No. 52 Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||||
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | July 19, 1993 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Bakersfield, California | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | Bakersfield (CA) Centennial | ||||||||||||
College: | Utah | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2016 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Total tackles: | 6 |
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Sacks: | 0.0 |
Pass deflections: | 0 |
Interceptions: | 0 |
Forced fumbles: | 0 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Norris' NFL Combine workout |
Jared Scott Norris (born July 19, 1993) is an American football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Utah. Norris was signed by the Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2016.
Norris played linebacker at Centennial High School in Bakersfield, California, where he was a three-year starter and three-year letterman.
His junior year, he was named Second Team All-Area, Second Team All-Southwest Yosemite League and Centennial High's co-Defensive MVP. He also won the Hometown All-Stars Linebacker Award.
He garnered Second Team MaxPreps Division I All-State accolades as a senior. He was named the All-Area Defensive Player of the Year by The Bakersfield Californian and the Southwest Yosemite League Defensive Player of the Year. He also won the Bakersfield Jockey Club's Outstanding Athlete Award. He won the Hometown All-Stars Linebacker Award for the second year in a row. He missed a few games his senior year due to Valley fever.
He graduated from Centennial High School in 2011. He was teammates with future NFL player Cody Kessler at Centennial High. Norris was a team captain as well. He also earned one letter in baseball.
In the class of 2011, Norris was rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Scout.com, ESPN.com and 247Sports.com. He was also rated the No. 30 inside linebacker in the country by Rivals.com, the No. 29 middle linebacker in the country by Scout.com, the No. 37 inside linebacker in the country by ESPN.com, and the No. 28 inside linebacker in the country by 247Sports.com. He was also rated both a three-star recruit and the No. 28 inside linebacker in the country on 247Sports.com's composite rating, which takes into account the ratings of all the other major recruiting services in the country.