Jer'Zhan Newton stats

Commanders

Defensive Tackle · #95

Age 24 · 6' 2" · 295 lbs

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Jer'Zhan Newton recorded 4 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 2 games of 2026 for the Washington Commanders. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
2
TOT
4
SOLO
1
AST
3
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2024WSH164419252.0011
2025WSH173821175.0011
2026WSH24130.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
35
TOT
86
SOLO
41
AST
45
SACK
7.0
INT
0
PD
2
FF
2

Career Postseason

GP
3
TOT
4
SOLO
4
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
2
TOT
2
SOLO
0.5
AST
1.5
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2024WSH162.81.21.60.100.10.1
2025WSH172.21.210.300.10.1
2026WSH22.00.51.50.000.00.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
35
TOT
2.5
SOLO
1.2
AST
1.3
SACK
0.2
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
24 yearsAug 31, 2002
Height
6' 2"
Weight
295 lbs
Experience
3 years
Birthplace
St. Petersburg, FL
Draft
2024Rd 2, Pk 36
College
Illinois
Salary
$1.68 million2026

Latest performance

Jer'Zhan Newton

Nov 12 · @ NYG · W 24-21

TOT
1
SOLO
0
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

27% of his club's defensive snaps a game (20 in 1 game); 27% in week 9.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
9LAR2027%0

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Jer'Zhan Newton has been on the NFL’s game-status report 2 weeks since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202602Pectoral

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2024 NFL combine

DT, 6'2", 304 lb · Illinois

He was measured but ran no drills. The 2024 combine

Games

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vs CINMon, Nov 23

vs CIN since 2024

1
GP
4
TOT
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Thu, Nov 12atNYGW 24-211000
Sun, Nov 08vsLARL 20-133100
Sun, Jan 04atPHIW 24-170000
Thu, Dec 25vsDALL 30-239330
Sat, Dec 20vsPHIL 29-182200
Sun, Dec 14atNYGW 29-214400

What are Jer'Zhan Newton's career stats?

Jer'Zhan Newton has played 3 seasons for the Commanders. He has recorded 86 tackles and 7 sacks. His best season so far is 2024: 44 tackles and 2.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 9 vs DAL on Dec 25, 2025, L 30-23
  • Sacks: 3 vs DAL on Dec 25, 2025, L 30-23
Jer'Zhan Newton's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
202593.0
202461.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2024.

Jer'Zhan Newton college stats

Jer'Zhan Newton played 4 seasons at Illinois Fighting Illini (2020 to 2023): 184 tackles, 18 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Jer'Zhan Newton's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2020Illinois Fighting Illini2361701.51000
2021Illinois Fighting Illini50193103.50000
2022Illinois Fighting Illini59283135.50000
2023Illinois Fighting Illini52262627.51000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Jer'Zhan Newton's college game log.

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Playoff games

Jer'Zhan Newton played 3 games across 1 NFL postseason — 2 won, 1 lost.

Jer'Zhan Newton's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2024TBW 23-2020.00
2024DETW 45-3100.00
2024PHIL 55-2320.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.