Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009Buffalo
Mike Newton
DB • 5'11" • Pasadena, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mike Newton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
Mike Newton built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a defensive back from Pasadena, MD wearing No. 30, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Mike Newton's career was his defensive production: 12...
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- Committed To
- Wyoming
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2003
Mike Newton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · Buffalo. Mike Newton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Mike Newton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · DB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2006 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Kent State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Douglas County · Wyoming
- High school pipeline
- Calvert Hall College · 22 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Class 2009
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Buffalo | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 68.9 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Buffalo | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 66.7 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Buffalo | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 26.7 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Buffalo | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.3 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Mike Newton
Mike Newton played DB for Buffalo. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mike Newton recorded 15 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2006 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 5 primary output with 25 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
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Game by game trend chart. Akron: 1. Miami (OH): 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
Best efficiency game
20 vs Miami (OH)
Player Story
Mike Newton story
Mike Newton built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a defensive back from Pasadena, MD wearing No. 30, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Mike Newton's career was his defensive production: 12 interceptions across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2006 with Buffalo. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Mike Newton's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 15 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Buffalo.
The arc is straightforward: Mike Newton moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Buffalo
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2006200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Buffalo | 5 | 25 | — | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | Buffalo | 4 | 20 | — | -1 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 10 | — | -3 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Buffalo | 2 | 20 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kent State
Week 10 · W 41-14 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
vs Akron
Week 9 · W 26-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Toledo
Week 7 · W 43-33 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Ohio
Week 6 · W 31-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ Temple
Week 2 · W 42-7 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2006 Regular Season · Buffalo
5 primary output · 25 efficiency · — usage
68.9
#2
2007 Regular Season · Buffalo
66.7
4 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Buffalo
53.3
2 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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