Jeff Newman
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| No. 27 – Norfolk Seawolves | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide Receiver | ||||||||
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| Born: | June 1, 2029 (aged 31) Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
| Username: | Lumosityfan | ||||||||
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| College: | Texas A&M University | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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Player stats at ISFL.net | |||||||||
Jeff Newman (born June 1, 2029) is an American football wide receiver for the Norfolk Seawolves of the Developmental Simulation Football League (DSFL).
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Early years
Jeff Newman started out in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, serving as a star wide receiver for his local high school team. He learned about football at a very early age and he idolized the efforts of the Houston wide receiver who went to the Hall of Fame in the mid-2040s. This is why when he joined high school, he decided to be a wide receiver. He led the conference in receiving yards and touchdowns and helped his team go to the state championships 4 years in a row. He set numerous school records for receiving, including in yards and touchdowns. He was scouted by a lot of nationally recognized teams when he started to prepare for college but ultimately he wanted to stay local for college so he signed a letter of intent to Texas A&M University. He received offers from Kentucky, Alabama, UCLA, USC, and Michigan before choosing Texas A&M University.
College career
Jeff Newman started his college career slowly, trying to adjust to college defenses. He did manage to get 250 yards in 8 games his freshman year, which he saw as adequate. His sophomore year, his workload increased as he got used to moving on college turf fields. He got 500 yards in 12 games as his team made it to the Rose Bowl (yes... this is a weird world where Texas A&M makes it to the Big 10.) His junior year is when his stock really rose, as he was the main receiver for the team. His team managed to make it to the national championship game, where he got 100 receiving yards with 8 catches to lead his team to a win. Overall, his junior year he got 750 yards in 14 games. His senior year is when he really took off. He won the Heisman as one of the few wide receivers to ever win it, and his team repeated as he repeated his stunning performance in the title game, going 120 receiving yards with 10 catches. Newman decided that he was content with his career (also ran out of eligibility lol so that was that) and he signed up for the DSFL excited to begin his next chapter of his life. He was taken off of waivers by the Norfolk Seawolves and while the team isn't doing the greatest, Newman's excited to help lead the team to greatness.
College career statistics
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Professional career
DSFL career
Newman started out his DSFL career with the Norfolk Seawolves, being picked up off of waivers in the last part of the 2051 season. He had an ok start to his DSFL career, getting into 3 games and getting 37 receiving yards for an average of 12.3 yards per game. He was picked with the 6th pick of the 2052 DSFL draft to the Norfolk Seawolves and he began to blossom. In the 2052 season, he got into all 14 games, averaging 11.8 yards per carry, 60.6 yards per game, and ending up with 849 yards and 5 touchdowns. He vastly improved his yards per game mainly cause of getting more playing time and he improved his number of 20+ yard plays by 10. Newman was selected with the 13th pick of the 2053 ISFL draft to the Austin Copperheads and immediately called up, switching to runningback in the process.
ISFL career
Prior to the 2053 season, Newman was called up unexpectedly to the Austin Copperheads to cover some needs in the runningback and receiving corps. Even though he didn't get the most amount of touches being a relatively new member of the team, Newman did pretty decently. He ran for 168 yards in 35 attempts, averaging 4.8 yards per attempt, caught 6 passes for 43 yards, averaging 7.2 yards per catch, and did very well on special teams, getting 783 kick return yards for 35 kick returns, averaging 22.4 yards per kick return. This is all despite starting just one game thanks again to him being relatively low on the totem pole due to the fact that he was just a rookie. Overall, Newman's pretty pleased with his rookie year numbers and hopes to do one better next season with more improvements. Newman had 2 touchdowns on the ground as well.
In the 2054 season, Newman received a greater share of the touches in the running game and also got more involved in the receiving game. As a result, his stats continued to go up to a decent level this season. He helped lead the Copperheads back to the playoffs despite losing in the first round to the New Orleans Second Line. His stats were buffered by being part of a committee but Newman didn't mind that at all; his stats still were competent despite that and it let him ease his way into the main RB role over time. Newman started 7 games for the Copperheads and played in all 16 games, rushing for 642 yards in 147 attempts resulting in an average of 40.1 yards per game and 4.4 yards per attempt. On the receiving end, Newman received the ball for 254 yards in 26 attempts resulting in an average of 9.8 yards per attempt and 15.9 yards per game. It wasn't much but it was crucial to help diversity the Copperheads offense and give opposing defense one more thing to keep in mind. Newman had 8 touchdowns on the ground as well. Newman did his job on the offensive line as well, getting 17 pancakes and only 2 sacks allowed. Newman hopes to continue to improve as he enters his third season now as part of the Copperheads.
