Ken Norton

Kenneth Howard Norton Jr.

Position: LB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 254 lbs.

Born: September 29, 1966 in Lincoln, IL
College: UCLA (school history)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2nd round (41st overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 78 (438th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 21, 2013 2:25PM

All-Time Rank: #386. Hardy Nickerson… #387. Joey Porter… #388. Bob Vogel… #389. KEN NORTON… #390. George Blanda… #391. Rosey Taylor… #392. Don Shinnick…

All-Time Rank: #386. Hardy Nickerson… #387. Joey Porter… #388. Bob Vogel… #389. KEN NORTON… #390. George Blanda… #391. Rosey Taylor… #392. Don Shinnick…

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty	AV
1988	22	DAL		51	3	0							0	0	1	0	0				0
1989	23	DAL	RLB	51	13	13	2.5						1	0	0	0	0	87	0		5
1990	24	DAL	RLB	51	15	15	2.5						3	0	2	0	0	119	0		8
1991	25	DAL	LLB	51	16	16												94	0		7
1992	26	DAL	RLB	51	16	16							2	0	2	0	0	120	0		9
1993*	27	DAL	MLB	51	16	16	2.0	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	1	3	0	159	0		15
1994	28	SFO	RLB	51	16	16		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	75	11		8
1995*+	29	SFO	MLB	51	16	16	1.0	3	102	2	46	0	1	0	0	0	0	82	14		10
1996	30	SFO	MLB	51	16	16							0	0	1	21	0	106	21		9
1997*	31	SFO	RLB	51	16	16	1.5						1	0	2	0	0	72	24		11
1998	32	SFO	RLB	51	16	16	2.0						2	0	3	12	0	93	22		8
1999	33	SFO	RLB	51	16	16	1.0						1	0	0	0	0	76	26		5
2000	34	SFO	MLB	51	16	16							0	0	1	0	0	47	26		5
Career					191	188	12.5	5	127	2	46	0	12	0	13	36	0	1130	144		100
7 yrs		SFO			112	112	5.5	4	102	2	46	0	6	0	7	33	0	551	144		56
6 yrs		DAL			79	76	7.0	1	25	0	25	0	6	0	6	3	0	579	0		44

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
1995*+	29	SFO	MLB	51	16	16						2		2					12
Career					191	188						2		2					12

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1993 1995 1997	First-Team All-Pro 1995	Non-Offensive TDs 1995 NFL 2 (4)	Games Started Career 188 (113)
Playoff Games Career 18 (107)	Playoff Games Started Career 18 (46)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1995 NFL 2 (1/28)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1993	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1995	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1995	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1995	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press

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