FIU assistant head coach Allen Mogridge said Newton Salisbury’s “chili runs hot.”
Salisbury is not a chef. He’s a 6-3, 265-pound FIU defensive end whose intense work ethic – or “hot chili” as Mogridge puts it — is so well known that sometimes opponents feel they have no other recourse except to pull at his long hair to try to stop him.
“It hurts — they will just grab a handful of hair,” said Salisbury, a 22-year-old senior. “You can feel (your hair) ripped out. But I just keep going.”
Salisbury, who is fourth on the team in tackles for losses, will continue his pursuit of ball-carriers on Saturday as FIU (3-1, 2-0) visits Middle Tennessee (2-3, 0-1) in a Conference USA battle.