In the 2055 season, Newman continued to help support the Austin Copperheads as they continued to improve to a 10-6 season and back in the playoffs; however, they unfortunately lost to the Orange County Otters in the first round of the playoffs. Newman received more starts this season as he got a bigger workload, up to 10 starts, but strangely his production dipped to 645 yards and 152 attempts. This was probably due to an attempt to spread out the workload amongst all the running backs and using the running game more in general. He achieved 9 touchdowns, 9.5 attempts per game, 40.3 yards per game, and a 19.1 first down percentage. Newman continued to contribute on the offensive line, achieving the same amount of pancakes as the year before as well as allowing fewer sacks. Newman continues to be a dual-threat running back, receiving for 285 yards on 30 attempts. Newman continues to want to grow as he gets use to his role on the Copperheads.
In the 2056 season, Newman watched as the team took a step back, missing the playoffs with a 7-9 season. Newman's starts went up again this season but the attempts and yards didn't go up appreciably which is strange considering that's what you would expect but this is probably again to the team emphasizing more of a run game amongst all the runningbacks (plus the addition of capable running options alongside Newman). His TD amount dipped to 5 but his yards per game, first down percentage, and 1st down amount increased this season, showing his versatility and ability to adapt to any situation. He had a dip in offensive line production, lowering his pancake total and increasing his sacks allowed. He received more of a receiving load yet his yards dipped as well as his average per game. Overall, Newman hopes to adjust to changing times as he reaches the end of his prime.
In the 2057 season, Newman was part of an Austin Copperheads team that improved in record but failed to make the playoffs, missing out due to tiebreakers. This was due to a much tougher ASFC and thus less room for error compared to previous years. Newman stepped back a little in workload as the team started to focus more on balancing the workload among the runningbacks. Thus, his starts lowered to 4. However, it seems besides that that his workload actually went up which means that his number of attempts was a career-high and his yardage was a career-high, at 161 and 774 respectively. As a result, he had his highest Y/G yet and attempts/game as well as getting 4 touchdowns. He had his best receiving year to date, having an average of 8.1 yards per game and 3 touchdowns to boot. He also had 9 pancakes and 1 sacks allowed, staying strong on the offensive line. Overall, Newman would say this is his best year so far in the ISFL.
Professional career statistics
| Career statistics | Receiving | ||||||
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| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Yards | Avg | Lg | TD |
| 2051 (S36) | Seawolves | 3 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 28 | 0 |
| 2052 (S37) | Royals | 14 | 72 | 849 | 11.8 | 35 | 5 |
| 2053 (S38) | Copperheads | 16 | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 12 | 0 |
| 2054 (S39) | Copperheads | 16 | 26 | 254 | 9.8 | 31 | 0 |
| 2055 (S40) | Copperheads | 16 | 30 | 285 | 9.5 | 54 | 4 |
| 2056 (S41) | Copperheads | 16 | 36 | 207 | 5.8 | 16 | 1 |
| 2057 (S42) | Copperheads | 16 | 28 | 228 | 8.1 | 41 | 3 |
| Career statistics | Rushing | Offensive Line | |||||||
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| Season | Team | Games | Att | Yards | Avg | Lg | TD | Pancakes | Sacks Allowed |
| 2053 (S38) | Copperheads | 16 | 35 | 168 | 4.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2054 (S39) | Copperheads | 16 | 147 | 642 | 4.4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 2 |
| 2055 (S40) | Copperheads | 16 | 152 | 645 | 4.2 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 1 |
| 2056 (S41) | Copperheads | 16 | 153 | 648 | 4.2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| 2057 (S42) | Copperheads | 16 | 161 | 774 | 4.8 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
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