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CAREER
Toledo’s all-time leader in touchdown receptions with 32...Ranks fifth all-time with 2,942 receiving yards and fifth all-time with 206 career receptions...Three-time All-MAC selection.
2024
First-Team All-MAC...Invited to play in the Hula Bowl...Led team and third in MAC with 1,048 receiving yards, which ranks 12th on Toledo’s all-time list...Just the eight Rocket ever t oeclipse 1000 receiving yards in a season...Second on team and fifth in MAC with 72 receptions...Led team, third in MAC and 26th in country in receiving yards per game (80.6)...Led MAC and tied for seventh in nation in TD receptions (11)...Caught multiple TDs three times...Eight catches for 81 yards in GameAbove Sports Bowl vs. Pittt...Caught eight passes for 81 yards and one TD v.s Akron...Caught two touchdowns against Bowling Green and set three new career highs with nine catches, 164 receiving yards and a 64-yard catch...Hauled in the game’s only touchdown and totaled 74 yards on three catches at Northern Illinois...Broke career high in receiving yards for second straight week with 159 on seven receptions, caught two touchdowns at Buffalo...Set career high with eight receptions, totaled 127 yards against Miami, added a receiving TD...Caught five passes for 62 yards and two scores against Mississippi State...Had a 40-yard touchdown reception vs. UMass, reaching 2,000 career receiving yards on the play...Led team with five receptions for 98 yards and one TD vs. Duquesne...Caught career-long 54-yarder for a score vs. the Dukes...Named preseason First-Team All-MAC by Athlon and Phil Steele..Team captain for third straight season.
2023
First-Team All-MAC...Second straight year making All-MAC...Led team with 52 receptions...Led MAC with 696 receiving yards and nine TD receptions...Season-high six catches vs. EMU and at Bowling Green...Caught at least one touchdown pass in first six games...Career-high three TD grabs vs. WMU...Named to preseason watch list for Biletnikoff Award (Top Receiver)...Team captain.
2022
Second-team All-MAC...Led team with 53 receptions...Tied for third in MAC and tied for 19th in country with nine touchdown receptions...Fifth in the MAC in yards per reception (15.7)...Four receptions for 54 yards vs. LIU, including a 40-yard TD catch...Four receptions and 106 yards receiving vs. UMass...Caught two passes for 42 yards and a TD at Ohio State...Three receptions for 49 yards vs. Central Michigan...Caught five passes for 89 yards and two TDs at NIU...Five catches for career-best 125 yards and two TDs vs. Kent State...Six receptions for 54 yards at Buffalo...Caught a 35-yard touchdown at EMU...Career-high seven receptions for 94 yards vs. Ball State.Four catches for 54 yards and one TD vs. BGSU...Six catches for 77 yards vs. Ohio in MAC Championship Game...Five catches for 42 yards vs. Liberty in Boca Raton Bowl.
2021
Played in 11 games, starting eight....Had 13 receptions for 144 yards and one touchdown....Career-high four receptions for 48 yards and one touchdown vs. EMU...Career-long 39 yard catch vs. Colorado State.
2020
Played in all six games... 15 receptions for 203 yards and two touchdowns...68 yards receiving vs. CMU, including a career-long 28-yard reception.
2019
Appeared in four games, catching one pass for 21 yards at Ball State...Maintained freshman eligibility.
High School
Had 92 catches for 1,394 yards and 13 receiving touchdowns combined between his junior and senior seasons...516 rushing yards and 10 TDs his junior and senior season...Team reached the 2018 FHSAA Class 3A state semifinals as a senior...Three-star prospect, according to Scout.com and 247 Sports.
Personal
Full name is Jerjuan Trevonte Newton...Son of Jervon Newton and Jovita Rich...Has four brothers who all play or played football: twins Jervon, Jr. and Jerquan (Mars Hill graduates), Jer’Zhan (Illinois) and Jershaun (Clearwater Central Catholic HS)...Enjoys working on cars...Major is mechanical engineering technology.
Career Game Highs
Receptions: 9 (vs. Bowling Green, 10-26-24)
Receiving Yards: 164 (vs. Bowling Green, 10-26-24)
Long Reception: 64 (vs. Bowling Green, 10-26-24
Touchdowns: 3 (vs. Western Michigan, 9-23-23)
