2018-19 Football
Roster
#85 Tyler Newsome 2017-18 Football Roster
Punter
Height
6'3''
Weight
214 lbs.
Class
Graduate Student
Hometown
Carrollton, GA
High School
Carrollton
IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOKS
- Single-Game Punt Average (Sept. 15, 2018 vs. Vanderbilt, 59.6, 1st)
- Single-Season Punt Average (2015, 44.5, 4th)
- Single-Season Punt Average (2017, 43.6, 6th)
- Single-Season Punt Average (2016, 43.5, 7th)
- Single-Season Punts (63, 2017, 8th)
- Career Punt Average (2015-, 44.2, 1st)
- Career Punts (201, 2015-, 4th)
HONORS & AWARDS
- Wuerffel Trophy Watch List (2018, 2017)
- Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee (2017)
- ACC’s Top Six for Service Award (2016)
- Irish Around the Bend Award (2016)
- Ray Guy Award Candidate (2015, 2018)
GRADUATE SEASON (2018)
- Set the Notre Dame record for single-game punting average against Vanderbilt, with five boots averaging 59.6 yards (all five punts were over 50 yards, with three over 60), two inside the 20-yard line and a 63-yard punt late in the fourth quarter to help clinch the win
- Named to the Ray Guy Great 8 List after four punts averaging 51.25 yards in the win over No. 7 Stanford
- Has a 44.44 yards per punt average on 45 punts this season with 15 punts beyond 50 yards and 16 inside the 20
SENIOR SEASON (2017)
- Dropped 19 of 63 (30.2 percent) punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line
- Punted 63 times for 2,749 yards
- 17 punts of more than 50 yards with a long of 59
- Forced 17 fair catches with four touchbacks
- Registered two punts of at least 50 yards in four different games, including four punts of at least 50 yards twice (Georgia, Boston College)
- Recorded at least two punts downed inside the 20-yard line in six different games
- Registered three punts downed inside the 20-yard line against both Boston College (Sept. 16) and Michigan State (Sept. 23)
- Averaged 50.0 yards per punt (six for 300 yards), including three punts of at least 50 yards and two punts downed inside the 20-yard line against North Carolina (Oct. 7)
JUNIOR SEASON (2016)
- Dropped 16 of 54 (29.6 percent) punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line
- Punted 54 times for 2,347 yards
- 15 punts of more than 50 yards with a long of 71
- Forced seven fair catches with three touchbacks
- Registered two punts of at least 50 yards in four different games
- Recorded at least two punts downed inside the 20-yard line in six different games
- Registered three punts downed inside the 20-yard line against both Michigan State (Sept. 17) and USC (Nov. 26)
- Averaged 50.3 yards per punt (six for 302 yards), including three punts of at least 50 yards and three punts downed inside the 20-yard line against Michigan State (Sept. 17)
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015)
- A first-year playing sophomore who easily won the starting duties at punter and proved to be one of the nation’s best punters
- Served as the primary kickoff specialist
- Set a school record (minimum five punts) with his 52.4 per punt average against UMass (Sept. 26)
- Helped significantly at Clemson (Oct. 3) by leaving four of his season-high seven punts inside the Tiger 20-yard line
- Registered three tackles in punt coverage, recording solo stops against UMass and Clemson while sharing one at Stanford (Nov. 28)
- Dropped 21-of-55 (38.2 percent) punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line
- Ranked 15th in the nation in punting with a 44.5 yards per punt average
- Punted 55 times for 2,446 yards
- Allowed just 22 punt returns all season for 194 yards (8.8 yards per return)
- 21 punts of more than 50 yards with a long of 62
- Forced seven fair catches with eight touchbacks
- Kicked off 84 times for a 61.6-yard average with 21 touchbacks
- Registered three punts of at least 50 yards in five different games
- Recorded at least three punts downed inside the 20-yard line in four different games
- Averaged 55.8 yards per punt (four for 223 yards), including three punts of at least 50 yards and one punt downed inside the 20-yard line at Virginia (Sept. 12)
FRESHMAN SEASON (2014)
- Did not see action during the season
- Served as the backup placekicker, punter and kickoff specialist
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA
- Named to Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia Class AAAA all-state squad in 2013
- Handled kicks and punts for Carrollton High School in Carrollton, Georgia
- Connected on all five field-goal attempts as a senior, nine of 11 as a junior in 2012 and three of four as a sophomore
- Hit all 78 PATs as a senior, 52 of 53 as a junior and 22 of 24 as a sophomore
- 76 of 100 kickoffs in 2013 were touchbacks and 142 of 213 in career carried into end zone
- Punted 20 times for 38.65-yard average in 2013
- Helped Carrollton to Georgia Class AAAA title game in 2013 and final 13-2 record
- Kicked 34-yard field goal for 24-14 lead and later hit 23-yarder in 56-35 loss to Griffin in championship game
- Helped Carrollton win semifinal round 46-44 over Marist in four overtimes
- Played in Semper-Fidelis All-American Game in Carson, California
- Graduated in May 2018 with a degree in management consulting, along with a minor in sustainability, from the Mendoza College of Business