Bill Norton

[MIkeHoncho 2115]

Nowhere near enough love for this guy.  Has been a rock all year for the good guys.  🤘  great pick up.

 

[ousux 5649]

Nowhere near enough love for this guy.  Has been a rock all year for the good guys.    great pick up.

 

Not exactly the prototypical DT body type, but he does get shit done. Good eval in the portal.

[dcar00 15005]

it was funny when he made the stop on 3rd down against aggy, herbstreit didn't know his name and just called him #15.  that guy has been instrumental in 2 huge goal line stands and I bet 90% of our fans have no idea who he is or where he's from.

[ztejas 44295]

14 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

it was funny when he made the stop on 3rd down against aggy, herbstreit didn't know his name and just called him #15.  that guy has been instrumental in 2 huge goal line stands and I bet 90% of our fans have no idea who he is or where he's from.

At the Kentucky game they were naming our starting lineups and I was like "who the fuck is Bill Norton?"

I know who he is now. 

Total pimp.

[Funk Doctor Spock 13294]

Dude is silently a killer. Wish he could come back, along with Lole. Those guys are just great finds. That stop at the goal line was nothing short of awesome 

[Bevo14 8470]

1 hour ago, Funk Doctor Spock said:

Dude is silently a killer. Wish he could come back, along with Lole. Those guys are just great finds. That stop at the goal line was nothing short of awesome 

It's evidence of great coaching/evaluation when you can get great production from less heralded, cheaper players by fitting them to the right roles in your system.

Edited Tuesday at 09:32 AM by Bevo14

[ztejas 44295]

I commented somewhere else but that 4th down stop was about as loud as I've ever heard DKR and it was certainly the loudest that we got all night against Clemson. 

Check it out from here

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 09:55 AM by ztejas

[Beer Drinker 694]

The guard trying to block him on the goal line looks about half his size.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13642]

5 hours ago, dcar00 said:

I bet 90% of our fans have no idea who he is or where he's from.

...or where he is going.

 

[lilMAC25 4007]

Hell yes. He’s played pretty well this season. I’ve noticed him getting pressure at different times and was unsure of who he was.

[Dark Horse 2436]

He also makes beats!

https://youtube.com/@billnortonbeats?si=dijvOeXPuVPFeQ62

[CastHorn 912]

Holy Shit, is that Bill Norton?

[Blotto 24045]

1 hour ago, CastHorn said:

Holy Shit, is that Bill Norton?

According to the Insta linked on his youtube page, it appears to be. 

[Beau Vine 55900]

So here comes Bill a-walkin' down Nine Mile – that's Bill Norton, y'understand – got his sandwich in one hand, the fuckin' head in the other!

[chainsaw 10313]

11 hours ago, dcar00 said:

90% of our fans have no idea who he is or where he's from.

He came pre-installed with the defense.

[Jkwellborn 7072]

Not exactly the prototypical DT body type, but he does get shit done. Good eval in the portal.

Looks like refrigerator Perry out there.

[Nope 3153]

He’s as good as any interior DL in the country when he’s fresh and rested

The neat part is having the depth to play him ONLY when he’s fresh

[Hookem10 894]

y'all are serious about not knowing who bill Norton was? surly is slipping 

[Carl Spackler 3631]

He has definitely come on big toward the end of the season, which is great to see.  At the start of the season, he was merely okay -- he didn't flash much at all and Lole was definitely ahead of him in the rotation.  But Norton has gotten better and better as the season progressed to the point now that he's a force in the middle of the line, particularly against the run.  Credit to him, Kenny Baker, and the rest of the defensive staff for his development throughout the season.  

[dcar00 15005]

I'd like to vote him for Gaskamp award but since he's a portal guy I guess we can't

[Dennis Taylor 19394]

Anyone who picked Texas to cover should really love him 

[Damor 1254]

After stuffing the 4th-and-goal attempt, he goes up to the QB and says, "I'm Bill Norton! SAY IT!!!"  Then he manipulates the QB's lips in such a way as to make him say, "Biiiilllnorrrrton".... it wasn't exactly like it, but it was pretty good for a guy named Klubnik!

[Armybrat 41458]

10 hours ago, Bevo14 said:

It's evidence of great coaching/evaluation when you can get great production from less heralded, cheaper players by fitting them to the right roles in your system.

*inexpensive.

