Colorado State University Pueblo

2025 CSC Academic All-District
2025 RMAC Football All-Academic First Team
2024 First-Team NFF Academic All-Colorado Team
2024 RMAC Football All-Academic First-Team
2023-24 D2ADA Academic Acheivement Award
2023 First-Team NFF Academic All-Colorado Team
2023 RMAC Football All-Academic First-Team
2023 First-Team NFFCC All-Colorado Team
2023 First-Team All-RMAC
NFF Colorado Chapter Player of the Week (11/14/23) 
RMAC Special Teams Player of the Week (11/14/23, 10/30/23)

2025 (Jr.): Played in all 12 games for the Pack ... Carried the ball 39 times for 198 yards and scored two touchdowns ... Averaged 5.1 yards per carry ... Also caught two passes for 12 yards ... Returned nine kickoffs for 112 yards and averaged 12.4 yards per return and recorded four tackles on special teams ... Had a season-high 47 yards rushing on six carries against Fort Lewis (10/11) ... Also gained 42 yards on six carries in the season opener against South Dakota Mines (8/28) and also had 42 yards rushing on 10 carries against Adams State (9/27) ... Recorded a season-long 31 yard run that went for a touchdown in the season opener against South Dakota Mines ... Had a long kickoff return of 31 yards at Central Missouri (9/11).

2024 (R-So.): Played in seven games for the Pack ... Returned four kickoffs for 62 yards and averaged 15.5 yards per kickoff ... As a running back, carried the ball six times for 14 yards and averaged 2.3 yards per carry ... Also caught three passes for 19 yards and had a touchdown reception for seven yards at Adams State (9/28) ... Had a season-long kickoff return of 23 yards against New Mexico Highlands (10.5).

2023 (R-Fr.): Played in eight games for the Pack ... Returned three kickoffs for 228 yards and averaged a school record 76 yards per kickoff return on the season ... Returned two kickoffs for touchdowns as he had a 96 yard return for a score at home against Colorado Mesa (10/28)  and returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score in the season finale against Black Hills State (11/11) ... Was one of seven Division II players to return two kickoffs for a touchdown on the season and one of 10 Division II players with a 100-yard kickoff return ... The 100-yard return for a touchdown against Black Hills State is just the third such return in school history and first since Bryan Webb's 100-yard return in 1983 against Western Colorado ... Earned First-Team All-RMAC honors as a return specialist and was also a First-Team NFF Colorado Chapter First-Team selection ... Also was a two-time RMAC Special Teams Player of the Week ... Along with being a kickoff return specialist, Alsaffar also played running back and he gained 83 yards on eight carries and scored two touchdowns and caught three passes for 13 yards ... Had a 36 yard touchdown run at Fort Lewis (9/30) and a 2-yard touchdown run at New Mexico Highlands (10/14) ... Gained 324 all-purpose yards on season and averaged 40.5 all-purpose yards per game ... In the classroom, named to the RMAC Football All-Academic First-Team and also named to the First-Team NFF Colorado Chapter Academic All-Colorado Team.

2022 (Fr): Redshirted.
 
Grandview HS: Lettered for three years in both track and football at Grandview High School … Played football for Coach Tom Doherty … Recorded 1,968 career rushing yards on 339 carries … Scored 18 touchdowns … As a senior in 2021, gained 1,008 yards rushing in 10 games and scored nine touchdowns … Earned Second-Team All-State honors as a senior … Was a two-time All-Centennial League selection, including being a first team honoree as a senior … Named Second-Team All-League as a junior … Led the Wolves to a State Playoff Final Four appearance as a senior … In track and field, was the State Runner-up in the shot put as both a junior and senior … Was a member of Grandview’s back-to-back State Championship track and field teams in 2021 and 2022 … In the classroom, carried a 3.76 cumulative GPA.
 
Personal: Born Sept. 20 ... Son of Tami Newman … Has a sister, Aneesah (18) … Accounting major … Wants to become an accountant in the future.

Career Highs:
Rushes: 10 vs. Adams State, 9/27/25
Rushing Yards: 47 vs. Fort Lewis, 10/11/25
Longest Rush: 36 yards at Fort Lewis, 9/30/23
Rushing Touchdowns: 1 (4x) last at Central Missouri, 9/11/25
Receptions: 1 (8x) last at Central Missouri, 9/11/25
Receiving Yards: 12 vs. Fort Hays State, 9/4/25
Longest Reception: 12 yards vs. Fort Hays State, 9/4/25
Receiving Touchdown: 1 at Adams State, 9/28/24
Kickoffs Returns: 2 at Central Missouri, 9/11/25
Kickoff Return Yards: 100 vs. Black Hills State, 11/11/23
Longest Kickoff Return: 100 yards vs. Black Hills State, 11/11/23
Kickoff Return Touchdowns: 1 (2x) last vs. Black Hills State, 11/11/23
All-Purpose Yards: 113 vs. Black Hills State, 11/11/23

School Records:
Single-season Kickoff Return Average: 76.0 yards/return (2023)
Single-season Kickoff Return Touchdowns: 2 (2023)
Longest Kickoff Return: 100 yards vs. Black Hills State, 11/11/23