Jer'Zhan Newton
Jer'Zhan "Johnny" Newton (born August 31, 2002) is an American football defensive tackle for the Illinois Fighting Illini.
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| Illinois Fighting Illini – No. 4 | |
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| Position | Defensive tackle |
| Class | Junior |
| Major | General studies |
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| Born: | August 31, 2002 Clearwater, Florida, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 295 lb (134 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Clearwater Central Catholic (Clearwater, Florida) |
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Early life and high school career
Newton attended Clearwater Central Catholic High School in Clearwater, Florida. During his career, he had 244 tackles and 24 sacks. He originally committed to the University of Maryland, College Park to play college football before switching to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[1][2]
College career
As a true freshman at Illinois in 2020, Newton played in all eight games with two starts and had 23 tackles and 1.5 sacks.[3] In 2021, he started 11 of 12 games, recording 50 tackles and 3.5 sacks.[4] Newton returned to Illinois in 2022.[5][6]
References
- Stevens, Matthew (December 18, 2019). "3-Star DL Jer'Zhan Newton Flips From Maryland To Illinois On Signing Day". Sports Illustrated.
- Stevens, Matthew (December 27, 2019). "How Deuce Spann's & Johnny Newton's Friendship Resulted in a Signing Day Flip". Sports Illustrated.
- Wagner, Joey (November 10, 2020). "After August COVID-19 diagnosis, Illinois true freshman Johnny Newton is off to fast start". Herald & Review.
- Asmussen, Bob (December 3, 2021). "Randolph, Newton looking forward to better days ahead for Illinois". News-Gazette.
- Kimball, Anderson (September 8, 2022). "Johnny Newton leading Illinois defensive line by example". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
- Richey, Scott (October 6, 2022). "Trio leading the way for Illinois defensive line". News-Gazette.
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