THE WILDCATS
Georgia ... Guided UK to its first win over Auburn since 1966 and first win at Auburn since 1961. High School: All-America quarterback as named by Parade, SuperPrep, The Sporting News, MaxPreps and ESPN/Rise Magazine (Grid-Hoop) … ESPN/Rise Magazine “Athlete of the Year” in Indiana … The Gatorade Indiana Football Player of the Year and also “Mr. Football” in the state … Threw for 1,938 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior, along with 1,664 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns, accounting for 3,602 yards total offense and 48 TDs … Led Carmel High School to three consecutive state championship games, winning the Class AAAAA title his junior season … Team went 38-7 over those three years … Passed for 1,882 yards and 25 touchdowns as a junior, adding 753 rushing yards and 11 scores … Firstteam all-state as a junior and senior by The Associated Press and the state coaches’ association … Indianapolis Star Football Player of the Year as a senior … Also named the Star’s Suburban Athlete of the Year for his combination of football and basketball accomplishments … Career totals feature 4,284 passing yards and 37 touchdowns, plus 2,617 rushing yards and 37 scores … Broke 10 school records, eight of which were held by former NFL and Purdue quarterback Mark Herrmann … The No. 6 quarterback prospect in the nation by Scout.com … The No. 7 QB by SuperPrep, which also listed him as the No. 6 overall prospect in the sixstate Midwest Region … Picked for the Detroit Free Press “Best of the Midwest” team … Played his freshman year at Pike HS in Indianapolis, where he was a teammate with current Wildcat Dakotah Tyler … Coached by Mo Moriarity … “Morgan is an intelligent kid, and athletically he’s as good as there is out there,” Moriarity said. “He throws the deep ball well. He can kill you (running the ball) if he doesn’t have a throw. He’s also an unbelievable competitor.” … Was an all-conference basketball player and
also played baseball in high school … Member of the Student-Advisory Committee, the Student-Athlete Advisory Board and the Diversity Club … Graduated with honors … Guest speaker to elementary students through the NCAA’s “Stay in Bounds” program. Personal: Born in Indianapolis … Son of John and Ruby Newton … John played football at Grambling State University … Major is management. Community Cats: Participated in an event at a youth football banquet (2009) ... Took part in events with Read Across America, Paris Elementary School, Dixie Elementary, South Heights Elementary, the UK Hospital Dance Blue fundraiser, the Christian Appalachian Project and Ashland Elementary (2010) ... Took part in the “Gameday Ready” football clinic with the Birmingham Boys and Girls Club and the Big Blue U Move-In (2011) ... Helped with God’s Pantry (2012). Morgan Says … Other than the NFL, my dream job is: own a sports franchise … If I could be on any reality TV show, I would choose: Gruden QB Camp … The one thing I like most about football is: the competition … My hidden talent is: singing in the shower ... What I like about my position coach, Randy Sanders, is: he always speaks the truth, he has no censor … If I weren’t playing football, I would be: more active in student government.
Newton Career Statistics Year 2009 2010 2011 Totals
G-GS 8-8 5-1 10-8 23-17
Comp. 75 25 83 183
Att. 135 43 174 352
Int. 3 0 7 10
Pct. 55.6 58.1 47.7 51.9
Yds. 706 265 793 1,764
TD 6 0 8 14
Long 60 40 46 60
Pct. DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 38.5 50.0 61.1 70.0 57.1 52.9 45.5 56.5 55.6
Yds.
TD
Long
39 17 119 187 40 137 69 98 706
0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 6
23 11 20 18 28 60 15 17 60
Pct. 38.9 50.0 65.9 48.5 30.0 19.0 62.5 60.0 INJ INJ 50.0 -47.7
Yds. 97 114 255 124 57 17 105 15
TD 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0
Long 34 46 38 29 19 8 29 9
9 0 793
0 0 8
9 0 46
Newton Game-by-Game Statistics 2009 Opponent vs. Miami (Ohio) Louisville Florida Alabama at South Carolina at Auburn ULM Mississippi State Eastern Kentucky at Vanderbilt at Georgia Tennessee vs. Clemson Totals
Comp.
Att.
Int.
5 3 11 20 4 9 10 13 75
13 6 18 29 7 17 22 23 135
0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Att. 18 18 41 33 20 21 16 5
Int. 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
2 0 174
0 0 7
2011
12 MORGAN NEWTON 62
2012 KENTUCKY FOOTBALL
Opponent Comp. at Western Kentucky 7 vs. Central Michigan 9 vs. Louisville 27 vs. Florida 16 at LSU 6 at South Carolina 4 vs. Jacksonville State 10 vs. Mississippi State 3 vs. Ole Miss at Vanderbilt at Georgia 1 vs. Tennessee 0 Totals 83