Usage Score
13.6
Player Dossier
2020-2023Illinois
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL • 6'2" • 295 lbs • Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jer'Zhan Newton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.6 disruption score.
Efficiency
40.6
Consistency
50.3
Season Value
49
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
20212223
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Jer'Zhan Newton, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois. Jer'Zhan Newton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.6 disruption score.
Jer'Zhan Newton played DL for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jer'Zhan Newton recorded 181 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Illinois paired 29.5 primary output with 43.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 40.6 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: Kansas
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.3
Efficiency
40.6
Usage
13.6
Consistency
50.3
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. Kansas: 5. Penn State: 5. Florida Atlantic: 0. Purdue: 0. Nebraska: 2. Maryland: 0. Wisconsin: 5. Minnesota: 2. Indiana: 3. Iowa: 0. Northwestern: 5
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. Toledo: 3 by 12.5. Kansas: 6 by 75. Penn State: 6 by 75. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 3 by 12.5. Nebraska: 7 by 49.2. Maryland: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 6 by 75. Minnesota: 3 by 32.5. Indiana: 4 by 46.7. Iowa: 5 by 20.8. Northwestern: 5 by 70.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 5 · -2.1 vs Losses
Losses3.1 · Games = 7 · +2.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kansas
Best efficiency game
75 vs Wisconsin
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Northwestern2+ sacks · Splash game | L 43-45 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Iowa | L 13-15 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs IndianaSplash game | W 48-45 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ MinnesotaSplash game | W 27-26 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs WisconsinSplash game | L 21-25 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Maryland | W 27-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs NebraskaSplash game | L 7-20 | 7 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Purdue | L 19-44 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 23-17 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Penn StateSplash game | L 13-30 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Fri 9/8 | @ Kansas2+ sacks · Splash game | L 23-34 | 6 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Toledo | W 30-28 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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- 1
Illinois
2020-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 18 | 4.6 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 9 | 24.9 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 29.5 | 43.6 | 14.8 | 20.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 27 | 40.6 | 13.6 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Kansas
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Primary metric
5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#2
Northwestern
5
Primary metric
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.3 takeover score.
#3
Indiana
5.5
Primary metric
Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.5 takeover score.
#4
Wisconsin
5
Primary metric
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.2 takeover score.
#5
Penn State
5
Primary metric
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Illinois
29.5 primary output · 43.6 efficiency · 14.8 usage
55.5
#2
2023 Regular Season · Illinois
49
27 primary · 40.6 efficiency · 13.6 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
18.2
9 primary · 24.9 efficiency · 6.2 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
20
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Career Facts
1
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
181
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 43 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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