Player Dossier

2007-2010

North Carolina

Da'Norris Searcy

S • 6'0" • Decatur, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Da'Norris Searcy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

63

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · North Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Player Story

Da'Norris Searcy built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a safety from Decatur, GA wearing No. 21, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Da'Norris Searcy's career was his return-game...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2011
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 3
Overall
No. 100
NFL Team
Buffalo Bills

Da'Norris Searcy, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · North Carolina. Da'Norris Searcy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Da'Norris Searcy quick answers

Latest team and position
North Carolina · S
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
Best season
2007 Regular Season · North Carolina
Top game
Miami
NFL Draft
2011 · Round 4 · Pick 3 · Buffalo Bills
Latest roster
No. 21 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina10-0--050
2008 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00-0--0-
2009 PostseasonNorth Carolina130-0--09.7
2009 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina130-0--19.7
2010 PostseasonNorth Carolina90-0--041.2
2010 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina90-0--141.2

Related Context

Da'Norris Searcy played S for North Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Da'Norris Searcy recorded 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with North Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season

North Carolina paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 8.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2010 Postseason · North Carolina

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

8.9

Usage

Consistency

14.8

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. East Carolina: 1. Clemson: 0. Virginia: 1. Miami: 1. Florida State: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. NC State: 1. Duke: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

20 vs NC State

Result
Thu 12/30@ TennesseeW 30-27
Sat 11/27@ DukeW 24-19
Sat 11/20vs NC StateL 25-291
Sat 11/13vs Virginia TechL 10-26
Sat 11/6@ Florida StateW 37-35
Sat 10/23@ MiamiL 10-331
Sat 10/16@ VirginiaW 44-101
Sat 10/9vs ClemsonW 21-16
Sat 10/2vs East CarolinaW 42-171

Player Story

Da'Norris Searcy story

Da'Norris Searcy built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a safety from Decatur, GA wearing No. 21, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Da'Norris Searcy's career was his return-game role: 924 return yards and 1 return touchdown across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with North Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Carolina.

The arc is straightforward: Da'Norris Searcy moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    North Carolina

    2007-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200720082009200920102010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00
2008 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00
2009 PostseasonNorth Carolina11.51
2009 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina11.50
2010 PostseasonNorth Carolina48.93
2010 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina48.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Miami

Week 11 · W 33-24 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs NC State

Week 12 · L 25-29 · 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

@ Miami

Week 8 · L 10-33 · 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.

#4

@ Virginia

Week 7 · W 44-10 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs East Carolina

Week 5 · W 42-17

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Regular Season · North Carolina

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

50

#2

2010 Postseason · North Carolina

41.2

4 primary · 8.9 efficiency · usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · North Carolina

41.2

4 primary · 8.9 efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games