Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023Illinois
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL • 6'2" • 295 lbs • Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
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Jer'Zhan Newton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
91
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Jer'Zhan Newton built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Saint Petersburg, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Jer'Zhan Newton's career was his...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 4
- Overall
- No. 36
- NFL Team
- Washington
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.
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Jer'Zhan Newton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DL
- Career Tackles
- 181
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 2 · Pick 4 · Washington
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Junior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 52 tackles · DL 24th (top 3%) · Big Ten 54th (top 9%) · National 545th (top 10%)
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.
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