Update: Dennis Norfleet at Tuskegee

Submitted by BursleyHall82 on

This is nice. Dennis Norfleet and his team are both having good seasons. Tuskegee is 9-2, with a 26-16 win over Catawba College last weekend in the opening round of the Division II playoffs. Tuskegee plays North Alabama on Saturday in the second round.

Here are Norfleet's stats for the season. He's been playing running back, and he's the team's leading rusher, punt returner and kick returner. It also looks like he had an 82-yard kickoff return that didn't result in a touchdown. So he still hasn't officially taken a kick to the house. His stats:

RUSHING: 83 carries for 646 yards and two TDs

RECEIVING: 8 catches for 140 yards, no TDs

PUNT RETURNS: 9 for 93 yards, no TDs, long of 35

KICKOFF RETURNS: 14 for 307 yards, no TDs. long of 82

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FanNamedOzzy

November 23rd, 2015 at 12:45 PM ^

So glad that he seems to be doing relatively well. I sincerely hope that he's happy there and having a great time. Unfortunate he left, but support him nonetheless and will always love those dance moves.

profholt82

November 23rd, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^

He had some academic issues, and I don't think his old high school coach was a very good influence on him. They were still very much in touch and the coach was saying a lot of negative things about the university in the media. I don't remember the details, it's been a while, but a google search should satisfy any curiosity you have.

bronxblue

November 24th, 2015 at 11:05 AM ^

Yeah, they never really pan out at all.

What surprises me is that Rawls never really showed this type of ability at UM either, unless the opponent was Purdue.  He clearly got some good coaching at Central, and it sucks to watch this team struggle to run the ball for years and realize that they probably had 2-3 viable rushers on the team that just were never used properly.