#55

Omarr Norman-Lott

Former defensive lineman at Tennessee. 2024: 4 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

DL · Tennessee · Sr. · #55

6′3″ · 315 lb · North Highlands, CA

CFB Index 57 · #173 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceKansas City — drafted 2025, Rd 2, Pick 31, #63 overall

Recruiting

4★

DT recruit

No. 347 nationally · Signed with Grant Union

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Tennessee. 2024: 4 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Grant Union in 2020.
Transferred from Arizona State to Tennessee in 2023.
Drafted round 2 by the Kansas City in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Tennessee, 14 sacks — drafted at #63 overall by Kansas City.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Recruited4-star out of Grant Union

20239 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2025

Drafted by Kansas Cityround 2, pick 63

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#347 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #63

Kansas City · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Jeremy Pruitt

Tennessee

2021–2024

Josh Heupel

Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Kansas CityEntering 2nd NFL season

#63Rd 2 · Pick 31

Kansas CityEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Arizona State2-2HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Arizona State8-5HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy

2022Arizona State3-9HC: Herm Edwards · Balanced

2023Tennessee9-4HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2024Tennessee10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

57Quality starter #173 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (93rd percentile). Strength: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#177 / 2892 · 93rd pct

4.0

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#779 / 2892 · 71st pct

4.0

Tackles#2149 / 2892 · 25th pct

Solo tackles#2281 / 2892 · 19th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.0
Road5g	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #173 of 426 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #173 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Tennessee	18	8	4.0	4.0	--	--	--
2023	Tennessee	26	15	6.0	5.5	--	--	--
2022	Arizona State	15	9	3.5	2.0	2	--	--
2021	Arizona State	30	16	3.5	2.0	--	--	--
2020	Arizona State	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		90	48	17.0	13.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 24–17

vs Alabama

1 TOT · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With N. Iamaleava — 194 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.2 · 44 rush yds (9 car) · J. Ross — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 69-3vs Chattanooga	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 2	W 51-10@ NC State	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	W 71-0vs Kent State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 25-15@ Oklahoma	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 14-19@ Arkansas	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 23-17vs Florida	2	1	1.5	1.5	—
Wk 8	W 24-17vs Alabama	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 28-18vs Kentucky	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 33-14vs Mississippi State	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	L 17-31@ Georgia	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 36-23@ Vanderbilt	2	1	0.5	0.5	—
Total		18	8	4.0	4.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Omarr Norman-Lott

2020

20239 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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