Kendrick Norton

Former defensive lineman at Miami. 2017: 2 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

DL · Miami · #7

6′3″ · 312 lb · Jacksonville, FL

Carolina — drafted 2018, Rd 7, Pick 24, #242 overall

Recruiting

3★

OG recruit

No. 362 nationally · Signed with Miami

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Miami. 2017: 2 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Miami in 2015.
Drafted round 7 by the Carolina in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Miami, 4 sacks — drafted at #242 overall by Carolina.

His career

2015

Signed with Miami3-star out of Trinity Christian Academy

2018

Drafted by Carolinaround 7, pick 242

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#362 national

CFB

College

Miami

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #242

Carolina · 2018

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CarolinaEntering 9th NFL season

#242Rd 7 · Pick 24

CarolinaEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mark Richt, all balanced offenses — 19-7 over that span.

2016Miami9-4HC: Mark Richt · Balanced

2017Miami10-3HC: Mark Richt · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (84th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#386 / 2682 · 84th pct

6.5

Sacks#473 / 2682 · 79th pct

2.0

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Tackles#1556 / 2682 · 41st pct

Solo tackles#1586 / 2682 · 39th 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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.6	0.1	0.0
Road4g	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.5	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Miami	26	14	6.5	2.0	1	--	--
2016	Miami	39	21	10.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		65	35	16.5	4.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2017

W 24–20

at Florida State

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With Z. Feagles — 43 AVG · 52 LONG · 8 NO · M. Rosier — 254 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 47.4 · 29 rush yds (14 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week