Linebacker, Ball State (from Ohio State), 2009–13
Jonathan Newsome
Lettered 2012–13 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 11
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Cleveland, OH
- Born
- Jan 22, 1991, in Cleveland, Ohio
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Jonathan Newsome played linebacker at Ohio State (2009–10) and Ball State (2011–13). The Indianapolis Colts took Newsome in round 5, No. 166 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2009
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Ball State | 1 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | Team | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010N | Ohio State | 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 2012 | Ball State | 10 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 12 | 8.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013N | Ball State | 12 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 11.5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – |
| On file | 58 | 77 | 135 | 23.5 | 16.5 | – | – | – | – | ||
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Ohio State | 11 | LB | |
| 2010 | Ohio State | 11 | LB | |
| 2011 | Ball State | 11 | LB | |
| 2012 | Ball State | 11 | LB | |
| 2013 | Ball State | 11 | LB | 6′3″ |
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.
Game by game
2013 Ball State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | at Eastern Michigan | W 51–20 | 1 |
2010 Ohio State 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 19 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2014 | Combine or pro day 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅝″ | |
| Weight | 247 lb | |
| Arm length | 33¼″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.73 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.64 s | |
| Vertical jump | 34″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′9″ | |
| Bench press | 21 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.31 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.63 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 22 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Indianapolis Colts | 12 | 27 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 2015 | Indianapolis Colts | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 22 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 2017–19 | CFL | Ottawa Redblacks |
| 2019–20 | CFL | BC Lions |
| 2022–23 | USFL | Birmingham Stallions |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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