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Triston Newson

Senior linebacker for Missouri. 2025: 44 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Missouri · Sr. · #14

6′2″ · 230 lb · Independence, MS

CFB Index 36 · #417 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Missouri for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 74th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

2.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks · 2 PBU

Best game: 11 tackles, 1 TFL, vs Texas A&M

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Missouri. 2025: 44 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Missouri in 2023.

His career, year by year

Triston Newson

LB · Missouri · Sr · #14

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. He has spent three seasons in the Missouri linebacker corps. The receipt: 11 tackles, 1 TFL against Texas A&M — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Eli Drinkwitz — 29-10 over that span.

2023Missouri11-2HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2024Missouri10-3HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2025Missouri8-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

36Below cohort / limited sample #417 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#756 / 2975 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#902 / 2975 · 69th pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.6	0.3	0.1	0.2
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #417 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #417 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #57 of 76 SEC LBs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Missouri	44	22	2.5	0.5	2	--	--
2024	Missouri	72	39	7.0	1.5	1	--	--
2023	Missouri	52	27	7.0	0.5	--	--	--
Career		168	88	16.5	2.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 23–17

at Auburn

2 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With B. Pribula — 252 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 76.4 · 28 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · C. Weselman — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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@ Vanderbilt	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 17-38vs 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@ 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 Virginia	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		44	22	2.5	0.5	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

44Tackles

22Solo

2.5TFL

0.5Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

44 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.

Week 20.5 sacks
Week 52 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Missouri

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Missouri

Returning around him

6 Missouri players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +3 net (30 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Missouri · Last season: 8-5 (AP #25) · Talent rank #19 · 2026 recruiting class #34

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Desmyn Baker’s 2024 season.

Desmyn Baker

81%match

Southern Miss · 2024

Austin Harnetiaux

Nevada · 2025

80%

Amari Burney

Florida · 2021

NFL Rd 6

78%

Devon Williams

Minnesota · 2024

78%

Matches Desmyn on

TFL rate

Class year

Solo tackle rate

Differs from Desmyn on

Sack rate (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jimmy Ciarlo's junior season at Army (2022).

Jimmy Ciarlo

86%match

Army · 2022

Desmyn Baker

Western Kentucky · 2023

86%

Tyler Bird

App State · 2022

85%

Tyler Grubbs

Louisiana Tech · 2022

All-AAC

84%

Jay Higgins

Iowa · 2022

Consensus All-American

84%

Matches Jimmy on

Solo tackle rate

TFL rate

Sack rate

Differs from Jimmy on

Hurry rate (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Triston Newson

Matt Rose

Stanford · 2026

85%

Kyle Thornton

Washington State · 2024

84%

Caleb McCullough

Arizona State · 2024

84%

Jonathan Thompson

Cincinnati · 2025

82%

Reid Williford

Charlotte · 2024

81%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

202310 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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