Neville Gallimore


Neville Gallimore is a Canadian American football defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football at Oklahoma.

Early years

Gallimore's parents were born and raised in Jamaica. He originally attended St. Patrick's High School, where he played defensive tackle. He opted to transfer to the Canada Prep Academy in Welland, Ontario, which allowed him to travel through the United States and compete against some of the top high school football programs.
He was the first Canadian born player to be invited to participate in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, but couldn’t suit up because of a knee injury in 2015. After receiving 30 scholarship offers from U.S. schools, Gallimore committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.

College career

Gallimore redshirted his first year at Oklahoma in 2015. As a freshman in 2016, he played in all 13 games, starting six of the last eight contests, while recording 40 tackles and one sack.
As a sophomore in 2017, he played in 12 of 14 games, starting the first five contests, before missing 2 due to injury. He tallied 28 tackles and one sack. He had a career-high 9 tackles and half a sack against Tulane University.
As a junior in 2018, he started 13 of 14 games, posting 50 tackles, 3 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. He had 5 tackles in the Big 12 Championship 39–27 win against the University of Texas. He made 8 tackles against the United States Military Academy.
As a senior in 2019, he started 14 games, registering 30 tackles, 4 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. He finished his college career with 148 total tackles, 9 sacks, 5 forced fumbles and 3 College Football Playoff appearances.

College statistics

Professional career

Gallimore was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft. On April 30, he was selected in the eighth and final round of the 2020 CFL Draft by the Saskatchewan Roughriders; he was rated as the #1 Canadian draft prospect for 2020 prior to the NFL and CFL drafts.