Josh Norman Class: Junior Hometown: Greenwood, S.C. High School: Greenwood HS Height / Weight: 6-2 / 190 Position: CB

#24 Josh Norman 6-2 / 190 / CB Junior Greenwood, S.C. Greenwood HS

PRESEASON 2010: Named preseason second team All-American and first team All-Big South by Phil Steele's Magazine ... Tabbed preseason All-Big South by the league's coaches.

2009 (So.): Named third team All-American by the Associated Press and made the College Sporting News' "Fabulous Fifty" All-American team ... Earned first team All-Big South ... Shattered the league record and tied for second in the nation in interceptions with eight ... Ranked third in interceptions per game nationally at 0.73 per game ... Also led the league with 15 pass breakups and tied for eighth nationally at 1.36 per contest ... Ranked sixth on the team with 35 tackles, leading the team with two blocked kicks ... Tied for 18th in the league among defensive backs and 40th overall in the Big South in tackles ... Earned Big South Defensive Player of the Week and National Defensive Player of the Week from two publications after tying a Big South record with three interceptions in a game, a win over Gardner-Webb ... Also had a PBU versus the Runnin' Bulldogs ... Had a season-high six tackles on three separate occasions (at Kent State, at Stony Brook, at Clemson), while also having a pair of interceptions to go with five tackles at Towson ... Added two PBU versus Stony Brook, duplicating the feat versus Presbyterian ... Blocked kicks versus Kent State and VMI.

2008 (Fr.): Played in all 12 games as a true freshman, getting the start in seven of them ... Had 26 solo and 35 total tackles, tying for ninth most tackles on the team ... Ranked fifth in the Big South with nine passes defended, including a pair of interceptions ... Had four tackles, all solos in his first collegiate game at Penn State ... Earned Big South Freshman of the Week honors after he recorded a season-high seven tackles (six solo) along with one interception and one pass breakup in the win at Presbyterian ... Also had seven tackles against Charleston Southern ... Had his first collegiate interception in the win at North Carolina A&T ... Recorded six tackles, including three solos, against Liberty... Had at least one tackle in 11 of the 12 games.

Prior to Coastal Carolina: Named All-State as well as being selected to play in the North-South All-Star Game on the defensive side of the ball ... Was also named to the All-Lakeland Region 4A Offense ... Also was a member of the basketball, baseball and track teams throughout high school.

Personal: Son of Roy and Sandra Norman.

Norman's Career Defensive Statistics
        GP-GS   Solo   Asst.  Total  TFL-YDS   Sack-YDS  Int-YDS  PBU  FR   FF  BLK
2008    12- 7    26      9      35    1.0-1     0.0-0     2- 0     7   0-0   0   0
2009    11-11    25     18      43    1.0-5     0.0-0     8-72     7   0-0   1   2
Total   21-18    51     27      78    2.0-6     0.0-0    10-72    14   0-0   1   2

CAREER GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES (solo-asst-tot)
2008: Penn State 4-0-4; Colgate 0-1-1; Monmouth 1-0-1; Towson 0-1-1; North Carolina A&T 1-0-1; Liberty 3-3-6; VMI 0-0-0; North Carolina Central 1-2-3; Stony Brook 1-0-1; Gardner-Webb 3-0-3; Presbyterian 6-1-7; Charleston Southern 6-17.
2009: Kent State 6-0-6; Monmouth 2-0-2; Towson 2-3-5; North Carolina A&T 3-1-4; VMI 0-2-2; Liberty 3-2-5; Stony Brook 2-4-6; Clemson 4-2-6; Gardner-Webb 0-0-0; Presbyterian 1-1-2; Charleston Southern 2-3-5.