Player Dossier

2025-2025

Virginia

Dillon Newton-Short

WR • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Matoaca, VA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Dillon Newton-Short reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage Score

4

Efficiency

84.5

Consistency

82.6

Season Value

67.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
1
Program Path
Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Dillon Newton-Short, WR. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Virginia. Dillon Newton-Short reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Virginia paired 39 primary output with 84.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 84.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Virginia

Games

3

Receiving Yards / G

13

Efficiency

84.5

Usage

4

Consistency

82.6

Best Game by takeover score

Unknown

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Game-by-Game Trend

123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Coastal Carolina: 13. NC State: 16. Unknown: 10

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 86.7. NC State: 1 by 100. Unknown: 1 by 66.7

Split Comparison

First Half14.5 · n=2
All Games13 · n=3

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

100 vs NC State

Result
Sat 9/13vs Unknown1101010010
Sat 9/6@ NC StateL 31-351161616016
Sat 8/30vs Coastal CarolinaW 48-71131313013

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Virginia

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia3984.54

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

NC State

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

16

Primary metric

16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

Coastal Carolina

13

Primary metric

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#3

Unknown

10

Primary metric

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

10 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Virginia

39 primary output · 84.5 efficiency · 4 usage

67.1

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8669

Matoaca · Chesterfield, VA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Career Facts

1

Career teams

1

Seasons tracked

39

Career Receiving Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 1 tracked seasons, 3 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Dillon Newton-Short quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
WR
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
1
Career receiving yards
39