Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Missouri
Donavin Newsom
LB • 6'2" • St. Louis, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Donavin Newsom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
90
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
73
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Missouri
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Missouri
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Player Story
Donavin Newsom built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 25, spending time with Missouri. The clearest part of Donavin Newsom's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Missouri
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Donavin Newsom, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Missouri. Donavin Newsom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 73
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Donavin Newsom quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Missouri · LB
- Career Tackles
- 73
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Missouri
- Top game
- Middle Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · North · Missouri
- High school pipeline
- North · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 73 tackles · LB 172nd (top 17%) · SEC 23rd (top 4%) · National 287th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Missouri | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Missouri | 12 | 73 | 5.5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 65.2 |
Related Context
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Donavin Newsom played LB for Missouri. Across 5 tracked seasons, Donavin Newsom recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Missouri.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Missouri paired 14.5 primary output with 37.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 37.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Missouri
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
37.4
Usage
8.4
Consistency
53.6
Best Game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Georgia: 1. Delaware State: 2. LSU: 1. Florida: 2. Middle Tennessee: 3. Kentucky: 0. South Carolina: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Tennessee: 1.5. Arkansas: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. West Virginia: 8 by 33.3. Eastern Michigan: 6 by 25. Georgia: 9 by 47.5. Delaware State: 4 by 36.7. LSU: 5 by 30.8. Florida: 9 by 57.5. Middle Tennessee: 11 by 75.8. Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. South Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Vanderbilt: 7 by 39.2. Tennessee: 5 by 35.8. Arkansas: 2 by 38.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 8 · -0.4 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
Middle Tennessee
Best efficiency game
75.8 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/25 | vs ArkansasSplash game | W 28-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Tennessee | L 37-63 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Vanderbilt | W 26-17 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ South Carolina | L 21-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Kentucky | L 21-35 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Middle Tennessee10+ tackles · Splash game | L 45-51 | 11 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ FloridaSplash game | L 14-40 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ LSU | L 7-42 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Delaware StateSplash game | W 79-0 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Georgia | L 27-28 | 9 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 61-21 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ West Virginia | L 11-26 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Donavin Newsom story
Donavin Newsom built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 25, spending time with Missouri. The clearest part of Donavin Newsom's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 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 Donavin Newsom's production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Missouri.
The arc is straightforward: Donavin Newsom 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
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Missouri | 14.5 | 37.4 | 8.4 | 14.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 8 · L 45-51
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida
Week 7 · L 14-40 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Arkansas
Week 13 · W 28-24 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Delaware State
Week 4 · W 79-0
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Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Tennessee
Week 12 · L 37-63 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
47.2 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Missouri
14.5 primary output · 37.4 efficiency · 8.4 usage
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#2
2013 Regular Season · Missouri
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0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Missouri
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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