2023 Football Roster

6 Richard Newton

  • Position
    Running Back
  • Ht./Wt.
    6-0 / 223
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Lancaster, Calif.
  • High School
    Palmdale
  • Instagram
    iriichh
  • Twitter
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Biography

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NIL Opportunities: Richard Newton

2020 Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List

2023: Played in 13 of 15 games in 2023, all but at Stanford and USC ... had two kickoff returns, and saw action at running back, in the UW's season-opening win over Boise State ... rushed for 29 yards on four carries in the win at Michigan State ... made a special-teams tackle in the win over California ... after having missed two games, returned to action in the win over No. 13 Utah ... had one carry in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over No. 5 Oregon.

2022: Saw action in 10 games ... did not play in the opener, but carried the ball 10 times for 59 yards in the win over Portland State ... five carries for 13 yards in the win over Stanford .. four carries for 18 yards and one reception at UCLA ... four carries for 42 yards at Arizona State ... had a 36-yard touchdown reception, as well as five carries for 18 yards, in the win at Cal ... six carries for 21 yards and a touchdown, plus a 20-yard reception, in the win over Colorado ... had 11 carries for 44 yards in the Alamo Bowl victory over Texas.

2021: Played in four games, starting three ... started the first three games of the season before missing the Cal and OSU games ... 17 carries for 62 yards, along with our catches for 23 yards, vs. Montana ... 12 carries for 24 yards at Michigan ... 10 carries for 52 yards and a touchdown, as well as one reception for five yards, in the win vs. Arkansas State ... no carries, but one reception, vs. UCLA ... following the UCLA game, missed the remainder of the season (announced by head coach on Oct. 25) due to an injury.

2020: Played in the first two games of the 2020 season ... earned a spot on the Doak Walker Award preseason watch list ... also named to Athlon's preseason All-Pac-12 second team ... 15 carries for 41 yards, plus a seven-yard reception, vs. Oregon State ... eight carries for 81 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Arizona.

2019: Played in 10 of 13 games ... saw his first game action in the Huskies' win over Eastern Washington ... led the Huskies with 91 rushing yards on 12 carries, including a 23-yard TD run ... 42 yards on nine carries vs. California ... scored three touchdowns in the UW win over Hawai'i, rushing for 29 yards on eight attempts ... 80 yards and a TD on 16 carries, plus two receptions for 16 yards and another score in the win at BYU ... 20 yards and a touchdown on nine carries in the victory over USC ... 10 carries for 64 yards, at Stanford ... missed the Arizona, Oregon and Utah games due to injury ... returned to action at Oregon State, where he rushed for 54 yards on 17 attempts ... 32 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries at Colorado ... scoring a pair of touchdowns in the Apple Cup ... had nine carries vs. WSU ... 15 carries for 69 yards and a touchdown, and also threw a 13-yard touchdown pass, in the Las Vegas Bowl win over Boise State.

2018: Did not see any game action during the 2018 season ... redshirted.

 
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Averaged 8.0 yards per carry in six games, gaining 248 yards on 31 attempts as a senior … rushed for 1,050 yards and 17 touchdowns as a junior with a single-game high of 294 and five touchdowns in a win over Quartz Hill ... also went for 209 and three scores in a win over Knight … helped lead Palmdale to its first Golden League title in 11 years as a junior ... rushed for 859 yards on the ground and 17 touchdowns as a sophomore ... rushed for 237 yards in one game and 230 in another as a sophomore ... rated the No. 28 running back in the nation by rivals.com ... saw action on the varsity as a freshman, including a 218-yard rushing performance against Knight High ... participated in the long jump, high jump and triple jump in 2017 ... won a league title in the long jump ... played football for coach Erik Nickols at Palmdale.

Statistics

Season:
2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2018Freshman

    Tailback
    6'0" 195 lbs
    22
  • 28

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    Tailback
    6'0" 210 lbs
    28
  • 6

    2020Sophomore

    Tailback
    6'0" 210 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2021Sophomore

    Tailback
    6'0" 215 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2022Junior

    Running Back
    6'0" 212 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2023Senior

    Running Back
    6'0" 223 lbs
    6