Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2007-2009South Carolina
Eric Norwood
LB • 6'1" • Acworth, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Eric Norwood shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina State
Player Story
Eric Norwood built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a linebacker from Acworth, GA wearing No. 40, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Eric Norwood's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2010
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 26
- Overall
- No. 124
- NFL Team
- Carolina Panthers
Eric Norwood, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · South Carolina. Eric Norwood shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Eric Norwood quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · South Carolina
- Top game
- South Carolina State
- NFL Draft
- 2010 · Round 4 · Pick 26 · Carolina Panthers
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Class 2009
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | South Carolina | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2008 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2009 Regular Season | South Carolina | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Eric Norwood played LB for South Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Eric Norwood recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2007 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
South Carolina paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · South Carolina
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 1. South Carolina State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina State
Best efficiency game
20 vs South Carolina State
Player Story
Eric Norwood story
Eric Norwood built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a linebacker from Acworth, GA wearing No. 40, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Eric Norwood's career was his defensive production: 2 interceptions across 3 career games in the available record. His career also includes 16 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Eric Norwood's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
South Carolina
2007-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | South Carolina | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs South Carolina State
Week 5 · W 38-14
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Georgia
Week 2 · L 37-41 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Mississippi State
Week 5 · W 38-21 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · South Carolina
2 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2007 Regular Season · South Carolina
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · South Carolina
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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