Fall 2011 Football Roster
Jersey Number 10
Colin Newton
- Position:
- OLB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Longwood, Fla.
- High School:
- Lake Brantley
- Major:
- Marketing
Why Lehigh? “I chose Lehigh because of the campus, facilities, team and education.”
2011 UPDATE (As of Dec. 6):
• Second on the team with 59 tackles and five sacks.
• Has a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries.
• Monster game at Towson (12/3), posting a team-high 12 tackles (which tied a career high), including 1.5 tackles-for-loss.
• Had a big 46-yard fumble return for a touchdown as part of rout against Lafayette (11/19).
• Made five tackles (four unassisted), while forcing a fumble, at Colgate (10/29).
• Five tackles and season-high two sacks during dominant defensive effort at Bucknell (10/8).
• Posted a season-high seven tackles in consecutive weeks, at Princeton (9/17) and vs. Liberty (9/24).
Player Profile: Brings skill and energy to his outside linebacker position… as a junior… started all 13 games… ranked third on team with 83 tackles… led team with 7.5 sacks… made nine tackles for loss and forced a pair of fumbles… made ten tackles and recorded 2.5 sacks in Lehigh’s first round NCAA playoff win at Northern Iowa… made season-high 12 tackles against Villanova … as a sophomore … moved to outside linebacker … appeared in ten games, starting five … totaled 44 tackles, including 26 solo, as well as 4.5 tackles-for-loss, 2.5 sacks and two pass breakups … season best ten tackles, including 0.5 sack, and two pass breakups vs. Harvard … seven tackles, including two sacks vs. Georgetown … totaled seven tackles at Colgate … as a freshman … appeared in nine games, playing mainly on special teams … finished with six tackles, including two versus Harvard and Lafayette …. in secondary school … member of Honor Roll all throughout high school … First Team All-Conference in football … All-Conference track in the hurdles … State Finals in hurdles in 2006 … team captain … East vs. West All-Star Game participant … Orlando Sentinel Second-Team All-Orlando … member of National Scholars Society and Peer Counseling … also participated in lacrosse.Personal: son of Tim and Melony Newton … has two siblings, Christina and Timmy. Brother is a freshman defensive lineman for the Mountain Hawks.
CAREER STATISTICS (DEFENSE)
Tackles
Year G UA A Tot Sacks FF FR
2008 9 4 2 6 0.0 0 0
2009 10 26 18 44 2.5 0 0
2010 13 45 38 83 7.5 2 0
2011 12 36 23 59 5.0 1 2
Total 44 111 81 192 15.0 3 2
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