Player Dossier

2023-2025

Missouri

Triston Newson

LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Independence, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Triston Newson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Missouri

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Missouri
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Player Story

Triston Newson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Independence, MS wearing No. 14, spending time with Missouri. The clearest part of Triston Newson's career was his defensive...

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Triston Newson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Missouri. Triston Newson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
168
TFL
16.5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Triston Newson quick answers

Latest team and position
Missouri · LB
Career Tackles
168
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Missouri
Top game
Ohio State
Latest roster
No. 14 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
44 tackles · LB 343rd (top 27%) · SEC 105th (top 14%) · National 805th (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonMissouri10102.501-048.5
2023 Regular SeasonMissouri10424.50.51-048.5
2024 PostseasonMissouri127201-067.6
2024 Regular SeasonMissouri126551.531067.6
2025 PostseasonMissouri127-0--024.1
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri12372.50.5-2024.1

Related Context

Triston Newson played LB for Missouri. Across 3 tracked seasons, Triston Newson recorded 168 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Missouri.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Missouri paired 13.5 primary output with 36.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 83.3th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Missouri

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

19.5

Usage

3.5

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Texas A&M

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia: 0. Central Arkansas: 0. Kansas: 1.5. South Carolina: 0. Massachusetts: 2. Alabama: 0.5. Auburn: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Texas A&M: 1. Mississippi State: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Arkansas: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia: 7 by 29.2. Central Arkansas: 3 by 12.5. Kansas: 4 by 31.7. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Massachusetts: 0 by 20. Alabama: 3 by 17.5. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. Texas A&M: 11 by 55.8. Mississippi State: 7 by 29.2. Oklahoma: 3 by 12.5. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.5 · Games = 7 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 5 · -0.2 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

Texas A&M

Best efficiency game

55.8 vs Texas A&M

Result
Sun 12/28vs VirginiaL 7-1374000
Sat 11/29@ ArkansasW 31-1711000
Sat 11/22@ OklahomaL 6-1732000
Sun 11/16vs Mississippi StateW 49-2772000
Sat 11/8vs Texas A&M10+ tacklesL 17-38116100
Sat 10/25@ VanderbiltL 10-1711000
Sat 10/18@ AuburnW 23-1722000
Sat 10/11vs AlabamaL 24-27310.5000
Sat 9/27vs MassachusettsSplash gameW 42-600002
Sat 9/20vs South CarolinaW 29-2021000
Sat 9/6vs KansasW 42-314110.500
Thu 8/28vs Central ArkansasW 61-631000

Player Story

Triston Newson story

Triston Newson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Independence, MS wearing No. 14, spending time with Missouri. The clearest part of Triston Newson's career was his defensive production: 168 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Missouri. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Triston Newson's production has multiple signals. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Missouri.

The arc is straightforward: Triston Newson 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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    Missouri

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonMissouri9.529.97.1
2023 Regular SeasonMissouri9.529.97.10
2024 PostseasonMissouri13.536.310.14
2024 Regular SeasonMissouri13.536.310.10
2025 PostseasonMissouri519.53.5-8.5
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri519.53.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ohio State

Week 1 · W 14-3 · Postseason

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

92.2 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Oklahoma

Week 11 · W 30-23 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

92.2 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Iowa

Week 1 · W 27-24 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

81.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 81.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Arkansas

Week 13 · W 48-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

75.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Tennessee

Week 11 · W 36-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Missouri

13.5 primary output · 36.3 efficiency · 10.1 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Missouri

67.6

13.5 primary · 36.3 efficiency · 10.1 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Missouri

48.5

9.5 primary · 29.9 efficiency · 7.1 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

7

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games