Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2020Northwestern
Greg Newsome II
DB • 6'1" • 180 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
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Greg Newsome II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
94
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
95
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Greg Newsome II built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 2, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Greg Newsome II's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 26
- Overall
- No. 26
- NFL Team
- Cleveland Browns
Greg Newsome II, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Northwestern. Greg Newsome II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.5 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Greg Newsome II quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · DB
- Career Tackles
- 71
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · IMG Academy · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- IMG Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 1 · Pick 26 · Cleveland Browns
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Junior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · DB 417th (top 53%) · Big Ten 195th (top 36%) · National 1,968th (top 38%)
Greg Newsome II played DB for Northwestern. Across 3 tracked seasons, Greg Newsome II recorded 71 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northwestern.
Recognition
Honors
- 20202020 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coachesfirst
- 20202020 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediafirst
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