[Davis Lane 6014]

1 hour ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Anyone who picked Texas to cover should really love him 

[EZ$ 2131]

Didn’t realize he was a highly ranked recruit who originally signed with Georgia. 

[EZ$ 2131]

1 minute ago, EZ$ said:

Didn’t realize he was a highly ranked recruit who originally signed with Georgia. 

[Dennis Taylor 19394]

12 hours ago, EZ$ said:

[sushihorn 3254]

On 12/23/2024 at 11:38 PM, ousux said:

On 12/23/2024 at 10:53 PM, MIkeHoncho said:

Nowhere near enough love for this guy.  Has been a rock all year for the good guys.    great pick up.

 

Not exactly the prototypical DT body type, but he does get shit done. Good eval in the portal.

Body by Rick Ross. 

[Navin R. Johnson 901]

Santa doesn’t waste time trying to deliver gifts to Bill Norton. 

[TwiceHorn 32118]

Bill Norton is such an ordinary, white bread name these days, it almost seems like it's made up.

[Stunns38 3806]

We’ll see him in NFL rotations if he stays healthy.

[blacklab 12081]

The amazing thing about that play is he's fully engaged with an olineman, the RB has a full head of steam, runs into him and he doesn't give up an inch.

[Jkwellborn 7072]

The amazing thing about that play is he's fully engaged with an olineman, the RB has a full head of steam, runs into him and he doesn't give up an inch.

Yeah, he was clowning the guard with one hand and scooping up the rb with the other, all while shoving them back. It looked like a grown man playing with his kids.

[Foggy Notion 1203]

Newest beat dropped five days ago. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[CastHorn 912]

Bill’s been in the lab. Y’all freestyle over one of his beats in the next Surly Podcast. 

[jw4381 3252]

[Zeus 6882]

You may not like it, but this is peak male physique. 

[ChickenSandwich 9988]

See a yellow Cyberturck on campus all the time. Is that Bill?

[Tex Long 4683]

I've always enjoyed seeing a DT tackle a runner using the guy's own blocker. Alternatively, just grabbing the whole backfield and throwing them away one at a time until he gets to the one with the ball. Good work, Norton.

[UTexasFight 9830]

On 12/24/2024 at 12:28 AM, ztejas said:

At the Kentucky game they were naming our starting lineups and I was like "who the fuck is Bill Norton?"

I know who he is now. 

Total pimp.

Haha.

I did the exact same thing at that game 

[TOR 6165]

Get Big Bill a T'Vondre touchdown, Sark.  It is the Right Thing To Do.

[Enemy07 341]

Where does he go in the draft? 7th or free agent? Looks like a Roy Miller specialty. Goes late but ptoduces at a high NFL level.

[Keef 892]

32 minutes ago, Enemy07 said:

Where does he go in the draft? 7th or free agent? Looks like a Roy Miller specialty. Goes late but ptoduces at a high NFL level.

Roy Miller was a third rounder?

[Shut up Lou Holtz 2116]

6 hours ago, TOR said:

Get Big Bill a T'Vondre touchdown, Sark.  It is the Right Thing To Do.

That Sweat TD last year was top play for me. Norton deserves one too!

[Dennis Taylor 19394]

1 hour ago, Enemy07 said:

Where does he go in the draft? 7th or free agent? Looks like a Roy Miller specialty. Goes late but ptoduces at a high NFL level.

 

54 minutes ago, Keef said:

Roy Miller was a third rounder?

Miller was 6'2 295, every down interior d lineman. Norton is listed at 6'6 and 350+. Think Tony Siragusa, a gigantic run stuffer to clog shit up and keep blockers off LBs, make some short yardage tackles. 

[boilerhorn 1639]

20 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Miller was 6'2 295, every down interior d lineman. Norton is listed at 6'6 and 350+. Think Tony Siragusa, a gigantic run stuffer to clog shit up and keep blockers off LBs, make some short yardage tackles. 

I see Norton as a late round pick or a UFA signing, depending upon his performance at the combine or UT's pro day.  His stats here (13 tackles) and at Airzona (32 tackles) are not going to attract attention, but that's because of his role in PK's defense - to eat blockers and allow others to do their jobs.

In the latter part of his NFL career, Siragusa played at 6'3"/330 (I think he was heavier, but who cares).  At Pitt, he was 6'5"/240 as an incoming freshman and played at 6'5"/255 as a soph.  An interesting note: he was a state champion wrestler in HS.  When I first read it, I wondered how massive Siragusa was in HS.  Fwiw.