Running back for UConn. 2017: 261 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 25 catches.
5′7″ · 190 lb · Ansonia, CT
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 764 nationally · Signed with UConn
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 running back for UConn. 2017: 261 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 25 catches.
Arkeel Newsome
Arkeel Newsome has been at UConn through two head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 114 rush yds, 49 rec yds against Memphis — Week 6, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UConn, 1,956 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bob Diaco → Randy Edsall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (90th percentile). Concern: yards / carry (14th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 29.2 | 4.6 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 23.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 34.8 | 4.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 13.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017
W 27–20
vs Holy Cross
1 rush yds (8 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With B. Graham — 40 AVG · 44 LONG · 6 NO · D. Pindell — 154 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 35.1 · 33 rush yds (6 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-20vs Holy Cross | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 18-38@ Virginia | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-41vs East Carolina | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-49@ SMU | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-70vs Memphis | 9 | 114 | 12.7 | 2 | 64 | Season-high 114 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 28-24@ Temple | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14vs Tulsa | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-49@ UCF | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | L 16-39vs Boston College | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-22@ Cincinnati | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 67 | 261 | 3.6 | 3 | 64 |