Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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TYLERNEWSOME PUNTER/KICKER 6-3 ·190 CARROLLTON H.S. CARROLLTON, GA. RANKINGS STARS NAT. POS. STATE ✪ ✪ — 18 248 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 8 75 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 6 71 ✪ ✪ ✪ — — — MEASURABLES • Runs the 40-yard dash in 5.0 seconds. • Maxed out on bench press at 255 pounds and squatted 380 pounds. STATISTICS • As a senior, kicked 80 touchbacks in 107 kickoffs. Made all seven of his field goal attempts (long of 38) and all 81 of his extra point conversions. Aver- aged 38.65 yards per punt on 20 punts. • As a junior, totaled 17 touchbacks on 33 kickoffs. Converted 9 of 11 field goal attempts and 52 of 53 extra points. • Kicked a career-long 52-yard field goal as a soph- omore. HONORS • Selected as the Georgia AAAA first-team all-state kicker in 2013 by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and was a second-team all-state pick in 2013. • Selected as an all-county kicker in all three of his seasons as a starter. • Rated as the No. 9 punter and No. 27 kicker in the nation by Chris Sailer Kicking. ALL-STAR GAMES AND CAMPS • Participated in the Semper Fidelis All-America game in Southern California in January. He aver- aged 47.8 yards on five punts, with a long of 52, and averaged 64 yards per kickoff on five attempts. • Played in the D.L. Scott Coalition Bowl for the state's top seniors Dec. 21 in the Georgia Dome. RECRUITMENT • Committed to Notre Dame on June 21, 2013. • Received a scholarship offer at Notre Dame's special teams camp on June 20, 2013. • Primary recruiter was special teams coach Scott Booker. • Had scholarship offers from Air Force and Notre Dame. NOTABLE • Born on July 14, 1995. • Maintained a 4.0 GPA in high school while being voted the school's homecoming king and student body president. • Trained with former NFL kicker and specialist coach Jamie Kohl, who ranks Newsome as the No. 4 punter in the nation. 2014 PROJECTION • Could compete to take some kicking duties from senior Kyle Brindza. THEY SAID IT Brian Kelly's Comments: "He's going to be a re- ally big kid. We loved the pop that he had as a kicker, but we were most intrigued by his punting, and that's an area that he's going to continue to work on and continue to develop. He was such an intriguing young man in all the kids that we saw that when we saw him punting, there was nobody that was even close to with the potential upside that he has." Tom Lemming Of Prep Football Report: "He's one of the better punters around. Scholarships are precious. They only give a punter or kicker a schol- arship if they think a guy is dominating. He's got a great leg. He proved it by being all-state." High School Coach Rayvan Teague's Comments: "He just loves kicking, and he loves to work on it. Everything he does he overachieves at. He just is always out front and always leading."