2014 Football Roster
Roster
Ryan Norton
- Position:
- Kicker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 183
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Garden City, N.Y.
- High School:
- Garden City
At SU: Four letters … Member of Fall 2013, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015 Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... 2014 ACC Honor Roll selection.
Senior Year (2015): Played in all 12 games, handling kickoff duties for the Orange ... Averaged 61.9 yards on 60 kickoffs with 22 touchbacks ... Credited with two tackles and one forced fumble on the season ... Set season highs for number of kickoffs (7) and yards (446) in SU's season-opening win against Rhode Island (9/4). Also made one tackle and forced the first fumble of his career against the Rams ... Matched his season best with seven kickoffs versus Wake Forest (9/12), including a season-high five touchbacks.
Junior Year (2014): Played in five games ... Was 4-for-7 on field goals and a perfect 9-of-9 on extra-point attempts ... Against Villanova (8/29), hit field goals of 22 and 38 yards and was 3-of-3 on PATs … At Central Michigan (9/13), connected on a 23-yard field goal and a season-high five PATs … Against Maryland (9/20), made one 35-yard field goal and one PAT.
Sophomore Year (2013): Played in 12 games … Hit 10-of-15 field goals and 27-for-29 on extra-point tries ... Against Wagner (9/14), hit two field goals and six PATs … Against Tulane (9/21), made one field goal and a career-best seven PATs … At NC State (10/12), made one field goal, one PAT and scored on a two-point conversion … At Maryland (11/9), made two field goals, two PATs and averaged 53.8 yards on five kickoffs … Against Pittsburgh (11/23), hit one field goal, one PAT kicked off four times for an average of 52.5 yards per kick … Against Boston College (11/30), scored 10 points on two field goals and four PATs.
Freshman Year (2012): Played in all 13 games, handling kickoff duties ... Kicked off 73 times for 4,465 yards (61.2 avg.) ... Recorded 29 touchbacks.
High School: Played for coach Tom Flatley at Garden City … 2011 New York Class A All-State First Team and All-Long Island selection … In 2011, connected on 50-of-52 PATs and was 5-of-9 on field goals, including a 49-yarder … Also recorded 47 touchbacks … Hit 13-of-18 career field goals, including three in a playoff game to set the Nassau County record for the most points scored by a kicker in a playoff game … Also played varsity lacrosse, making two state championship game appearances … Was a long jumper and sprinter for the indoor track & field team as a senior … Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Ryan Fergus Norton … Born in April 1994 … Son of Michael and Kristen Norton … Two brothers and two sisters … Finance and entrepreneurship dual major.
