Player Dossier

2019-2024

Texas

Bill Norton

DL • 6'6" • 335 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bill Norton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Georgia • Arizona • Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Player Story

Bill Norton built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 15, spending time with Arizona, Georgia, and Texas. The clearest part of Bill Norton's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9326

Christian Brothers · Memphis, TN

Committed To
Georgia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Bill Norton, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Arizona. Bill Norton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
57
TFL
7
Sacks
1
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Bill Norton quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas · DL
Career Tackles
57
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 29 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Arizona
Top game
Clemson
Recruit profile
4-star · Christian Brothers · Georgia
High school pipeline
Christian Brothers · 19 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
14 tackles · DL 468th (top 46%) · SEC 312th (top 43%) · National 2,451st (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia2410--028.3
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia110.50--035.8
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia340.50--010.7
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia2310--027.7
2023 PostseasonArizona112-0--052
2023 Regular SeasonArizona11292.5033052
2024 PostseasonTexas1031.511-024.6
2024 Regular SeasonTexas1011-01-024.6

Related Context

Bill Norton played DL for Georgia, Arizona, and Texas. Across 6 tracked seasons, Bill Norton recorded 57 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Arizona.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Arizona paired 8.5 primary output with 19.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia, Arizona, Texas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · Arizona

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

19.5

Usage

4.4

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 0. Northern Arizona: 1. Mississippi State: 0. UTEP: 0. Washington: 1.5. Washington State: 0. Oregon State: 1. UCLA: 0. Colorado: 3. Utah: 1. Arizona State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma: 2 by 8.3. Northern Arizona: 3 by 22.5. Mississippi State: 3 by 12.5. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 2 by 23.3. Washington State: 3 by 12.5. Oregon State: 4 by 26.7. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 3 by 42.5. Utah: 6 by 35. Arizona State: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 9 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 2 · -0.0 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

Colorado

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Colorado

Result
Fri 12/29@ OklahomaW 38-2421000
Sat 11/25@ Arizona StateW 59-2332100
Sat 11/18vs UtahW 42-1864000
Sat 11/11@ ColoradoSplash gameW 34-3132002
Sun 11/5vs UCLAW 27-1010000
Sun 10/29vs Oregon StateW 27-2441001
Sat 10/14@ Washington StateW 44-633000
Sun 10/1vs WashingtonL 24-31200.5000
Sun 9/17vs UTEPW 31-1011000
Sat 9/9@ Mississippi StateL 24-3130000
Sun 9/3vs Northern ArizonaW 38-331100

Player Story

Bill Norton story

Bill Norton built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 15, spending time with Arizona, Georgia, and Texas. The clearest part of Bill Norton's career was his defensive production: 57 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Bill Norton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Georgia

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arizona

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Texas

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia113.34.6
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia0.59.23.4-0.5
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia0.57.22.20
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia111.34.60.5
2023 PostseasonArizona8.519.54.47.5
2023 Regular SeasonArizona8.519.54.40
2024 PostseasonTexas4.510.33-4
2024 Regular SeasonTexas4.510.330

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Clemson

Week 1 · W 38-24 · Postseason

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

74.2 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Colorado

Week 11 · W 34-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Georgia Tech

Week 14 · W 52-7

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Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Kent State

Week 4 · W 39-22

1

Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Washington

Week 5 · L 24-31 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Arizona

8.5 primary output · 19.5 efficiency · 4.4 usage

52

#2

2023 Regular Season · Arizona

52

8.5 primary · 19.5 efficiency · 4.4 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Georgia

35.8

0.5 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 3.4 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games