For a closer look at the Jaguars’ newest cornerback, here are three things to know about Greg Newsome.
The Jacksonville Jaguars acquired cornerback Greg Newsome from the Cleveland Browns in a trade.
For a closer look at the Jaguars’ newest cornerback, here are three things to know about Newsome.
Greg Newsome’s career numbers
Over four seasons in the NFL, Newsome has a career completion rate of 63%. He has given up an average of 12.1 yards per reception during that span.
At various points, Newsome has shown impressive ball skills. He has 29 career pass deflections, 11 of which came in 2023. That year, Newsome was tied for sixth among all cornerbacks in pass deflections, and was 11th in forced incompletion rate.
Newsome also recorded 14 pass deflections during his first two NFL seasons.
This season specifically, he has allowed 15 completions on 23 targets at 13.0 yards per catch with one pass breakup, per PFF.
Greg Newsome will be a free agent after the 2025 season
By moving on from Tyson Campbell, the Jaguars freed themselves from his contract. Campbell signed a four-year, $76.5 million extension in 2024 that tied him to Jacksonville through the 2028 season.
Newsome, however, is a free agent in 2026. A first-round pick in 2021, the Browns exercised Newsome’s fifth-year option for the 2025 season in the spring of 2024.
For this year, Newsome will earn $13.38 million. The Jaguars will take a prorated portion of that deal, as Newsome was with the Browns for the first six weeks of the season.
Trading Campbell will give the Jaguars more cap flexibility in future years, particularly in 2028 and 2029.
Greg Newsome adds more versatility to Jaguars secondary
Most of Newsome’s snaps this season have come on the outside, but he also has plenty of experience at nickel during his NFL career.
To this point in his career, Newsome has played 1,688 outside snaps and 1,174 from the slot.
With Jourdan Lewis at nickel for Jacksonville, Newsome will be an outside cornerback in Anthony Campanile’s defense. However, Newsome’s skill set also gives Campanile the flexibility to move him as needed.
For what it’s worth, ESPN’s Michael DiRocco would write that Newsome has “expressed” more comfort lining up outside than in the slot.