Derek Newton
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Offensive line, Arkansas State, to 2010

Derek Newton

Number
No. 72
Height
6′5″
Weight
305 lb
Hometown
Utica, MS
Born
Nov 16, 1987, in Utica, Mississippi

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Derek Newton played offensive line at Arkansas State (to 2010). The Houston Texans took Newton in round 7, No. 214 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

The teams

Linemen have no individual stat lines in our source.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2009Arkansas State72OL
2010Arkansas State72OL6′5″305

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011
Height6′4⅞″
Weight311 lb
Arm length33⅛″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash5.01 s
10-yard split1.74 sW
Vertical jump25½″
Broad jump8′4″
Bench press24 reps
3-cone drill7.76 s
20-yard shuttle5.00 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

His NFL seasons aren’t on this page yet: our NFL numbers are matched to college players by an ID his college record doesn’t carry. His NFL career is in his Wikipedia article.

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