Senior running back for South Florida. 2025: 166 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 2 catches.
5′11″ · 222 lb · Waycross, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
rushing yards · 2025
2 TD · 5.2 per carry · 2 catches
Best game: 15 rush yds, 1 TD, 24 rec yds, vs Boise State
Swing playSwung Iowa State from 46% to 75% to win.West Virginia at Iowa State · 31-14
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for South Florida. 2025: 166 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 2 catches.
Cartevious Norton
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Cartevious Norton has played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. The receipt: 69 rush yds, 3 rec yds against Charlotte — Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Scott, Alex Golesh, and Kevin Patrick. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 44.0 | 6.5 | 0.7 |
| Road2g | 17.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 33.2 | 5.7 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Hartline
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Florida | 32 | 166 | 5.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Charlotte | 129 | 525 | 4.1 | 7 | -- |
| 2023 | Iowa State | 87 | 343 | 3.9 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | Iowa State | 87 | 312 | 3.6 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 335 | 1,346 | 4.0 | 14 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Florida | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Charlotte | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Iowa State | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Iowa State | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 19 | 129 | 6.8 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-7vs Boise State | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | W 18-16@ Florida | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 3 | L 12-49@ Miami | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-14vs South Carolina State | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 6 | W 54-26vs Charlotte | 13 | 69 | 5.3 | 1 | 37 | Season-high 69 yds |
| Total | 32 | 166 | 5.7 | 2 | 37 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (4.3%).
2026 Outlook
South Florida
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · South Florida
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
South Florida · Last season: 9-4 (AP #25) · Talent rank #52 · 2026 recruiting class #90
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Greg Garner’s 2021 season.
Matches Greg on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Delbert Mimms III’s path through Eastern Michigan.
Matches Delbert on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Fuller's junior season at James Madison (2025).
Matches Jordan on
Player DNA