William & Mary Athletics

SENIOR YEAR (2022)
All-CAA First Team as a specialist … Invited to play in the Tropical Bowl … Ranked fifth in the CAA in punt return average (7.1) … Led the team in receptions (37) … Ranked second in receiving yards (537), receiving yards per game (41.3) and touchdown catches (3) … Totaled five catches for 114 yards with a 75-yard touchdown versus Elon … Recorded four receptions for 93 yards in the win at No. 11 Richmond … Posted four catches for 56 yards with a touchdown in the victory at Lafayette … Registered four receptions for 47 yards with a touchdown in the triumph at Towson … Tallied five catches for 59 yards in the win at Stony Brook … Totaled three receptions for 45 yards in the second round NCAA Playoff win versus Gardner-Webb … Recorded three catches for 39 yards in the season-opening win at Charlotte …

2020-21 (AT AUBURN) 
Standout special teams contributor … Blocked a punt in the win against Georgia State that was returned for a touchdown … Posted a 31-yard reception against Georgia … Tipped a punt versus Mississippi State … 

2017-19 (AT HOWARD) 
Redshirted in 2019 … Honored as the 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MVP after passing for 2,629 yards and rushing for 504 yards with 26 total touchdowns … Selected as the MEAC offensive player of the week twice … Posted five 300-yard passing games … Finalist for the Black College Football Player of the Year … Chosen as the 2017 MEAC and ECAC Rookie of the Year after passing for 2,432 yards and rushing for 753 yards with 25 total touchdowns … Second-team all-conference selection … Honored as the ECAC MEAC Rookie of the Week three times and as the MEAC Offensive Player of the Week twice … Redshirted in 2019 … Honored as the 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MVP after …

HIGH SCHOOL 
Standout quarterback for head coach Earthwind Moreland at Grady High School … Named regional offensive player of the year as a senior after throwing for 3,322 yards with 33 touchdowns and rushing for 1,000 yards with 13 scores …  

PERSONAL 
Son of Cecil and Jackie Newton … Has two brothers, Cam and Cecil Jr. … Cam won the 2010 Heisman Trophy at Auburn and was named the 2015 NFL MVP with the Carolina Panthers … Earned his bachelor’s degree from Howard in sports management with a minor in sociology in May, 2020.