Triston Newson is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Missouri.
Newson is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three seasons in the Missouri linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Texas A&M — Week 11, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-6vs Central Arkansas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-31vs Kansas | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-20vs South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-6vs Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-27vs No. 8 Alabama | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 23-17@ Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-17@ No. 10 Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-38vs No. 3 Texas A&M | 11 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 49-27vs Mississippi State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-17@ No. 8 Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-17@ Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 7-13vs No. 20 Virginia | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 22 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
5%2 pass breakups44 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Eli Drinkwitz — 29-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
39.6%
360 pass / 550 run
Plays / game
70.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #417 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #57 of 76 SEC LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 34 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Eli Drinkwitz.
