Josh Newman: S · Texas State · #21.
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Josh Newman
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in two seasons at Texas State. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Arkansas State — Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 3 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Texas State | 53 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 2017 | Texas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 57 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-35@ Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-20vs Texas Southern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-41@ South Alabama | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-25@ UTSA | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-42vs Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-15vs Georgia Southern | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-20@ UL Monroe | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-20vs New Mexico State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-38vs App State | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-12@ Troy | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-33vs Arkansas State | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Total | 53 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL53 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Everett Withers, all run-leaning offenses — 5-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Woods
Pass share
43.3%
334 pass / 437 run
Plays / game
64.2
12 games
Team sack rate
7.7%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Texas State, 57 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jimbo Fisher, Everett Withers and Jake Spavital.
