Keith Anthony Newman is a former American football

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 linebacker

Linebacker

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 in the National Football League

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. He was drafted out of the University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft

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 by the Buffalo Bills

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College years

Newman attended the University of North Carolina and was a four-year letterman in football. In football, as a senior, he posted four sacks, 132 tackles, and an interception, and was a second team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection.

High School Years

Newman lettered for three seasons at Thomas Jefferson High School in Tampa, FL.

Newman won the Guy Toph Award as a senior in 1994. He was the 55th winner of the award which is given to the top high school football player in Hillsborough County.

Newman caught 62 passes for 1,538 yards and 13 touchdowns while at Jefferson.

Current

He is currently the defensive coordianater at strawbery crest High School in dover, Florida

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