31 Facts About Jerious Norwood

Jerious Montreal Norwood was born on July 29,1983 and is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League.

Jerious Norwood played college football for the Mississippi State Bulldogs and is the school's second all-time leading rusher.

Jerious Norwood was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2006 NFL draft.

Jerious Norwood played football and ran track at Brandon High School in Brandon, Mississippi where he was a high school All-American.

Jerious Norwood was Mississippi's "Mr Football", an honor given to the state's most outstanding high school football player.

Jerious Norwood totaled 3,229 all-purpose yards and 38 touchdowns during a junior season.

Jerious Norwood recorded nine receptions for 165 yards and three touchdowns, while averaging 46.9 yards on six kick returns with one touchdown.

Jerious Norwood rushed for a school record 367 yards during a playoff game.

In 2002, Jerious Norwood was named to the Knoxville News Sentinel Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team as a kick returner.

Jerious Norwood caught five passes for 47 yards and returned 14 kicks for 292 yards.

In 2003, Jerious Norwood appeared in every game with eight starts.

Jerious Norwood finished the season with 121 carries for 642 yards and two touchdowns.

In 2004, Jerious Norwood started every game as he became the sixth player in school history to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season, rushing for 1,050 yards on 195 carries with seven touchdowns.

Jerious Norwood recorded five games of 100-plus rushing yards, including one 200-yard performance.

Jerious Norwood ranked second on the team with 19 receptions for 96 yards and two touchdowns.

Jerious Norwood was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2006 NFL draft.

Jerious Norwood returned 13 kickoffs for 320 yards and tallied three special teams tackles.

Jerious Norwood was the first player in NFL history to have his first two career touchdown runs each go 70+ yards.

Jerious Norwood rushed 10 times for 66 yards in his NFL debut at the Carolina Panthers.

Jerious Norwood recorded his first career reception, for 12 yards, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers along with nine carries for 45 yards with a long of 23 yards.

Later on in the season, Jerious Norwood recorded 64 rushing yards on eight carries against the Pittsburgh Steelers in along with one reception for five yards.

Jerious Norwood recorded a career-high 107 yards on nine carries with one touchdown at the Washington Redskins.

Jerious Norwood ran the ball seven times for 32 yards and recorded one reception for four yards before leaving in the third quarter with an injury in Tampa Bay.

In 15 regular season games, Jerious Norwood gained 613 yards on 103 carries, with an NFL-best 6.0 yards per carry for running backs, overall was surpassed in yards per carry only by quarterback Michael Vick, who had over an eight-yard average.

In 2007, Jerious Norwood started the season off by rushing five times for 33 yards, with two receptions for 24 yards at the Minnesota Vikings.

Jerious Norwood missed the Falcons week 10 rematch against the Panthers.

Jerious Norwood signed with the St Louis Rams on August 2,2011.

On Wednesday August 14,2013, Jerious Norwood was signed to the practice roster of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League He drew his first CFL start in a September 21 game against the Calgary Stampeders rushing for 68 yards on 10 carries and catching 4 passes for 67 yards.

Jerious Norwood had his first 100-yard rushing day against the Montreal Alouettes rushing for 108 yards on 8 carries.

Jerious Norwood finished the season with 342 rushing yards, 234 receiving yards, and 113 kickoff return yards.

On May 28,2014, Jerious Norwood was released by the Argonauts.