Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Miami
Kendrick Norton
DL • 6'3" • 312 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kendrick Norton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Miami
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Miami
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Kendrick Norton built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Kendrick Norton's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 24
- Overall
- No. 242
- NFL Team
- Carolina Panthers
Kendrick Norton, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Miami. Kendrick Norton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 65
- TFL
- 16.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Kendrick Norton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami · DL
- Career Tackles
- 65
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Miami
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Trinity Christian Academy · Miami
- High school pipeline
- Trinity Christian Academy · 46 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 7 · Pick 24 · Carolina Panthers
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 26 tackles · DL 194th (top 28%) · ACC 178th (top 30%) · National 1,633rd (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Miami | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 57.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Miami | 12 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 57.7 |
| 2017 Postseason | Miami | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami | 11 | 23 | 6.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42.1 |
Related Context
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Kendrick Norton played DL for Miami. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kendrick Norton recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Miami.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Miami paired 13 primary output with 24.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 19.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Miami
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
19.4
Usage
4.3
Consistency
32.6
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 0. Bethune-Cookman: 0. Toledo: 0.5. Duke: 1. Florida State: 3. Georgia Tech: 0.5. Syracuse: 1. North Carolina: 0.5. Virginia Tech: 2.5. Virginia: 1.5. Clemson: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5. Bethune-Cookman: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 3 by 17.5. Duke: 3 by 22.5. Florida State: 1 by 34.2. Georgia Tech: 5 by 25.8. Syracuse: 2 by 18.3. North Carolina: 2 by 13.3. Virginia Tech: 3 by 37.5. Virginia: 2 by 23.3. Clemson: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 9 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
Best efficiency game
37.5 vs Virginia Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/31 | vs Wisconsin | L 24-34 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/3 | @ Clemson | L 3-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Virginia | W 44-28 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | vs Virginia TechSplash game | W 28-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ North Carolina | W 24-19 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Syracuse | W 27-19 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Georgia Tech | W 25-24 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Florida StateSplash game | W 24-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/29 | @ Duke | W 31-6 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Toledo | W 52-30 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Bethune-Cookman | W 41-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kendrick Norton story
Kendrick Norton built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Kendrick Norton's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Miami. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kendrick Norton's production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Miami.
The arc is straightforward: Kendrick Norton 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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Miami
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Miami | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Miami | 13 | 24.4 | 6.3 | 13 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Miami | 13 | 24.4 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Miami | 10.5 | 19.4 | 4.3 | -2.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami | 10.5 | 19.4 | 4.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia Tech
Week 8 · L 16-37 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
vs Virginia Tech
Week 10 · W 28-10 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Florida State
Week 6 · W 24-20 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida State
Week 6 · L 19-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Duke
Week 13 · W 40-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Miami
13 primary output · 24.4 efficiency · 6.3 usage
57.7
#2
2016 Regular Season · Miami
57.7
13 primary · 24.4 efficiency · 6.3 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Miami
42.1
10.5 primary · 19.4 efficiency · 4.3 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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