2020 Football Roster
Greg Newsome II
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- IMG Academy (Fla.)
2020: Named to second team All-America by both Phil Steele and Football Writer Association of America ... Third team Associated Press All-America ... Consensus first team All-Big Ten ... Associated Press Big Ten first team ... Led the Big Ten with 10 passes defended (nine break up and one interception ...Per Pro Football Focus, in five games this season did not allow a third-down completion (0-for-9) during the regular season and ranked first among Big Ten cornerbacks for completion percentage allowed (12-of-38 targets; 31.6%) ... Allowed 0.44 yards per coverage snap in 2020, lowest mark in the 2021 NFL Draft class ... Suffered lower body injury in Big Ten Championship game (12/19) and did not return, declared for the NFL Draft following the game and missed the 2021 Citrus Bowl ... Since the 2019 season, only allowed one touchdown in 471 coverage snaps ... Recorded five total tackles vs. Nebraska and three pass breakups (11/7)...Compiled three tackles and two pass breakups at Purdue (11/14)...Limited star Boilermakers wide receiver David Bell to 78 yards, the first time Bell registered less than 100 yards in five consecutive games...Registered first career interception in crucial victory over Wisconsin (11/21)...Made four total tackles and two pass breakups against the Badgers...Registered two pass breakups at Michigan State (11/28) ... 2021 NFF Hampshire Honor Society (maintained a 3.2 cumulative GPA throughout career).
2019: Appeared in nine games with eight starts, making 36 tackles ... Led the team and ranked second in the Big Ten with 11 pass breakups ... Recorded the first fumble recovery of his career and two pass breakups against Stanford (8/31) ... Notched a career-high four pass breakups along with two tackles against Michigan State (9/21) ... Made seven tackles and broke up a pass against Ohio State (10/18) ... Had a career-high nine tackles while adding two pass breakups against Iowa (10/26).
2018: Appeared in six games with four starts as a first-year defensive back, making 23 tackles and breaking up four passes … Made five tackles and broke up a pass in his collegiate debut at Purdue (8/30) … Had a career-high six tackles along with a pass break up against Akron (9/15) … Missed time after the Michigan game (9/29) but returned to play against Ohio State and make three tackles (12/1) … Started against No. 17 Utah in the Holiday Bowl and recorded three tackles and a pass breakup (12/31).
Early enrollee ... Verbally committed to Northwestern on April 3, 2017 ... Rated a three-star prospect by ESPN and 247Sports ... Attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, after playing his sophomore and junior seasons at Glenbard North High School ... Made 15 tackles, intercepted two passes and made 15 pass break ups to help IMG earn a 9-0 record ... Record 85 tackles, 15 pass breakups and three interceptions as a junior at Glenbard North to earn first-team All-DuPage Valley Conference ... Also earned first-team All-Conference honors as a sophomore after making 40 tackles with six interceptions and 13 pass break ups ... Named honorable mention All-Area as a sophomore and earned All-Area honors as a junior ... Academic All-Conference in 2015 and 2016 ... Lettered three times in basketball, earning first-team All-Conference honors as a junior ... Former high school teammate of current Wildcat wide receiver Jace James ... Attended the same high school as Northwestern's all-time leading rusher Justin Jackson ... Honor roll student ... Plans to major in economics.
