Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2014Michigan
Dennis Norfleet
WR • 5'7" • Detroit, MI, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Dennis Norfleet reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
17
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: App State
Player Story
Dennis Norfleet built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Detroit, MI wearing No. 23, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Dennis Norfleet's career was his return-game role:...
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- Committed To
- Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Dennis Norfleet, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Michigan. Dennis Norfleet reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 157
- Receptions
- 21
Quick Answers
Dennis Norfleet quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 157
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2012 Postseason · Michigan
- Top game
- App State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Martin Luther King · Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Martin Luther King · 40 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Class 2014
- 2014 Receiving yards rank
- 111 receiving yards · WR 594th (top 63%) · Big Ten 96th (top 46%) · National 878th (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Michigan | 13 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan | 13 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2013 Postseason | Michigan | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 31.8 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Michigan | 12 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 31.8 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan | 11 | 15 | 111 | 0 | 59.5 |
Related Context
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Dennis Norfleet played WR for Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dennis Norfleet recorded 130 rushing yards and 157 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason
Michigan paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 52.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2014 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: App State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2014 Regular Season · Michigan
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
10.1
Efficiency
52.7
Usage
13.1
Consistency
41.6
Best Game by takeover score
App State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. App State: 30. Notre Dame: 16. Miami (OH): 0. Utah: 8. Minnesota: 0. Rutgers: 24. Penn State: 24. Michigan State: 0. Indiana: 0. Maryland: 0. Ohio State: 9
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. App State: 3 by 66.7. Notre Dame: 3 by 35.6. Utah: 2 by 26.7. Rutgers: 2 by 80. Penn State: 1 by 100. Michigan State: 3 by 0. Ohio State: 1 by 60
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins13.5 · Games = 4 · +5.4 vs Losses
Losses8.1 · Games = 7 · -5.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
App State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Penn State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Ohio State | L 28-42 | — | 1 | 9 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Maryland | L 16-23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Indiana | W 34-10 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Michigan State | L 11-35 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Penn State | W 18-13 | — | 1 | 24 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Rutgers | L 24-26 | — | 2 | 24 | 10.7 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Minnesota | L 14-30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Utah | L 10-26 | — | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Miami (OH) | W 34-10 | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Notre Dame | L 0-31 | — | 3 | 16 | 7.2 | 5.30 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs App State | W 52-14 | — | 3 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
Player Story
Dennis Norfleet story
Dennis Norfleet built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a wide receiver from Detroit, MI wearing No. 23, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Dennis Norfleet's career was his return-game role: 2,293 return yards across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Michigan. 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 130 rushing yards and 157 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan.
The arc is straightforward: Dennis Norfleet 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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Michigan
2012-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2013 Postseason | Michigan | 46 | 47.5 | 9 | 46 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Michigan | 46 | 47.5 | 9 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan | 111 | 52.7 | 13.1 | 65 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs App State
Week 1 · W 52-14
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
30
Receiving Yards
76.5 takeover
30 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 6 · L 24-26 · Conference game
24
Receiving Yards
70.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
24 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
#3
vs Akron
Week 3 · W 28-24
20
Receiving Yards
69.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
20 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
#4
vs Penn State
Week 7 · W 18-13 · Conference game
24
Receiving Yards
67 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
24 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Central Michigan
Week 1 · W 59-9
15
Receiving Yards
57.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
15 receiving yards with a 50 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Postseason · Michigan
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2012 Regular Season · Michigan
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Michigan
59.5
111 primary · 52.7 efficiency · 13.1 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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