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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025New Mexico
Keyshawn James-Newby
DT • 6'2" • 244 lbs • Helena, MT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Keyshawn James-Newby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · New Mexico
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- New Mexico
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Player Story
Keyshawn James-Newby built his college career in 2025 as a defensive tackle from Helena, MT wearing No. 1, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Keyshawn James-Newby's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 36
- Overall
- No. 252
- NFL Team
- Philadelphia Eagles
Keyshawn James-Newby, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · New Mexico. Keyshawn James-Newby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 52
- TFL
- 15
- Sacks
- 9
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Keyshawn James-Newby quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico · DT
- Career Tackles
- 52
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · New Mexico
- Top game
- New Mexico State
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 7 · Pick 36 · Philadelphia Eagles
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 52 tackles · DT 7th (top 4%) · Mountain West 45th (top 9%) · National 567th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | New Mexico | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 76.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico | 12 | 48 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 76.7 |
Related Context
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Keyshawn James-Newby played DT for New Mexico. Across 1 tracked season, Keyshawn James-Newby recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with New Mexico.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
New Mexico paired 34 primary output with 43.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 43.9 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: New Mexico State
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · New Mexico
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.8
Efficiency
43.9
Usage
13.8
Consistency
63.1
Best Game by takeover score
New Mexico State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 3. Michigan: 0. Idaho State: 3. UCLA: 0. New Mexico State: 7. San José State: 1. Boise State: 6. Nevada: 0. UNLV: 4. Colorado State: 4. Air Force: 3. San Diego State: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 4 by 46.7. Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Idaho State: 4 by 46.7. UCLA: 3 by 12.5. New Mexico State: 5 by 70.8. San José State: 6 by 35. Boise State: 5 by 70.8. Nevada: 5 by 20.8. UNLV: 1 by 44.2. Colorado State: 6 by 65. Air Force: 4 by 46.7. San Diego State: 4 by 46.7
Split Comparison
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Wins3 · Games = 8 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses2.5 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
New Mexico State
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Boise State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/26 | @ MinnesotaSplash game | L 17-20 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs San Diego StateSplash game | W 23-17 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ Air ForceSplash game | W 20-3 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Colorado StateSplash game | W 20-17 | 6 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ UNLVSplash game | W 40-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | vs Nevada | W 24-22 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | @ Boise State2+ sacks · Splash game | L 25-41 | 5 | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ San José State | L 28-35 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs New Mexico State2+ sacks · Splash game | W 38-20 | 5 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 2.50 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ UCLA | W 35-10 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Idaho StateSplash game | W 32-22 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Michigan | L 17-34 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Keyshawn James-Newby story
Keyshawn James-Newby built his college career in 2025 as a defensive tackle from Helena, MT wearing No. 1, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Keyshawn James-Newby's career was his defensive production: 52 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with New Mexico. 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 Keyshawn James-Newby's production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico.
The arc is straightforward: Keyshawn James-Newby 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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New Mexico
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2025 Postseason | New Mexico | 34 | 43.9 | 13.8 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico | 34 | 43.9 | 13.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 123 New Mexico State
Week 5 · W 38-20
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 64 Boise State
Week 7 · L 25-41 · Conference game
6
Havoc Plays
85.5 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 85.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Wyoming
Week 2
6
Havoc Plays
83.4 takeover
Game with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 83.4 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 124 Colorado State
Week 12 · W 20-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
74 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 74 takeover score.
#5
@ Oregon
Week 1
4.5
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Game with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · New Mexico
34 primary output · 43.9 efficiency · 13.8 usage
76.7
#2
2025 Regular Season · New Mexico
76.7
34 primary · 43.9 efficiency · 13.8 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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