Jaivian Norman is a defensive back at Eastern Michigan who has not played in Eastern Michigan's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Eastern Michigan lists 21 defensive backs this season.
Eastern Michigan is 4-5.
Third year in the same secondary at Eastern Michigan. A game that shows it: 1 tackle against Akron — Week 6, 2026.
1 tackle · 0 sacks
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 16 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Eastern Michigan | 25 | 15 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Career | 42 | 24 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-52@ Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-28vs Long Island University | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-48@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31vs Louisiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-24@ Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-28vs Ohio | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 27-21vs Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-9@ Ball State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-31vs Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
16tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%2 TFL16 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
3 seasons under Chris Creighton — 13-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
51.1%
403 pass / 385 run
Plays / game
65.7
12 games
Team sack rate
2.3%
444 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #40 of 40 Mid-American DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chris Creighton.
