Justin Norton: OLB · Navy · #5.
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Justin Norton
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Second year in the Navy linebacker corps. On tape: 6 tackles against UCF, Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-19@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-21vs Tulane | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-32vs Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-21@ Tulsa | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-45vs Air Force | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-30@ Memphis | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-31vs No. 20 UCF | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 26-34@ Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-24@ No. 9 Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-24@ Houston | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 13-14vs Army | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 49-7vs Virginia | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 34 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 3 |
Bowl · 2017
W 49-7
vs Virginia
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 42-point win at home against Virginia.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
34tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksPD rate
9%3 pass breakups34 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo, all run-heavy offenses — 16-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
10.9%
99 pass / 813 run
Plays / game
70.2
13 games
Team sack rate
10.0%
100 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Navy, 56 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ken Niumatalolo.
