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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Kentucky
Morgan Newton
QB • 6'4" • Carmel, IN, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Morgan Newton is a balanced quarterback profile with 8.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
4
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
24
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisville
Player Story
Morgan Newton built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a quarterback from Carmel, IN wearing No. 12, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Morgan Newton's career was his passing role: 1,837...
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- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2009
Morgan Newton, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Kentucky. Morgan Newton is a balanced quarterback profile with 8.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 2,352
- Passing yards
- 1,837
- Rushing yards
- 515
- Touchdowns
- 20
Quick Answers
Morgan Newton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 2,352
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Kentucky
- Top game
- Louisville
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Carmel · Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Carmel · 32 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Class 2012
- 2012 Total offense rank
- 136 total offense · QB 223rd (top 74%) · SEC 76th (top 50%) · National 611th (top 46%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Kentucky | 8 | 135 | 98 | 37 | 1 | 58.2 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Kentucky | 8 | 701 | 608 | 93 | 7 | 58.2 |
| 2010 Postseason | Kentucky | 4 | 229 | 211 | 18 | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Kentucky | 4 | 86 | 54 | 32 | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Kentucky | 9 | 1,065 | 793 | 272 | 10 | 70 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Kentucky | 6 | 136 | 73 | 63 | 2 | 25.1 |
Related Context
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Morgan Newton played QB for Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Morgan Newton recorded 1,837 passing yards, 515 rushing yards, and 41 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 1,065 primary output with 53.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 30.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
6
Primary Metric / G
22.7
Efficiency
30.7
Usage
8.5
Consistency
38
Best Game by takeover score
Florida
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisville: 4. Kent State: -4. Florida: 82. Arkansas: 28. Georgia: 25. Samford: 1
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. Louisville: 1 by 40. Kent State: 1 by 0. Florida: 25 by 45.1. Arkansas: 9 by 48.1. Georgia: 11 by 41.1. Samford: 1 by 10
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins-1.5 · Games = 2 · -36.3 vs Losses
Losses34.8 · Games = 4 · +36.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Florida
Best efficiency game
48.1 vs Arkansas
Player Story
Morgan Newton story
Morgan Newton built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a quarterback from Carmel, IN wearing No. 12, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Morgan Newton's career was his passing role: 1,837 passing yards, 15 touchdown passes, 384 attempts, and 515 rushing yards across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Kentucky. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 515 rushing yards and 41 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky.
The arc is straightforward: Morgan Newton moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Kentucky
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200920092010201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Kentucky | 836 | 50.2 | 17.1 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Kentucky | 836 | 50.2 | 17.1 | 0 |
| 2010 Postseason | Kentucky | 315 | 68.7 | 12.1 | -521 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Kentucky | 315 | 68.7 | 12.1 | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1,065 | 53.1 | 27.7 | 750 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Kentucky | 136 | 30.7 | 8.5 | -929 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Louisville
Week 3 · L 17-24
Loss with 233 yards of offense and 54.4 efficiency.
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Total Offense
83.9 takeover
233 total offense with 54.4 efficiency.
#2
vs Pittsburgh
Week 1 · L 10-27 · Postseason
229
Total Offense
79.6 takeover
Loss with 229 yards of offense and 55.5 efficiency.
229 total offense with 55.5 efficiency.
#3
vs Central Michigan
Week 2 · W 27-13
157
Total Offense
66.3 takeover
Win with 157 yards of offense and 53.4 efficiency.
157 total offense with 53.4 efficiency.
#4
vs Mississippi State
Week 9 · L 24-31 · Conference game
158
Total Offense
66.2 takeover
Loss with 158 yards of offense and 56 efficiency.
158 total offense with 56 efficiency.
#5
vs Jacksonville State
Week 8 · W 38-14
180
Total Offense
65.2 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
180 total offense with 69.9 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · Kentucky
1,065 primary output · 53.1 efficiency · 27.7 usage
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#2
2009 Postseason · Kentucky
58.2
836 primary · 50.2 efficiency · 17.1 usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Kentucky
58.2
836 primary · 50.2 efficiency · 17.1 usage
Milestones
1
250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
2
3+ TD games
4
Above avg efficiency
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