The Redemption
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Defensive Tackle · Washington Commanders
Jer'Zhan Newton
No. 95 · 3rd season
Newton's season ends before it can really begin.
A torn pectoral muscle doesn't wait for the moment to feel right. Johnny Newton, the Washington Commanders' defensive tackle, underwent surgery and is expected to miss significant time — the kind of absence that swallows a season whole.
Newton arrived at the Commanders as a former Illinois standout carrying real momentum. In 33 career games, he had compiled 82 tackles, 7 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, and a fumble recovery — the steady accumulation of a player learning his craft and getting better at it. Last year he recorded 5 sacks. The trajectory was there.
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