Joshua Norwood: CB · West Virginia · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Joshua Norwood
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Oklahoma — Week 8, 2019.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
63 tackles. 6 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | West Virginia | 63 | 39 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2018 | West Virginia | 63 | 48 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 10 | -- |
| 2016 | Ohio State | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 134 | 92 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 20-13vs James Madison | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-38@ Missouri | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-24@ Kansas | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 31-42vs No. 11 Texas | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-38vs Iowa State | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-52@ No. 5 Oklahoma | 11 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-17@ No. 12 Baylor | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-38vs Texas Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-20@ Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 39 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
63tackles this season63 tackles · 2 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 7.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 6.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 8.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Pass share
58.0%
454 pass / 329 run
Plays / game
65.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
484 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
More tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Ohio State and West Virginia, 134 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 26 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2019
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Urban Meyer, Dana Holgorsen and Neal Brown.
