Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-55@ Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
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Mosai Newsom
Senior defensive lineman on Nebraska's 2022 roster.
6′5″ · 320 lb · Waverly, IA
Nebraska 2022 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
SDE recruit
No. 706 nationally · Signed with Waverly-Shell Rock
Last played in 2025.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior defensive lineman on Nebraska's 2022 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Waverly-Shell Rock in 2019.
Mosai Newsom
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Two seasons at Nebraska, two different head coaches: Scott Frost and Mickey Joseph. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Iowa State — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Nebraska — his college career is complete.
His career
2019
- Recruited3-star out of Waverly-Shell Rock
2023
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Nebraska
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2022
2 coaches2021
Nebraska
2022era →
Mickey Joseph
Nebraska
Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Frost → Mickey Joseph. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Career stats
Game log
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Nebraska3-9HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning
2022Nebraska4-8HC: Mickey Joseph · Run-leaning
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Pass share
42.7%
90 pass / 121 run
Plays / game
70.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.2%
95 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Nose Anchor
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
IDL
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Yahya Black’s 2021 season.
Matches Yahya on
Class year
Height
Hurry rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Kevin Penn's freshman season at UAB (2021).
86%match
Matches Kevin on
Class year
Hurry rate
Sack rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Mosai Newsom
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology