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Newsome has a signature hairstyle

No that is not a picture of David Spade in the 2001 film “Joe Dirt.” That’s Newsome, sporting his signature hairstyle back at Notre Dame. Apparently, the hairstyle first showed up during the 2017 bowl season. Newsome spoke to ESPN’s Marty Smith about the hairstyle in 2018. Former Notre Dame linebacker Greer Martini joined Newsome in getting a mullet ahead of the Citrus Bowl and it just kind of stuck.

“I would like to think of it as a pretty gritty haircut,” Newsome told Smith. “We’re here in the gritty midwest, so honestly I think it fits in well.”

Newsome has cut his mullet off before, like when he played for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2019. However, now that he’s coming back to the “gritty midwest” we could see the return of this hairstyle.