Bill Norton

COLLEGE

• Played in 53 games during his six-year collegiate career at Georgia (2019-22), Arizona (2023) and Texas (2024). He notched 57 career tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, three pass breakups, three forced fumbles and 1.0 sack.
• In his lone season with the Longhorns, tallied 14 tackles (six solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and one forced fumble.
• In 2023, appeared in 13 games (12 starts) for Arizona and registered 32 tackles (14 solo), 2.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, five pressures and three pass breakups.
• Helped the Wildcat defense finish fifth in the Pac-12 and 25th nationally in rush defense.
• Before his time at Arizona, played four seasons at Georgia where he saw action as a reserve defensive lineman and on special teams.

COLLEGE

• Played in 53 games during his six-year collegiate career at Georgia (2019-22), Arizona (2023) and Texas (2024). He notched 57 career tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, three pass breakups, three forced fumbles and 1.0 sack.
• In his lone season with the Longhorns, tallied 14 tackles (six solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and one forced fumble.
• In 2023, appeared in 13 games (12 starts) for Arizona and registered 32 tackles (14 solo), 2.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, five pressures and three pass breakups.
• Helped the Wildcat defense finish fifth in the Pac-12 and 25th nationally in rush defense.
• Before his time at Arizona, played four seasons at Georgia where he saw action as a reserve defensive lineman and on special teams.

PERSONAL

• Played his high school ball at Christian Brothers High School and was selected to play in the 2018 AutoZone Liberty Bowl prep all-star game following his senior year.
• Was a rated four-star prospect by Rivals, 247Sports, ESPN and PrepStar Magazine.
• Led his team to an 8-3 record and the second round of the 2018 TSSAA Division II Class 3A state playoffs and was named as a finalist for Tennessee's Mr. Football Award that season.
• Was honored as the 2017 Tennesee Titans Mr. Tennesee for Class 3A his junior ear and was named a semifinalist for the award in 2018.
• Was selected to the 2018 Division II Class 3A All-Region First-Team defense by league coaches.
• Norton notched 55 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks his senior campaign. Led the team to an undefeated regular season in 2017 as a junior.
• Was a four-year member of the Christian Brothers varsity basketball team.