2003
Played in all 12 games during his sophomore season, earning the starting assignment eight times at the tailback position...Rushed 121 times for 642 yards, a 5.3-yard average, and two touchdowns...Also caught eight passes for 6 yards...Returned one kickoff on the year (17 yards).
2002
Named to the Knoxville News all-freshman team at the kickoff return position...Played in all 12 games during his true freshman season...Finished second in the club with 66 rushes for 394 yards, a 6.0-yard per carry average...That average was the best on the team among players with more than five carries...Also caught five passes for 47 yards, a 9.4-yard mean...Returned 14 kickoffs for 292 yards, a 20.9-yard average.
High School
Selected to the Parade magazine All-America High School Football Team, one of 10 running backs nationwide picked for that honor...Ranked as the No. 21 prospect in the country, regardless of position, by recruiting analyst Bobby Burton in The Sporting News listing of the nation's top 25 recruits...Picked to the PrepStar magazine/CBS Sportsline.com Dream Team, the number eight running back in the country, No 2 in the southeast...Ranked No. 1 on SuperPrep's list of the top players in Mississippi following his senior season...He was ranked No. 13 on SuperPrep's ranking of the country's top running backs...Earned a place on the postseason Orlando Sentinel's all-southern Dandy Dozen, 12 players selected for excellence on the playing field from the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia...Named Mississippi's Gatorade Player of the Year for 2001...Earned "Offensive Player of the Year" and first-team all-state at running back on the Mississippi Association of Coaches' Class 5A all-state team...Named to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen, a designation as one of the state's top 12 players...Earned Metro Jackson and state of Mississippi Player of the Year honors by that newspaper following his senior campaign...Ranked No. 2 on that publication's listing of the state's most sought-after prospects...Selected to play in the Mississippi/Alabama High School All-Star game.
Personal
Born Jerious Montreal Norwood, 7-29-83, in Jackson, MS...Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders Norwood...Majoring in criminology. |
