Usage / Role
69%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2009-2013Ball State
Jonathan Newsome
LB • 6'3" • Cleveland, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jonathan Newsome shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Ohio State • Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Player Story
Jonathan Newsome built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a linebacker from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Ball State and Ohio State. The clearest part of Jonathan Newsome's career was his...
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- Committed To
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2014
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 26
- Overall
- No. 166
- NFL Team
- Indianapolis Colts
Jonathan Newsome, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Ball State. Jonathan Newsome shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Jonathan Newsome quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 2 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Eastern Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Kalama Jr Sr
- High school pipeline
- Kalama Jr Sr · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2014 · Round 5 · Pick 26 · Indianapolis Colts
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Class 2013
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Ball State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Jonathan Newsome is listed as a LB for Ohio State and Ball State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Ball State paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2013 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, Ball State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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All Games1 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
Best efficiency game
20 vs Eastern Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/21 | @ Eastern Michigan | W 51-20 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Jonathan Newsome story
Jonathan Newsome built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a linebacker from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Ball State and Ohio State. The clearest part of Jonathan Newsome's career was his defensive production: 1 interception across 2 career games in the available record. His career also includes 19 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jonathan Newsome's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ohio State
2009-2010
Opening stop
- 2
Ball State
2011-2013
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20092010201120122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Ball State | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 4 · W 51-20 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Minnesota
Week 9 · W 52-10 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Ball State
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2010 Regular Season · Ohio State
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Ohio State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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