Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023TCU
Josh Newton
CB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Monroe, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Josh Newton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
31
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UL Monroe
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UL Monroe • TCU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Josh Newton built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a cornerback from Monroe, LA wearing No. 2, spending time with TCU and UL Monroe. The clearest part of Josh Newton's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- UL Monroe
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 14
- Overall
- No. 149
- NFL Team
- Cincinnati Bengals
Josh Newton, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UL Monroe. Josh Newton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 140
- TFL
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 32
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Josh Newton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- TCU · CB
- Career Tackles
- 140
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 53 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · UL Monroe
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Ouachita Parish · UL Monroe
- High school pipeline
- Ouachita Parish · 17 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 5 · Pick 14 · Cincinnati Bengals
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · CB 98th (top 24%) · Big 12 134th (top 21%) · National 1,395th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 10 | 20 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 8 | 16 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 37.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 12 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 57.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | TCU | 12 | 27 | 2 | 0 | - | 12 | 2 | 52.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | TCU | 11 | 29 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 20.9 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Josh Newton played CB for UL Monroe and TCU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Josh Newton recorded 140 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UL Monroe.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
UL Monroe paired 16 primary output with 30 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UL Monroe, TCU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: SMU
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · TCU
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
16.5
Usage
2.4
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
SMU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 0. Houston: 0. SMU: 2. West Virginia: 0. Iowa State: 0. BYU: 0. Kansas State: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Texas: 1. Baylor: 1. Oklahoma: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado: 4 by 16.7. Houston: 1 by 4.2. SMU: 0 by 20. West Virginia: 4 by 16.7. Iowa State: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 1 by 4.2. Kansas State: 4 by 16.7. Texas Tech: 3 by 12.5. Texas: 5 by 30.8. Baylor: 3 by 22.5. Oklahoma: 3 by 32.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
SMU
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Oklahoma
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | @ OklahomaSplash game | L 45-69 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Baylor | W 42-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | vs Texas | L 26-29 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 11/2 | @ Texas Tech | L 28-35 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Kansas State | L 3-41 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs BYU | W 44-11 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | @ Iowa State | L 14-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/1 | vs West Virginia | L 21-24 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs SMUSplash game | W 34-17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | @ Houston | W 36-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Colorado | L 42-45 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Josh Newton story
Josh Newton built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a cornerback from Monroe, LA wearing No. 2, spending time with TCU and UL Monroe. The clearest part of Josh Newton's career was his defensive production: 140 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 7 interceptions, and 32 passes defended across 53 career games in the available record. That gives Josh Newton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
UL Monroe
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
TCU
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 2 | 10.3 | 1.4 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 6.5 | 16.5 | 2.9 | 4.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 16 | 30 | 7.8 | 9.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | TCU | 17 | 23.5 | 3.8 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | TCU | 6 | 16.5 | 2.4 | -11 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Arkansas State
Week 11 · L 24-27 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Iowa State
Week 13 · W 62-14 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#3
@ SMU
Week 4 · W 42-34
3
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Liberty
Week 7 · W 31-28
3
Havoc Plays
70.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.
#5
vs UTEP
Week 4 · L 6-31
1.5
Havoc Plays
59.5 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 59.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · UL Monroe
16 primary output · 30 efficiency · 7.8 usage
57.7
#2
2022 Regular Season · TCU
52.7
17 primary · 23.5 efficiency · 3.8 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · UL Monroe
37.4
6.5 primary · 16.5 efficiency · 2.9 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
12
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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