Jabril McNeill 'Ducks' the Wolfpack, Commits to Oregon

In the end, Jabril McNeill decided not to stay all in the family.

Rather than starting his college football career on the same team has his older brother Alim at NC State, the Sports Illustrated All-American candidate from Raleigh's Sanderson High School has decided to make a name for himself on the opposite coast.

He did so Monday by committing to Oregon, despite a heavy lobbying effort from his brother.

"He was upset with me," McNeill said. "But he's still my big brother. He's still supporting me. He wants me to do as good as I can, because he knows I'm going to be great."

Alim McNeill is a junior defensive tackle for the Wolfpack and a legitimate All-ACC candidate this season. But that's not the only reason why Jabril was consistently been one of the highest priority prospects on State's radar throughout the current recruiting cycle.

Although he still has some filling out to do at 6-foot-4, 225 pounds -- leading to speculation that he might eventually be moved to defensive end in college -- McNeill is a long, lean athlete described by SI's director of football recruiting John Garcia Jr. as being "laterally explosive" with "good change of directon, good strength and solid speed."

McNeill chose the Ducks from over State and South Carolina, his three finalists from a of 11 schools that also included Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech, Washington, and West Virginia.

Despite the disappointment, State is still has hopes of landing three other uncommitted SI All-American candidates -- defensive end Javon Nelson and offensive tackle Yusef Mugharbil and defensive tackle Taleeq Robbins.

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