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Career Summary
- Played in 45 games, including all 28 in final two seasons.
- Totaled 115 career tackles, including 21.5 TFLs and 9.0 sacks.
- Added four pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.

2025
- Finished seventh on the team with 42 tackles, including 9.0 for losses and 3.5 sacks.  Also had one pass breakup.
- Finished fourth on the team in TFLs and fifth in sacks.
- Matched career highs with 3.0 TFLs and 1.5 sacks in a 27-13 win against #21/#20 John Carroll.
- Was in on five tackles - one shy of his career-high - in a 59-21 win at Gettysburg.
- Posted five tackles, including half a sack, in a 29-28 overtime loss at #25/#25 Franklin & Marshall.
- Capped career with four tackles, including 1.5 for losses and half a sack, in a 48-41 loss at fourth-ranked Wisconsin-River Falls in the NCAA Semifinals.

2024
- Started all 14 games at defensive end.
- Finished ninth on the team in tackles with 48 with 10.5 TFLs, 4.5 sacks, two PBUs and one fumble recovery to his credit.
- Ranked second on the team in TFLs and fourth in sacks.
- Posted a season-high five tackles four times (Ithaca, Christopher Newport, Rowan, Mary Hardin-Baylor) on the year and had four in key back-to-back Centennial wins against Muhlenberg and Ursinus.
- Had three tackles, including one sack, and added a fumble recovery in a 13-6 win over F&M.
- Sparked a 16-7 win at previously unbeaten Ursinus with four tackles, including 2.5 for losses and 1.5 sacks and added four tackles in a key 26-13 win over Muhlenberg.
- Had two tackles, including 1.5 TFLs and one sack, in a 17-14 win over Grove City in second round of the NCAA Playoffs and added two tackles in a 14-9 win at DePauw in the third round of the NCAAs.
- Rang up five tackles, including a career-high three for losses, in a 17-10 win against Mary Hardin-Baylor in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
- Capped season with four tackles in a 45-37 loss at Mount Union in the NCAA Semifinals.

2023
- Played in 11 of JHU’s 13 games in the defensive end rotation.
- Totaled 17 tackles, including two tackles for losses and one sack, and added one pass breakup.
- Opened season with four tackles in a 27-17 win over Ithaca.
- Had a season-high six tackles and one pass breakup in a 20-14 win over Christopher Newport.
- Added two tackles in regular season wins over Rowan and McDaniel.
- Had a sack in a 62-20 win over Western Connecticut in the first round of the NCAA Playoffs and added one tackle in a 39-17 win over Union in the second round.

2022
- Played in six games in first season at Homewood.
- Made first career appearance in a 54-14 season-opening win at Case Western.
- Notched three tackles in back-to-back wins over Juniata and Moravian.
- Added one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in the win over Juniata.

Personal
- Xavier Newell.
- Son of Cia Richardson and Robert Newell.
- Father played football at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Majoring in computer engineering.