Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-27@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 10-42@ Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#12
Douglas Newsome
Senior cornerback on Charlotte's 2023 roster.
5′11″ · 180 lb · Orange, VA
Charlotte 2022 alumnus
The story
4 cornerback on Charlotte's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 2-star recruit to Charlotte in 2021.
- Transferred from Charlotte to UT Martin in 2024.
Recruiting
2★
CB recruit
No. 2542 nationally · Signed with Charlotte
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonDouglas Newsome
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Douglas Newsome has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Charlotte. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Missouri State, Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Charlotte, 17 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
20217 games
- Signed with Charlotte2-star out of Orange Co.
2024
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
Charlotte
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2022
2 coaches2021
Charlotte
2022era →
Peter Rossomando
Charlotte
Coaching transition mid-career: Will Healy → Peter Rossomando. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Charlotte5-7HC: Will Healy · Balanced
2022Charlotte3-9HC: Peter Rossomando · Balanced
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Ball Hawk
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CB
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Rashad Ajayi’s 2021 season.
82%match
Matches Rashad on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Differs from Rashad on
Tackle volume (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Michael Dansby's freshman season at San José State (2022).
100%match
NFL Rd 7
Matches Michael on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Douglas Newsome
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology