Brandon Newman - Football Coach - Ball State University Athletics

Brandon Newman

Title:
Graduate Assistant, Football Operations
Phone:
765.285.1203

First Season at Ball State (2013)
Alma Mater, Notre Dame '12

Experience:

2013-Present: Ball State, graduate assistant of football operations and recruiting
2012: Ball State, football student-athlete
2009-11: Notre Dame, football student-athlete

NOTES: Spent his final season of collegiate eligibility at Ball State after graduating from Notre Dame in 2011.

COMPLETE PLAYER BIO

* 2012 Ball State Ray Louthen Senior Participation Award *

2012 (Grad.): Final season of collegiate eligibility after graduating from Notre Dame in 2011 . . . played in all 13 games, including the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg . . . started eight games . . . made first career start vs. Northern Illinois . . . career high five tackles vs. Ohio . . . four tackles at Clemson, at Central Michigan and at Toledo . . . two tackles vs. South Florida, vs. Western Michigan and at Army . . . three tackles at Kent State . . . first career interception at Kent State . . . credited with first two tackles for loss of career at Clemson . . . managed first career sack and first career forced fumble at Central Michigan . . . managed 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks vs. Ohio.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played four seasons at Notre Dame . . . appeared in two games in his career . . . made his collegiate debut vs. Washington State in San Antonio's Alamodome in 2009, and played vs. Navy from 2011.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Pleasure Ridge Park High School in Louisville, Ky. . . . one of 11 players from Kentucky named to the 2007 All-Southern Team by the Orlando Sentinel . . . chosen to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, after his senior season . . . all-state as a senior . . . all-state second team as a junior . . . was ranked as the second best player in Kentucky by Rivals.com and the 22^nd best defensive tackle in the nation . . . totaled 126 tackles in career . . . 31.5 career tackles for loss . . . earned four letters in football and track . . . three-time captain of the football team.

INTERCEPTIONS	g	no.	yards	td	long	avg/r	avg/g
2012	13	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
TOTAL	13	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0

ALL PURPOSE	g	rush	rcv	pr	kr	ir	total	avg/g
2012	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
TOTAL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

TACKLES	g	ua	a	total	tfl	pd	ff	fr	blk
2012	13	15	15	30	5.0	1	1	0	1
TOTAL	13	15	15	30	5.0	1	1	0	1

SACKS	g	ua	a	total	yards
2012	13	2	1	2.5	26
TOTAL	13	2	1	2.5	26

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Interceptions: 1, at Kent State, 9/29/12
Tackles: 4, 4 times
Sacks: 1.0, at Central Michigan, 10/20/12 (1-0); at Central Michigan, Oct 20, 2012 (1-0)
Tackles for loss: 2.0, at Clemson, 9/8/12 (2-0)
Fumbles forced: 1, at Central Michigan, 10/20/12 ; at Central Michigan, Oct 20, 2012