2023 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S FALL HONOR ROLL
2022 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S FALL HONOR ROLL
2024 Season: Caught a career-long, 32-yard pass at Stephen F. Austin on Oct. 5 ... completed his first career pass at South Alabama on Sept. 12 ... rushed for 21 yards and a touchdown and caught an 18-yard pass at Tulsa on Aug. 29.
2023 Season: Appeared in all six games Northwestern State played, seeing action at tight end and quarterback ... shared the team lead with two rushing touchdowns ... scored a 1-yard touchdown for the second straight week and finished with 12 rushing yards at Lamar on Oct. 7 ... bulled his way in from 1 yard out for his first NSU touchdown against Eastern Illinois on Sept. 30 ... caught the first pass of his career against Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 16 ... made his NSU debut on special teams and at tight end in the Sept. 2 season opener at UL Lafayette.
2022 Season: Did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to NSU: Played two seasons at VMI and spent one year at Jacksonville State ... appeared in three games at JSU, going 5-for-6 for 34 yards as part of an Ohio Valley Conference championship team ... his longest pass of the year — 14 yards — came against Delaware in the FCS Quarterfinals ... started one game and appeared in nine games at VMI, completing 31 of 62 passes for 345 yards and three touchdowns ... had scoring passes in consecutive games against Furman and Old Dominion ... earned SoCon Freshman of the Week honors after throwing for 141 yards and a touchdown on 8-of-14 passing against Old Dominion.
High School: Two-year letterman for coach Kenny King’s Trojans ... team captain earned first-team all-county, All-Coastal and team MVP honors as a senior, throwing for 2,083 yards and 19 touchdowns while adding 852 rushing yards and 10 scores while earning Academic Athlete of the Year honors ... as a junior, named first-team all-county, All-Coastal and honorable mention all-State, throwing for 2,198 yards and 28 touchdowns while rushing for 328 yards and three touchdowns ... helped Daphne win nine games and a conference title in each of his two seasons ... graduated with a 4.2 GPA.
Personal: Born Jan. 18, 2000 ... son of Starr Shackelford and Ronnie Newman…has one brother, Caleb ... hea nd his wife, Jessica, have a daughter, Lani ... majoring in public health and has a 3.9 GPA ... plans to land a sales job in the medical field ... life’s ambition is to make an impact on those around him.
