Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Illinois paired 29.5 primary output with 43.6 efficiency.
Player Stats
Jer'Zhan Newton College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 181
- TFL
- 26
- Sacks
- 17.5
- QB hurries
- 22
- Passes defended
- 3
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 7 | 23 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 18.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 50 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 29.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 56 | 12.5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 76.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 52 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 70.6 |
Player insights
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: Wisconsin
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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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
Wisconsin
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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
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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
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Wins1 · Games = 5 · -2.1 vs Losses
Losses3.1 · Games = 7 · +2.1 vs Wins
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