Taking the easy route is not in the DNA of new Arkansas defensive back Julian Neal.
The heralded transfer from Fresno State – where he starred from 2021-24 before a brief pit stop at Stanford this spring – will never forget his academic advisor’s reaction when he told her, before his sophomore year, that he planned to major in accounting.
It wasn’t the kind of degree football players typically pursue. In fact, she had never seen a football player pick that major, so “she looked at me like I was crazy,” Neal told Best of Arkansas Sports.