill was an American

United States

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 college football

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 quarterback

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 for the University of Nevada

University of Nevada, Reno

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. In 1998 he set an NCAA record for most touchdown

Touchdown

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 passes in a season by a freshman

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 with 29 thrown. This record was tied in 2006 by Colt McCoy

Colt McCoy

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 of the Texas Longhorns

2006 Texas Longhorn football team

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, and broken the following season by Sam Bradford

Sam Bradford

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 of Oklahoma

2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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. Neill also holds other school records including one for most completed passes with 763. He received attention as a professional league prospect by NFL.com but went undrafted in the 2002 NFL Draft

2002 NFL Draft

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.

Neill attended high school

High school

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 at Hart High School in Newhall, California

Newhall, California

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; he played football and basketball

Basketball

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in high school.