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Class of 2027 · linebacker

Micah Newsome

6-2, 205 · Christian Academy Of Louisville · Louisville, KY

Uncommitted since Sep 7, after decommitting from Western Kentucky

12offer strength · No. 2019
-no composite rating yet
4offers · 1 power

Where he is likely to commit

STM odds · provisional
Louisville logoLouisville
the strongest program on his board; close to home; last contact Sep 7
92%Marshall logoMarshall
out of state; 180 miles from home; weaker than most programs on his board
3%Eastern Kentucky logoEastern Kentucky
weaker than most programs on his board; in-state; last contact Jun 21
3%
Show all 4 programsWestern Kentucky logoWestern Kentucky
he decommitted from them Sep 7; weaker than most programs on his board; in-state
3%
Shares of 100% across his offers, from dated offers, visits, distance, need and recent contact; no expert picks or rankings. On 212 held-out commits the top pick was right 42% of the time (visits alone 23%). How the odds are made.

Every offer

4 offersLouisville logoLouisville
ACC · strength 70
warm
offered Sep 7
Marshall logoMarshall
Sun Belt · strength 27
cool
offered Jun 21
Western Kentucky logoWestern Kentucky
Conference USA · strength 25
Decommitted
Sep 7
Eastern Kentucky logoEastern Kentucky
cool
offered Jun 21
Best programs first, by what each offer is worth in our grade: program strength times how rarely that program offers (how it is made). Warm means an offer, visit or camp in the last 60 days or an official visit in the last 120; cool, contact in the last 180; cold, older or a decommit. A count is the offers on record, not every offer the staffs made.

Where he fits

best 3 of 4 offers
Best fits
Louisville logoLouisville
Has started 4 linebackers his size since 2022; 2 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season; STM odds 92%
No. 1Marshall logoMarshall
Has started 2 linebackers his size since 2022; STM odds 3%
No. 2Western Kentucky logoWestern Kentucky
Has started 3 linebackers his size since 2022; STM odds 3%
No. 3
Need (how thin the program is at his spot) x fit (whether it starts players his size) x room (who leaves after this season), and while he is uncommitted, STM odds. How it is made. Not advice, and never a dollar figure.
Where his size starts

480 of the 1,118 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size (6-1 to 6-3, 191 to 219 pounds): most in the SEC (78), Big Ten (72) and ACC (57). Programs that start it most: Minnesota (9), Northwestern (9) and Oklahoma (8). Of his offers, Louisville (4), Western Kentucky (3) and Marshall (2) have started it.

Who needs him

Of his 4 offers, Louisville has the thinnest room at linebacker: 6 with 2+ years left of 10, 2 in their last year, 7 portal exits in 3 seasons, 2 commits this cycle.

Starter seasons 2022-2026: six or more games in one of the position's starting slots by volume (college snap counts are not public). How it is made. Room is 2+ years left plus 2027 commits at the spot against the 68 programs mapped (the power conferences and Notre Dame); exits are the 2024-2026 portal feeds. How it is made.

Boards that looked like his

0 of 10 drafted
Iowa logoJustin Jinning
Class of 2015 · OLB · signed Iowa
3 offers; Newsome had 4; both about 6-2, 200
Not drafted
match 73
Memphis logoClaude George
Class of 2013 · OLB · signed Memphis
5 offers; Newsome had 4; both about 6-2, 205
Not drafted
match 68
NC State logoCannon Lewis
Class of 2024 · LB · signed NC State
Both offered by Marshall and Eastern Kentucky; both about 6-2, 210
In college now
match 64
SMU logoNick Horton
Class of 2013 · OLB · signed SMU
3 offers; Newsome had 4; both about 6-2, 205
Not drafted
match 64
South Alabama logoJarMarkus Sims
Class of 2015 · OLB · signed South Alabama
3 offers; Newsome had 4; both about 6-1, 205
Not drafted
match 59
Show all 10
Old Dominion logoT.J. Armstrong
Class of 2013 · OLB · signed Old Dominion
4 offers; Newsome had 4; both about 6-3, 210
Not drafted
match 59
Dexter Wright
Class of 2014 · OLB · signing not on record
3 offers; Newsome had 4; both about 6-2, 205
Not drafted
match 55
Grant Olson
Class of 2010 · LB · signing not on record
4 offers; Newsome had 4; both about 6-2, 220
Not drafted
match 54
East Carolina logoJoe Carter
Class of 2014 · ILB · signed East Carolina
4 offers; Newsome had 4; both about 6-2, 210
Not drafted
match 52
Chester Su'a
Class of 2011 · OLB · signing not on record
3 offers; Newsome had 4; both about 6-1, 200
Not drafted
match 52
Past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his: same position, about the same size, offers from programs of the same strength, about as many. Past boards are offers at signing day; his is the board he holds today (Nov 2, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2026 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2015. 9 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.

Timeline

7 dated moves since Jun 21, 2026
Louisville logoCommitted LouisvilleSep 7
Western Kentucky logoDecommitted Western KentuckySep 7
Louisville logoOffered LouisvilleSep 7
Western Kentucky logoCommitted Western KentuckyJun 21
Eastern Kentucky logoOffered Eastern KentuckyJun 21
Marshall logoOffered MarshallJun 21
Western Kentucky logoOffered Western KentuckyJun 21
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