Usage / Role
31%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Nebraska
Quinton Newsome
DB • 6'1" • 185 lbs • Suwanee, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Quinton Newsome shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Player Story
Quinton Newsome built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 15, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Quinton Newsome's career was his defensive...
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- Jan 1, 2025
Quinton Newsome, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nebraska. Quinton Newsome shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 132
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 17
Quick Answers
Quinton Newsome quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · DB
- Career Tackles
- 132
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Oklahoma
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Anderson
- High school pipeline
- Anderson · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · DB 236th (top 25%) · Big Ten 109th (top 18%) · National 1,022nd (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 6 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 9 | 42 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 32.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 11 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 58.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 10 | 37 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 24.7 |
Related Context
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Quinton Newsome played DB for Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, Quinton Newsome recorded 10 receiving yards and 132 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 17 primary output with 31.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
20.4
Usage
4.3
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0. Colorado: 1. Northern Illinois: 2. Louisiana Tech: 1. Michigan: 0. Illinois: 1. Northwestern: 0. Purdue: 0. Michigan State: 0. Iowa: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 6 by 25. Colorado: 4 by 26.7. Northern Illinois: 3 by 32.5. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 26.7. Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Illinois: 5 by 30.8. Northwestern: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 5 by 20.8. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Northern Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | vs Iowa | L 10-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Michigan State | L 17-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Purdue | W 31-14 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Northwestern | W 17-9 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Illinois | W 20-7 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Michigan | L 7-45 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 28-14 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Northern IllinoisSplash game | W 35-11 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Colorado | L 14-36 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/1 | @ Minnesota | L 10-13 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Quinton Newsome story
Quinton Newsome built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 15, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Quinton Newsome's career was his defensive production: 132 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 10 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Quinton Newsome's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Nebraska
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 7 | 27.2 | 5.6 | 7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 17 | 31.3 | 5.7 | 10 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 5 | 20.4 | 4.3 | -12 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oklahoma
Week 3 · L 16-23
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Fordham
Week 1 · W 52-7
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Illinois
Week 9 · L 9-26 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Iowa
Week 13 · W 24-17 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 4 · W 28-14
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Nebraska
17 primary output · 31.3 efficiency · 5.7 usage
58.8
#2
2020 Regular Season · Nebraska
39.5
0 primary · 7.7 efficiency · 1.3 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
32.5
7 primary · 27.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
9
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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