Donavin Newsom: LB · Missouri · #25.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Donavin Newsom
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Middle Tennessee — Week 8, 2016.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
73 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Missouri | 73 | 46 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 4 |
| Career | 73 | 46 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 4 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-26@ West Virginia | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 61-21vs Eastern Michigan | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 27-28vs No. 16 Georgia | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 79-0vs Delaware State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-42@ LSU | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-40@ No. 18 Florida | 9 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 45-51vs Middle Tennessee | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 21-35vs Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-31@ South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 26-17vs Vanderbilt | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 37-63@ Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-24vs Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 73 | 46 | 5.5 | 3.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
73tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%6 TFLSack rate
4%3 sacksPD rate
5%4 pass breakups73 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 6.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Pass share
48.0%
448 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
77.8
12 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
476 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Missouri, 73 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Pinkel → Barry Odom. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
