Quinton Newsome: DB · Nebraska · #15.
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Quinton Newsome
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for three head coaches at Nebraska: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph and Matt Rhule. The first one came in 2023: Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week. On tape: 6 tackles against Minnesota, Week 1, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-13@ Minnesota | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 14-36@ No. 22 Colorado | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-11vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-14vs Louisiana Tech | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-45vs No. 2 Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-7@ Illinois | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 17-9vs Northwestern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-14vs Purdue | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-20@ Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-13vs No. 20 Iowa | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
37tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL37 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Pass share
35.7%
261 pass / 471 run
Plays / game
61.0
12 games
Team sack rate
10.1%
288 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #336 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Nebraska, 132 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 36 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph, and Matt Rhule. Multi-era developmental context.
