Dazz Newsome

Former wide receiver at North Carolina. 2020: 54 catches, 684 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · North Carolina · Sr. · #5

5′11″ · 190 lb · Hampton, VA

Chicago — drafted 2021, Rd 6, Pick 37, #221 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1085 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

Statement game10 rec · 189 yds · 2 TDvs Wake Forest (FBS) · W 59-53

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at North Carolina. 2020: 54 catches, 684 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Carolina in 2017.
Drafted round 6 by the Chicago in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at North Carolina, 2,435 receiving yards — drafted at #221 overall by Chicago.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 189 yds vs Wake Forest.Wake Forest · W 59-532020

20178 games

Signed with North Carolina3-star out of Hampton

2021

Drafted by Chicagoround 6, pick 221

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1085 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #221

Chicago · 2021

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

2 coaches

2017–2018

Larry Fedora

North Carolina

2019–2020

Mack Brown

North Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Larry Fedora → Mack Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 6th NFL season

#221Rd 6 · Pick 37

ChicagoEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017North Carolina3-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2018North Carolina2-9HC: Larry Fedora · Balanced

2019North Carolina7-6HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2020North Carolina8-4HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (93rd percentile). Strength: long catch (90th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#27 / 421 · 93rd pct

Long catch#36 / 421 · 90th pct

Rec yards#45 / 421 · 89th pct

684

Rec TDs#40 / 421 · 88th pct

Rush TDs#12 / 202 · 88th pct

Rush yards#68 / 202 · 66th pct

Yards / catch#226 / 421 · 46th pct

12.7

Fumbles lost#59 / 146 · 35th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.3	73.8	13.3	0.7
Road5g	3.2	34.6	10.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.5	34.2	9.4	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	4.9	68.4	13.4	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	North Carolina	54	684	12.7	6	--
2019	North Carolina	72	1,018	14.1	10	--
2018	North Carolina	44	506	11.5	2	--
2017	North Carolina	18	227	12.6	0	--
Career		188	2,435	13.0	18	--

Season	Team
2020	North Carolina	2	21	19	168	--
2019	North Carolina	3	9	--	81	--
2018	North Carolina	7	96	125	286	1
2017	North Carolina	8	52	--	--	--
Career		20	178	144	535	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2020

W 56–45

vs Virginia Tech

6 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Virginia Tech at home in a shootout.

With M. Carter — 214 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · J. Williams — 169 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Wake Forest · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Sam Howell pass complete to Dazz Newsome for 75 yds for a TD, (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 11 · Wake Forest · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.38Sam Howell pass complete to Dazz Newsome for 44 yds for a TD (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 6 · Virginia Tech · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.22Sam Howell pass complete to Dazz Newsome for 28 yds to the VTech 45 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Syracuse · 4&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.07Sam Howell pass complete to Dazz Newsome for 18 yds to the Syrac 22 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Virginia · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.82Sam Howell pass complete to Dazz Newsome for 30 yds to the Virg 16 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Western Carolina · 2&16 · Q1 · EPA +2.81Sam Howell pass complete to Dazz Newsome for 17 yds to the WCaro 33 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Sam Howell pass complete to Dazz Newsome for 28 yds for a TD, (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 10 · Duke · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Sam Howell pass complete to Dazz Newsome for 13 yds for a TD (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 14 · Western Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Sam Howell pass complete to Dazz Newsome for 26 yds for a TD (Grayson Atkins KICK)
Week 6 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.53Sam Howell pass complete to Dazz Newsome for 12 yds for a TD (Grayson Atkins KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 31-6vs Syracuse	2	25	12.5	0	18
Wk 5	W 26-22@ Boston College	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 6	W 56-45vs Virginia Tech	7	69	9.9	1	28
Wk 7	L 28-31@ Florida State	4	37	9.3	0	13
Wk 8	W 48-21vs NC State	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 9	L 41-44@ Virginia	3	58	19.3	0	30
Wk 10	W 56-24@ Duke	6	57	9.5	1	16
Wk 11	W 59-53vs Wake Forest	10	189	18.9	2	75	Season-high 189 yds
Wk 13	L 17-31vs Notre Dame	6	64	10.7	0	20
Wk 14	W 49-9vs Western Carolina	6	82	13.7	1	26
Wk 15	W 62-26@ Miami	2	15	7.5	0	12
Total		48	616	11.9	5	75

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Dazz Newsome

20178 games

2021

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

Heisman trajectory

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