2016 Football Roster
Roster
Chad Newell
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Billings, MT
- High School:
- Senior
Montana State (This Year) Enters the fall in competition with Gunnar Brekke for top honors at running back... elected team captain following spring drills... Preseason All-Big Sky as a special teams player. (2014) First Team All-Big Sky special teams and Honorable Mention fullback… Special Teams Core Player for all 10 games that were scored… voted MSU’s Jan Stenerud Special Teams MVP by teammates… led the team with 12 special teams tackles, forcing and recovering a fumble on kick teams coverage units… started three games, playing in all 13… tied a school record by rushing for five touchdowns against South Dakota State in the 2014 FCS Playoffs… gained 487 rushing yards on the season, with eight touchdowns… rushed for 111 yards against SDSU, 110 yards vs. Idaho State… caught 15 passes for 169 yards… four catches against Idaho State. (2013) Played in all 12 games, carrying 17 times for 90 yards… scored a touchdown on a 13-yard run against Southern Utah… caught nine passes for 54 yards and two touchdowns… also logged five tackles on kick teams. (2012) Redshirted.
High School A three-year starter at Billings Senior who rushed for over 3,100 yards in his career, with 47 career touchdowns… departed as the school’s all-time leading rusher… three-time team offensive MVP and was voted captain as a senior… three-time all-conference and all-state honoree.
Academics A mechanical engineering major… Billings Senior’s 2012 Valedictorian.
Personal Born June 5, 1993… the son of Bill and Leigh Newell.
