Isaiah Neyor flashed a few times at the back end of the Green Bay Packers’ first preseason game in Pittsburgh, a brief reminder that his long-term upside is still part of the conversation. For a receiver whose college path was interrupted by injury and transfers, even a handful of clean reps can matter.
That interest starts with what Neyor already put on tape at Wyoming in the 2021 season. He was 20 then, and he led the team with 44 receptions, 878 receiving yards and 12 touchdown catches. Josh Cobbs was next on the roster with 27 catches, while Ayden Eberhardt finished second in yards with 298. No other Wyoming player had more than 2 touchdown catches, and Neyor accounted for production that was far above his teammates.
The context is what keeps that breakout from being taken at face value. Wyoming did not face a single quality opponent in 2021, Boise State was described as probably the best team on that schedule, and the Cowboys were blanked by Fresno State and essentially blanked by New Mexico. That matters because breakout age and volume are often used to project receivers, but those numbers are easier to trust when they come against better competition and in a passing game that asks more of its top target. Neyor’s 38 balls at Wyoming came in a setting that did not force the same level of week-to-week adjustment as bigger conferences do.
Then came the breaks in the career arc. Neyor tore his ACL and missed the entire 2022 season. He transferred to Texas in 2023, did nothing while recovering, then re-injured the same knee and missed most of the back half of that season. He later moved to Nebraska for his final season, was still recovering, was just okay, and was out-targeted by Jacory Barney and Jahmal Banks even while remaining a dangerous deep threat.
That is the friction in Neyor’s profile now. The Packers are looking at a player who has already shown he can win downfield, but they are also weighing a college record shaped by low-volume offense, weak opposition, and two knee setbacks that interrupted his development at the worst possible times. If he is going to turn that early promise into a real roster case, the next step is not another flash. It is proving he can stack them.
