Linebacker, South Carolina, 2007–⁠09

Eric Norwood

Lettered 2006–⁠09 (school media guide)

Number: No. 40
Height: 6′1″
Hometown: Acworth, GA
Born: May 24, 1988

Eric Norwood played linebacker at South Carolina (2007–⁠09). The Carolina Panthers took Norwood in round 4, No. 124 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2009; First-team All-SEC
Drafted: No. 124; Round 4, 2010 NFL Draft (Carolina Panthers)

Honors

2007, 2008, 2009First-team All-SEC

All-America: AP first team 2009; Walter Camp first team 2009; Sporting News third team 2009

Defense

Season	Team	Int
2009	South Carolina	2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	FF	Hur
2006^N	13	22	8	30	9.5	7	–	1	–	–
2007	12	46	23	69	19.5	6	0	3	0	9
2008	13	50	25	75	14.5	9	0	1	1	9
2009	13	58	23	81	11.5	7	2	3	1	11
On file		176	79	255	55	29	–	8	–	–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2007	South Carolina	40	LB
2008	South Carolina	40	LB
2009	South Carolina	40	LB	6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 South Carolina 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Int
Sep 12	atGeorgia	L 37–⁠41	1
Oct 3	vs.South Carolina State	W 38–⁠14	1

2007 South Carolina 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 16 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Int

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2010 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–⁠31).

Drill	Combine 2010
Height	6′0⅞″
Weight	245 lb
Arm length	33⅜″
Hand size	9½″
40-yard dash	4.80 s
10-yard split	1.58 s^W
Vertical jump	36½″
Broad jump	9′7″
Bench press	21 reps^W
3-cone drill	7.08 s
20-yard shuttle	4.23 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 20 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2010	Carolina Panthers	12	13	1
2011	Carolina Panthers	8	11	0
NFL career		20	24	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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