Illinois’ Johnny Newton highest rated Week 8 PFF player

What else can we say about Johnny Newton that hasn’t already been said?

The dude is a BEAST and an unstoppable force for the Illinois D-Line. The only thing that can pause his dominance? The refs.

During this year’s Homecoming game hosting Wisconsin, Newton put up the highest graded performance by any college football player in the country for Week 8 with a score of 95.1.

The junior had 6 tackles (4 solo), 1 sack and 1 forced fumble before his controversial ejection for targeting in the fourth quarter.

Newton’s helmet made contact with Wisconsin QB Braedyn Locke’s helmet and the officials deemed the hit to be a targeting penalty. Newton was immediately disqualified for the rest of the game as well as for the first half of the game at Minnesota following Illinois’ bye week.

Directly following the hit on the QB, Newton was seen holding his head in regret. On the sideline, he was sobbing and consoled by fellow DL, and other half of the “Law Firm,” Keith Randolph Jr….