Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Marshall
Adrian Norton
WR • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Huber Heights, OH, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Adrian Norton reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
86
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
86
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Akron • Marshall
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Adrian Norton built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Huber Heights, OH wearing No. 13, spending time with Akron and Marshall. The clearest part of Adrian Norton's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Akron
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Adrian Norton, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Akron. Adrian Norton reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,286
- Receptions
- 80
- Touchdowns
- 12
Quick Answers
Adrian Norton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Marshall · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,286
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Stebbins · Akron
- High school pipeline
- Stebbins · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Junior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 383 receiving yards · WR 296th (top 27%) · Sun Belt 35th (top 17%) · National 345th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 5 | 9 | 71 | 0 | 38 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 10 | 43 | 832 | 7 | 82.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Marshall | 8 | 28 | 383 | 5 | 53.1 |
Related Context
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Adrian Norton played WR for Akron and Marshall. Across 3 tracked seasons, Adrian Norton recorded 1,286 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Akron paired 832 primary output with 96.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 96.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 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 Akron, Marshall.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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2024 Regular Season · Akron
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
83.2
Efficiency
96.9
Usage
21.2
Consistency
61.7
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rutgers: 55. Colgate: 125. South Carolina: 56. Ohio: 59. Bowling Green: 78. Western Michigan: 168. Eastern Michigan: 29. Buffalo: 98. Northern Illinois: 57. Kent State: 107
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. Rutgers: 3 by 100. Colgate: 5 by 100. South Carolina: 4 by 93.3. Ohio: 5 by 78.7. Bowling Green: 3 by 100. Western Michigan: 8 by 100. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 96.7. Buffalo: 6 by 100. Northern Illinois: 2 by 100. Kent State: 5 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins87 · Games = 3 · +5.4 vs Losses
Losses81.6 · Games = 7 · -5.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kent State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/20 | @ Kent State100 receiving yards | W 38-17 | — | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 21.40 | 0 | 36 |
| Thu 11/14 | @ Northern Illinois | L 16-29 | — | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 28.50 | 1 | 40 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Buffalo2+ TD | L 30-41 | — | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 16.30 | 2 | 28 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 25-21 | — | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 1 | 21 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Western Michigan100 receiving yards · High volume | L 24-34 | — | 8 | 168 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 60 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Bowling Green | L 20-27 | — | 3 | 78 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 48 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Ohio | L 10-30 | — | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 11.80 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 9/21 | @ South Carolina | L 7-50 | — | 4 | 56 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 42 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Colgate100 receiving yards | W 31-20 | — | 5 | 125 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 36 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Rutgers | L 17-49 | — | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 18.30 | 1 | 32 |
Player Story
Adrian Norton story
Adrian Norton built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Huber Heights, OH wearing No. 13, spending time with Akron and Marshall. The clearest part of Adrian Norton's career was his receiving role: 80 catches, 1,286 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 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 15 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron and Marshall.
The arc is straightforward: Adrian 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Akron
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Marshall
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 71 | 52 | 7.8 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 832 | 96.9 | 21.2 | 761 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Marshall | 383 | 73.1 | 17.2 | -449 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Western Michigan
Week 7 · L 24-34 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
168
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
168 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 103 Georgia Southern
Week 14 · L 19-24 · Conference game
160
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
160 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Kent State
Week 13 · W 38-17 · Conference game
107
Receiving Yards
87.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
107 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Buffalo
Week 10 · L 30-41 · Conference game
98
Receiving Yards
81.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
98 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Colgate
Week 3 · W 31-20
125
Receiving Yards
77.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
125 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Akron
832 primary output · 96.9 efficiency · 21.2 usage
82.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Marshall
53.1
383 primary · 73.1 efficiency · 17.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Akron
38
71 primary · 52 efficiency · 7.8 usage
Milestones
4
100+ receiving yards
2
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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