Safety on Virginia Tech's 2017 roster.
5′11″ · 193 lb · Hampton, VA
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 841 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 safety on Virginia Tech's roster.
Deon Newsome
Three seasons at Virginia Tech, two different head coaches: Frank Beamer and Justin Fuente. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Virginia, Week 13, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Virginia Tech, 20 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Frank Beamer → Justin Fuente. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Virginia Tech | 16 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | Virginia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 20 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 27-0vs Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 64-17@ East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-31vs Clemson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 59-7vs North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-28@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-14vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 10-0@ Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Bowl | L 21-30@ Oklahoma State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.