Colorado State University Pueblo

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)

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: 4 at New Mexico Highlands, 10/14/23
Rushing Yards: 34 at Fort Lewis, 9/30/23
Longest Rush: 36 yards at Fort Lewis, 9/30/23
Rushing Touchdowns: 1 (2x) last at New Mexico Highlands, 10/14/23
Receptions: 1 (6x) last vs. New Mexico Highlands, 10/5/24
Receiving Yards: 7 (2x) last at Adams State, 9/28/24
Longest Reception: 7 yards at Adams State, 9/28/24
Receiving Touchdown: 1 at Adams State, 9/28/24
Kickoffs Returns: 1 (3x) last vs. Black Hills State, 11/11/23
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