Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Southern Miss
TQ Newsome
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Gulfport, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
TQ Newsome shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
32
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Player Story
TQ Newsome built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Gulfport, MS wearing No. 35, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of TQ Newsome's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Southern Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
TQ Newsome, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss. TQ Newsome shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 100
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 5
Quick Answers
TQ Newsome quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · LB
- Career Tackles
- 100
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Florida International
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Gulfport · Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- Gulfport · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 35 · Junior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · LB 475th (top 39%) · Sun Belt 179th (top 28%) · National 1,523rd (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 9 | 30 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 11 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 44.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 10 | 27 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 35.2 |
Related Context
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TQ Newsome played LB for Southern Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, TQ Newsome recorded 100 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Southern Miss paired 6 primary output with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.8 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: UL Monroe
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
15.8
Usage
4.4
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
UL Monroe
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alcorn State: 0. Tulane: 0.5. Arkansas State: 0. Texas State: 1. Old Dominion: 0. South Alabama: 0. App State: 0. UL Monroe: 2. Louisiana: 1. Mississippi State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alcorn State: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 3 by 17.5. Arkansas State: 3 by 12.5. Texas State: 3 by 22.5. Old Dominion: 3 by 12.5. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3. App State: 1 by 4.2. UL Monroe: 3 by 32.5. Louisiana: 1 by 14.2. Mississippi State: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 7 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UL Monroe
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs UL Monroe
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/18 | @ Mississippi State | L 20-41 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/10 | @ Louisiana | W 34-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs UL MonroeSplash game | W 24-7 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ App State | L 38-48 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/17 | @ South Alabama | L 3-55 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Old Dominion | L 13-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Texas State | L 36-50 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Arkansas State | L 37-44 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Tulane | L 3-21 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Alcorn State | W 40-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
TQ Newsome story
TQ Newsome built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Gulfport, MS wearing No. 35, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of TQ Newsome's career was his defensive production: 100 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 34 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 return yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives TQ Newsome's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Southern Miss
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 5 | 19.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 6 | 20.6 | 4.9 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 4.5 | 15.8 | 4.4 | -1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida International
Week 13 · W 37-17 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Georgia State
Week 10 · L 14-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#3
vs UL Monroe
Week 10 · W 24-7 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Louisiana
Week 11 · W 34-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
46.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 12 · W 35-19 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
45.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss
6 primary output · 20.6 efficiency · 4.9 usage
44.1
#2
2021 Regular Season · Southern Miss
38.8
5 primary · 19.5 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Southern Miss
35.9
0 primary · 3.2 efficiency · 0.5 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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