#15

Bill Norton

Former defensive lineman at Texas. 2024: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.

DL · Texas · Sr. · #15

6′6″ · 335 lb · Memphis, TN

CFB Index 51 · #145 of 302 interior linemenLow confidenceTexas 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 162 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Texas. 2024: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2019.
Transferred from Arizona to Texas in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Texas, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2019

Signed with Georgia4-star out of Christian Brothers

202311 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202410 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#162 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2020

Tom Herman

Texas

2021–2024

Steve Sarkisian

Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Steve Sarkisian. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2020Georgia8-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2021Georgia14-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2022Georgia15-0HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

2023Arizona10-3HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #145 of 302?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (10th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Tackles#2435 / 2892 · 14th pct

Solo tackles#2548 / 2892 · 10th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Texas	14	6	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2023	Arizona	31	15	2.5	0.0	3	--	--
2022	Georgia	3	3	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Georgia	4	--	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Georgia	1	--	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Georgia	4	2	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		57	26	7.0	1.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 17–7

at Texas A&M

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

With Q. Ewers — 218 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.1 · 29 rush yds (4 car) · T. Wisner — 186 rush yds (33 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 4	W 51-3vs UL Monroe	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 35-13vs Mississippi State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 34-3@ Oklahoma	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 15-30vs Georgia	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 27-24@ Vanderbilt	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 12	W 20-10@ Arkansas	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 17-7@ Texas A&M	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 15	L 19-22vs Georgia	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 38-24vs Clemson	2	1	1.5	1.0	—
Bowl	L 14-28vs Ohio State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		14	6	1.5	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology