He joins former Wildcats Michael Bishop from the Class of 2023, Darren Sproles from the Class of 2021, Gary Spani from the Class of 2002, and Mark Simoneau from the Class of 2012. Newman also stands alongside coaching legends Lynn Pappy Waldorf, Charles Bachman, and his own head coach, Bill Snyder, who was inducted in 2015.

A pair of former Huskies is headed to Atlanta.

As a senior in 1994, he was a consensus first-team All-American and won the Jim Thorpe Award, presented annually to the best defensive back in the country.