{"id":6803,"date":"2026-07-23T06:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6803"},"modified":"2026-07-23T06:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:36:16","slug":"alim-from-raleigh-doesnt-feel-like-the-star-he-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6803","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Alim from Raleigh\u2019 doesn\u2019t feel like the star he is"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 Former NC State star Alim McNeill is putting in the work early morning on a Wednesday. The Detroit Lions wreaking ball defensive tackle is always looking to get better.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6801\">Orioles halt Red Sox\u2019s franchise record-tying 15 game win streak with 5-1 win to split twinbill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s just how I was raised just to work \u2014 don\u2019t complain about it, if you want it you have to go get it \u2014 so still working, that\u2019s all I really know,\u201d said McNeill.<\/p>\n<p>And that attitude has worked just fine for McNeill, who burst onto the scene less than a decade ago at Sanderson High School. McNeill played linebacker and running back for the Spartans before becoming a First Team All-American at NC State, with his Wolfpack days paving the way for the success he\u2019s had at the NFL level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe combination of the workouts, the practices, the meetings, all of that stuff, it builds a certain character and you take it with you the rest of your life,\u201d said McNeill. \u201cYou can learn to apply those certain lessons you learned in football and use it in real-life. You\u2019ve got to work and run hard in football to be good, [and] you\u2019ve got to do the same thing in real life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McNeill\u2019s college playing days wrapped up before NIL became a big deal, and that\u2019s okay with him. But you can bet McNeill would have been well-sought after had the money been around when he played. State fans, though, could breath easy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6799\">WNBA commissioner and union leaders discuss steps to protect players from online harassment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019d have been chasing a check or anything like that. It\u2019s not who we are,\u201d said McNeill. \u201cWe\u2019d have went to the school that made sense for me. I could play, I could get a great degree and lived a regular life had football not worked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But football has worked for McNeill. Two years ago he signed a four-year, $97 million dollar contract with the Lions. That is superstar money.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t see myself that way, I don\u2019t believe myself that way. I just carry myself like Alim from Raleigh,\u201d said McNeill. \u201cI just don\u2019t see myself that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlim from Raleigh.\u201d It\u2019s not exactly a flashy moniker, but it\u2019s one that Alim McNeill is more than comfortable with. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6797\">Red Sox match club record of 15 straight wins, then lose nightcap of doubleheader with Orioles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 Former NC State star Alim McNeill is putting in the work early morning on a Wednesday. 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