5′11″ · 193 lb · Hampton, VA
Deon Newsome: S · Virginia Tech · #20.
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Deon Newsome
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three seasons at Virginia Tech, two different head coaches: Frank Beamer and Justin Fuente. On tape: 4 tackles against Virginia, Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 pass 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Virginia Tech | 16 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2014 | Virginia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 20 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 27-0vs Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 64-17@ East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-31vs No. 2 Clemson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 59-7vs North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-28@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-14vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 10-0@ Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
 Bowl | L 21-30@ No. 17 Oklahoma State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
16tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%1 TFL16 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Fuente
Pass share
41.7%
410 pass / 573 run
Plays / game
75.6
13 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
438 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Virginia Tech, 20 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 23 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Frank Beamer → Justin Fuente. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
