Redshirt Senior (2019)
Appeared in four games before suffering a season-ending injury … registered seven tackles and a half-tackle for loss … posted three stops in the season-opening 35-7 victory over UIW (Aug. 31) … had a pair of tackles against both Army (Sept. 14) and North Texas (Sept. 21), where he also was part of a TFL … finished his UTSA career with 77 total tackles, 29 unassisted stops, 9.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, two forced fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries in 36 games … selected to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society … Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Redshirt Junior (2018)
Played in nine games with two starts … finished with 21 tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack, a quarterback hurry and one fumble recovery … had three tackles and recovered a fumble against Baylor (Sept. 8) … recorded three tackles, two TFL and a sack in the 20-3 win at Rice (Oct. 6) … registered a season-best five tackles versus Louisiana Tech (Oct. 13) … tallied four tackle, including one behind the line of scrimmage, at Southern Miss (Oct. 20) … had three stops and a QB pressure versus FIU (Nov. 10) … C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll member.
Redshirt Sophomore (2017)
Saw action in all 11 games and made five starts … posted 18 tackles (four solos), 3.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery for a defense that led Conference USA in seven statistical categories and ranked in the top five nationally in five … registered a season-high five tackles, including 1.5 TFLs, in the 31-14 victory at UTEP (Oct. 28) … turned in four stops and recovered a fumble at FIU (Nov. 4) … had three tackles and 1.5 TFLs in the 9-7 triumph over Marshall (Nov. 18) … recorded one solo and one assisted stop in the 51-17 rout of Southern (Sept. 16) … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Redshirt Freshman (2016)
Played in 12 contests and drew his first career start against UTEP (Oct. 22) … racked up 31 tackles (9 solos/22 assists), 2.5 TFLs, a sack, four QB hurries and two forced fumbles … had a career-high seven stops, including a sack, against North Texas (Oct. 29) … registered six tackles against UTEP … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Freshman (2015)
Redshirted … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Prior To UTSA
Named to the 2014 Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Top 300 list … helped lead his team to 24 wins over his final two seasons … an honorable mention all-state and first-team all-area (The Dallas Morning News) performer who was named the District 7-6A Defensive Most Valuable Player as a senior after registering 90 tackles, nine TFLs, five sacks, 22 QB hurries and two forced fumbles … had 79 stops, 12 of which came behind the line of scrimmage, and three sacks en route to second-team All-District 4-4A accolades as a junior … coached by Hal Wasson.
Personal
Born July 15, 1997 … son of Dorothy and Nate Newton … father was a three-time Super Bowl Champion (1992-93, ’95) and six-time Pro Bowl offensive guard (1992-96, ’98) for the Dallas Cowboys … mother played volleyball at Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette) from 1979-82 … brother, Tré, played running back at Texas from 2009-10 … business management major.
Appeared in four games before suffering a season-ending injury … registered seven tackles and a half-tackle for loss … posted three stops in the season-opening 35-7 victory over UIW (Aug. 31) … had a pair of tackles against both Army (Sept. 14) and North Texas (Sept. 21), where he also was part of a TFL … finished his UTSA career with 77 total tackles, 29 unassisted stops, 9.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, two forced fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries in 36 games … selected to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society … Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Redshirt Junior (2018)
Played in nine games with two starts … finished with 21 tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack, a quarterback hurry and one fumble recovery … had three tackles and recovered a fumble against Baylor (Sept. 8) … recorded three tackles, two TFL and a sack in the 20-3 win at Rice (Oct. 6) … registered a season-best five tackles versus Louisiana Tech (Oct. 13) … tallied four tackle, including one behind the line of scrimmage, at Southern Miss (Oct. 20) … had three stops and a QB pressure versus FIU (Nov. 10) … C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll member.
Redshirt Sophomore (2017)
Saw action in all 11 games and made five starts … posted 18 tackles (four solos), 3.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery for a defense that led Conference USA in seven statistical categories and ranked in the top five nationally in five … registered a season-high five tackles, including 1.5 TFLs, in the 31-14 victory at UTEP (Oct. 28) … turned in four stops and recovered a fumble at FIU (Nov. 4) … had three tackles and 1.5 TFLs in the 9-7 triumph over Marshall (Nov. 18) … recorded one solo and one assisted stop in the 51-17 rout of Southern (Sept. 16) … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Redshirt Freshman (2016)
Played in 12 contests and drew his first career start against UTEP (Oct. 22) … racked up 31 tackles (9 solos/22 assists), 2.5 TFLs, a sack, four QB hurries and two forced fumbles … had a career-high seven stops, including a sack, against North Texas (Oct. 29) … registered six tackles against UTEP … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Freshman (2015)
Redshirted … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Prior To UTSA
Named to the 2014 Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Top 300 list … helped lead his team to 24 wins over his final two seasons … an honorable mention all-state and first-team all-area (The Dallas Morning News) performer who was named the District 7-6A Defensive Most Valuable Player as a senior after registering 90 tackles, nine TFLs, five sacks, 22 QB hurries and two forced fumbles … had 79 stops, 12 of which came behind the line of scrimmage, and three sacks en route to second-team All-District 4-4A accolades as a junior … coached by Hal Wasson.
Personal
Born July 15, 1997 … son of Dorothy and Nate Newton … father was a three-time Super Bowl Champion (1992-93, ’95) and six-time Pro Bowl offensive guard (1992-96, ’98) for the Dallas Cowboys … mother played volleyball at Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette) from 1979-82 … brother, Tré, played running back at Texas from 2009-10 … business management major.