Player Dossier

2019-2023

Middle Tennessee

Kalani Norris

WR • 6'0" • 162 lbs • Miami, FL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Kalani Norris reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Georgia Tech • Middle Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kennesaw State

Player Story

Kalani Norris built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Miami, FL wearing No. 17, spending time with Georgia Tech and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Kalani Norris' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8775

Bishop Neumann · Wahoo, NE

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Kalani Norris, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Tech. Kalani Norris reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
232
Receptions
20
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Kalani Norris quick answers

Latest team and position
Middle Tennessee · WR
Career Receiving Yards
232
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
Top game
Kennesaw State
Recruit profile
3-star · Bishop Neumann
High school pipeline
Bishop Neumann · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Junior
2023 Receiving yards rank
51 receiving yards · WR 758th (top 74%) · Conference USA 92nd (top 61%) · National 1,278th (top 62%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech0-00-
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech0-00-
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech68134268.1
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech2247059.5
2023 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee71051137.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Middle Tennessee to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted19.6Dec 20, 2023
2023Georgia Tech to Middle TennesseeP4 to G5/FCS19.6Jan 12, 2023

Kalani Norris played WR for Georgia Tech and Middle Tennessee. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kalani Norris recorded 232 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Georgia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Georgia Tech paired 134 primary output with 81.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 35.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia Tech, Middle Tennessee.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

7.3

Efficiency

35.2

Usage

5.9

Consistency

57.7

Best Game by takeover score

Jacksonville State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: -2. Missouri: 9. Murray State: 9. Colorado State: -3. Western Kentucky: 6. Jacksonville State: 18. Florida International: 14

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. Alabama: 1 by 0. Missouri: 2 by 30. Murray State: 2 by 30. Colorado State: 1 by 0. Western Kentucky: 1 by 40. Jacksonville State: 1 by 100. Florida International: 2 by 46.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins11.5 · Games = 2 · +5.9 vs Losses
Losses5.6 · Games = 5 · -5.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Jacksonville State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Jacksonville State

Result
Sat 11/11vs Florida InternationalW 40-62147708
Thu 10/5vs Jacksonville StateL 30-451181818018
Thu 9/28@ Western KentuckyL 10-31166606
Sat 9/23vs Colorado StateL 23-311-3-3-300
Sat 9/16vs Murray StateW 35-14294.54.5006
Sat 9/9@ MissouriL 19-23294.54.5016
Sat 9/2@ AlabamaL 7-561-2-2-200

Player Story

Kalani Norris story

Kalani Norris built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Miami, FL wearing No. 17, spending time with Georgia Tech and Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Kalani Norris' career was his receiving role: 20 catches, 232 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Kalani Norris' 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 Tech

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Middle Tennessee

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech0
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech00
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech13481.18.2134
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech471008.7-87
2023 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee5135.25.94

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kennesaw State

Week 2 · W 45-17

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

36

Receiving Yards

78.9 takeover

36 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ UCF

Week 4 · L 10-27

30

Receiving Yards

72 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

30 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Virginia

Week 8 · L 40-48 · Conference game

37

Receiving Yards

70.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

37 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Jacksonville State

Week 6 · L 30-45 · Conference game

18

Receiving Yards

70.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Western Carolina

Week 2 · W 35-17

17

Receiving Yards

66.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

17 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

134 primary output · 81.1 efficiency · 8.2 usage

68.1

#2

2022 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

59.5

47 primary · 100 efficiency · 8.7 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

37.6

51 primary · 35.2 efficiency · 5.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games