Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2023Western Michigan
Nate Norris
LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Chalfont, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nate Norris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
62
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
69
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Western Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Player Story
Nate Norris built his college career in 2023 as a linebacker from Chalfont, PA wearing No. 39, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Nate Norris' career was his defensive production: 61 tackles,...
Read the storyNate Norris, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Nate Norris shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 61
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Nate Norris quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Michigan · LB
- Career Tackles
- 61
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
- Top game
- Syracuse
- Latest roster
- No. 39 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 61 tackles · LB 196th (top 16%) · Mid-American 33rd (top 7%) · National 350th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 10 | 61 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 50.3 |
Related Context
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Nate Norris played LB for Western Michigan. Across 1 tracked season, Nate Norris recorded 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Western Michigan paired 4.5 primary output with 29.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
29.1
Usage
7
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Syracuse
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Syracuse: 2. Iowa: 0. Toledo: 0. Ball State: 0.5. Miami (OH): 1. Ohio: 1. Eastern Michigan: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Bowling Green: 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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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Syracuse: 4 by 36.7. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Toledo: 11 by 45.8. Ball State: 2 by 13.3. Miami (OH): 5 by 30.8. Ohio: 14 by 60. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 9 by 37.5. Northern Illinois: 11 by 45.8. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Syracuse
Best efficiency game
60 vs Ohio
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/22 | vs Bowling Green | L 10-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/15 | @ Northern Illinois10+ tackles | L 0-24 | 11 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/8 | vs Central Michigan | W 38-28 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Eastern Michigan | W 45-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Ohio10+ tackles | L 17-20 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Miami (OH) | L 21-34 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Ball State | W 42-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Toledo10+ tackles | L 31-49 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Iowa | L 10-41 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ SyracuseSplash game | L 7-48 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nate Norris story
Nate Norris built his college career in 2023 as a linebacker from Chalfont, PA wearing No. 39, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Nate Norris' career was his defensive production: 61 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 10 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Western Michigan. 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 Nate Norris' production has multiple signals. With 10 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Western Michigan.
The arc is straightforward: Nate Norris 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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Western Michigan
2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 4.5 | 29.1 | 7 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Syracuse
Week 2 · L 7-48
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Miami (OH)
Week 7 · L 21-34 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Ohio
Week 8 · L 17-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Toledo
Week 4 · L 31-49 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Northern Illinois
Week 12 · L 0-24 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
39.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
4.5 primary output · 29.1 efficiency · 7 usage
50.3
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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