COLLEGE: Played four seasons (2014-17) at Western Carolina, totaling 43 games played…With 3,728 career rushing yards and 37 TDs on 620 attempts (6.0 avg.), ended his career at No. 2 on Western Carolina’s all-time rushing yards and rushing TDs lists…Hauled in 109 passes for 962 yards (8.8 avg.) and seven TDs…Posted 95 kickoff returns for 2,279 yards (24.0 avg.) and two TDs…His 46 total TDs ranked No. 1 in school history…Finished as Western Carolina’s all-time leader with 6,969 all-purpose yards…Posted 16 100-yard rushing games, the second-most in school history…Earned first-team All-Southern Conference honors as a senior and sophomore, and second-team All-Southern Conference recognition as a junior and freshman…Recognized by The Associated Press as a first-team All-American following his junior season.
COLLEGE: Played four seasons (2014-17) at Western Carolina, totaling 43 games played…With 3,728 career rushing yards and 37 TDs on 620 attempts (6.0 avg.), ended his career at No. 2 on Western Carolina’s all-time rushing yards and rushing TDs lists…Hauled in 109 passes for 962 yards (8.8 avg.) and seven TDs…Posted 95 kickoff returns for 2,279 yards (24.0 avg.) and two TDs…His 46 total TDs ranked No. 1 in school history…Finished as Western Carolina’s all-time leader with 6,969 all-purpose yards…Posted 16 100-yard rushing games, the second-most in school history…Earned first-team All-Southern Conference honors as a senior and sophomore, and second-team All-Southern Conference recognition as a junior and freshman…Recognized by The Associated Press as a first-team All-American following his junior season.
PERSONAL: Given name Detrez Jermaine Newsome…First name is pronounced DEE-trez…Born in Thomasville, Ga. …Read to children at local elementary schools each semester of college...Earned a degree in marketing from Western Carolina…High School: Named a Southeastern 4A Co-Offensive Player of the Year by the Fayetteville Observer and earned All-conference honors as a senior at Hoke County High in Raeford, N.C. …Rushed for over 2,000 yards and 37 rushing TDs as a senior, including a 402-yard, six-TD performance in the season opener…Lettered three years in football and four in track & field.
CAREER NFL TRANSACTIONS:
2018 Signed by Los Angeles Chargers as undrafted free agent, May 11.
