Player Dossier

2020-2022

Akron

Jonzell Norrils

RB • 5'10" • 210 lbs • Toledo, OH, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jonzell Norrils leans balanced backfield option traits and 27.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

50%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

65

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

57

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Akron

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Akron
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Player Story

Jonzell Norrils built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Toledo, OH wearing No. 6, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Jonzell Norrils' career was his backfield work: 629...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8059

Central Catholic · Toledo, OH

Committed To
Akron
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Jonzell Norrils, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Akron. Jonzell Norrils leans balanced backfield option traits and 27.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
826
Rushing yards
629
Receiving yards
197
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Jonzell Norrils quick answers

Latest team and position
Akron · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
826
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 17 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Akron
Top game
Toledo
Recruit profile
3-star · Central Catholic · Akron
High school pipeline
Central Catholic · 26 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Sophomore
2022 Scrimmage yards rank
38 scrimmage yards · RB 563rd (top 82%) · Mid-American 159th (top 71%) · National 1,857th (top 71%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonAkron2623032132.8
2021 Regular SeasonAkron10726573153669
2022 Regular SeasonAkron5382612021

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023Akron to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted18Dec 7, 2022

Jonzell Norrils played RB for Akron. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jonzell Norrils recorded 629 rushing yards, 197 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Akron.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Akron paired 726 primary output with 46.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 46.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Loss with 170 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Akron

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

72.6

Efficiency

46.5

Usage

24.8

Consistency

58.5

Best Game by takeover score

Toledo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 43. Temple: 68. Bryant: 31. Ohio State: 17. Ohio: 3. Buffalo: 155. Ball State: 110. Western Michigan: 68. Kent State: 61. Toledo: 170

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Auburn: 14 by 24.3. Temple: 17 by 44.2. Bryant: 10 by 31. Ohio State: 10 by 17.5. Ohio: 1 by 31.3. Buffalo: 11 by 100. Ball State: 19 by 56.5. Western Michigan: 18 by 39.9. Kent State: 19 by 32.9. Toledo: 16 by 87.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins31 · Games = 1 · -46.2 vs Losses
Losses77.2 · Games = 9 · +46.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Toledo

Best efficiency game

100 vs Buffalo

Result
Sat 11/27@ Toledo150 scrimmage yards · 2+ TDL 14-4913906.90038010.6
Sat 11/20vs Kent StateL 0-3816503.1003113.2
Wed 11/10@ Western MichiganL 40-4515583.9013103.8
Tue 11/2vs Ball StateL 25-3117885.2012225.8
Sat 10/23vs Buffalo100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 10-451115514.10114.1
Sat 10/2vs OhioL 17-3413303
Sat 9/25@ Ohio StateL 7-599151.700121.7
Sat 9/18vs BryantW 35-149262.900153.1
Sat 9/11vs TempleL 24-4515664.400224
Sat 9/4@ AuburnL 10-6012221.8002213.1

Player Story

Jonzell Norrils story

Jonzell Norrils built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Toledo, OH wearing No. 6, spending time with Akron. The clearest part of Jonzell Norrils' career was his backfield work: 629 rushing yards, 134 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 197 receiving yards across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Akron. 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. His career also includes 197 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron.

The arc is straightforward: Jonzell Norrils 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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    Akron

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonAkron6240.610.5
2021 Regular SeasonAkron72646.524.8664
2022 Regular SeasonAkron3827.74-688

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Toledo

Week 13 · L 14-49 · Conference game

Loss with 170 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

93 takeover

170 scrimmage yards and 32 usage.

#2

vs Buffalo

Week 8 · L 10-45 · Conference game

155

Scrimmage Yards

83.9 takeover

Loss with 155 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

155 scrimmage yards and 21.2 usage.

#3

vs Ball State

Week 10 · L 25-31 · Conference game

110

Scrimmage Yards

73.7 takeover

Loss with 110 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

110 scrimmage yards and 35.2 usage.

#4

@ Buffalo

Week 15 · L 7-56 · Conference game

60

Scrimmage Yards

72.8 takeover

Loss with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

60 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.

#5

@ Tennessee

Week 3 · L 6-63

23

Scrimmage Yards

64.7 takeover

Loss with 23 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

23 scrimmage yards and 5.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Akron

726 primary output · 46.5 efficiency · 24.8 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Akron

32.8

62 primary · 40.6 efficiency · 10.5 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Akron

21

38 primary · 27.7 efficiency · 4 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games