HONORS
- 2015 Spring Team Most Improved LB
- 2012-13 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
2016 SEASON
Led Mizzou with 73 tackles (46 solo) while playing in all 12 games, including 11 starts … The only game in which he did not start he was nursing an injury … Added 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, four pass breakups, a forced fumble and two QB hurries …Named the team’s recipient of the Aaron O’Neal St. Louis Metro Player of the Year award winner … Recorded eight tackles in Mizzou’s season opener against West Virginia (9/3) … Tallied six tackles in Mizzou’s win over Eastern Michigan (9/10) … Recorded a season-high nine tackles and one pass breakup in Mizzou’s SEC opener against Georgia (9/17) ... Posted four tackles and his first sack of the season against Delaware State (9/23) … Posted five tackles with a pass break-up at LSU (10/1) … Matched his season-high with nine tackles (two solo) and a sack for five yards at Florida (10/15) ... Set a season-high with 11 tackles to go along with two quarterback hits against Middle Tennessee (10/22) ... Posted three tackles (two solo) against Kentucky (10/29) … Recorded four tackles (three solo) in the Mayor’s Cup at South Carolina (11/5) … Recorded seven tackles (five solo) and a tackle-for-loss against Vanderbilt (11/12) … tabbed five tackles, three solo, and a pass break-up against Tennessee (11/19) … made a hefty contribution on defense in Mizzou’s win over Arkansas (11/25) with his third sack of the season for a loss of nine yards in addition to a pass break-up … led Mizzou’s defense with 73 tackles (46 solo) on the season.
2015 SEASON
Named as the team’s Rigman Outstanding Underclassman Leadership Award recipient after finishing fourth on the team with 63 total tackles (41 solo) … Posted 9.0 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and two pass break-ups on the year as well … Had a career-high 10 tackles (eight solo) in the season-finale at Arkansas (Nov. 27) … Had eight tackles, all solo stops, against Tennessee with a tackle for loss … Posted a career-high 2.0 tackles-for-loss in two separate games – at Kentucky (Sept. 26) and vs. Florida (Oct. 10) – tallying a sack in each game … Had a half sack and three tackles against South Carolina (Oct. 3) … Also had eight tackles against Georgia (Oct. 17) with a tackle-for-loss … Had a touchdown-saving pass break-up vs. UConn and also had a pass break-up against BYU to deny a big play.
2014 SEASON
Played in all 14 games, starting four, and picked up 24 tackles (13 solo, 11 assists) ... Also had 3.5 tackles for loss, one pass break-up and three QB hurries with a fumble recovery ... Tallied two tackles, including a TFL, and recovered a fumble in the Citrus Bowl ... Had a career-high five tackles against Vanderbilt (Oct. 25) and had four the previous game at Florida (Oct. 18) ... Added a pair of tackles in the SEC Championship Game against Alabama (Dec. 6) ... Tallied his first career TFL in Mizzou’s season-opening win over South Dakota State ... Added another TFL against Vanderbilt (Oct. 25).
2013 SEASON
Made solid contributions on special teams as a redshirt freshman ... Picked up playing time in 10 games on the year, while recording five tackles (four solo) ... Four of the stops came on kickoff coverage, which ranked him third on the team there ... One of his stops came in Mizzou’s Cotton Bowl win over Oklahoma State.
2012 SEASON
Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
ESPN rated him as the No. 6 overall prospect at any position in the state of Missouri, while also touting him as the No. 12 inside linebacker prospect in the nation ... Rivals listed him as the No. 7 overall prospect at any position in the state of Missouri for 2012 ... served as team captain during his senior season as a standout on both sides of the ball for Parkway North ... ran for 280 yards and four touchdowns as a senior, and on defense ran one interception back 102 yards for a touchdown to set a school record for longest interception return ... was his team’s MVP as a junior when he made 62 tackles and had five sacks and two interceptions on defense, while he rushed for 396 yards and 10 touchdowns, and added 153 yards receiving ... was selected to play in the Offense-Defense All-America Game in December at Cowboys Stadium ... also was a three-year letterman in basketball, winning All-Conference recognition as a junior... high school coach - Bob Bunton.
PERSONAL
Parents - Robert & Judy Newsom ... lists hobbies as drawing and playing basketball ... chose Mizzou over Nebraska, Wisconsin, Kansas State, Tennessee, Iowa, Wake Forest, Indiana, Minnesota, and Illinois, among others.
