All NFL teams
Full-career context These totals follow Ken Norton Jr. across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.
Games played 191
Games started 188
Weighted career AV 81
Pro Bowls 3
AP1 All-Pro 1
Career seasons 13
Accountability by draft event
What each drafting team received Team games 79
Team starts 76
On-team AV 44
On-team PB / AP1 0 / 0
Terrible -1.89 contribution 65th of 71 picks for this GM
Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.
Ken Norton Jr. became a 13-season, 191-game NFL player after going #41. The retained-value model still ranks him 65th of 71 for Tex Schramm because DAL only got 79 of those games.
His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -1.89 . This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Tex Schramm's leaderboard composite θ.
Full-career context prevents this from being labeled as a bad talent pick: the negative model score is about retained team value, not whether the draft identified an NFL-caliber player.
The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.
Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
79
on drafting team · 191 full-career
Games started
76
on drafting team · 188 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
44
modeled; full weighted AV 81
AV / 1k snaps
—
snap-era only
AV-rate z
—
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
1 full-career · AP2 context 1
Data release Published release
2026-08-01-v30-deep-maturity · published 2026-08-01 · drafts 1980–2025 · 190 people in 209 GM-team careers · Multivariate Bayesian drafted-player outcomes model (v30) · maturity-adjusted 95% credible intervals.
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Did this pick move Tex Schramm's grade? The first chart removes the time axis: every Tex Schramm pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Ken Norton Jr. totals -1.89 . The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.
Aggregate contribution by player -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 11. Irvin #11 · Michael Irvin · aggregate +6.35 Irvin +6.3 152. Lockhart #152 · Eugene Lockhart · aggregate +2.62 Lockhart +2.6 105. Petersen #105 · Kurt Petersen · aggregate +2.16 Petersen +2.2 76. Ker #76 · Crawford Ker · aggregate +1.51 173. Fellows #173 · Ron Fellows · aggregate +1.19 137. Pozderac #137 · Phil Pozderac · aggregate +1.09 162. Newsome #162 · Timmy Newsome · aggregate +1.01 113. Pelluer #113 · Steve Pelluer · aggregate +1.00 53. Rohrer #53 · Jeff Rohrer · aggregate +0.84 140. Chandler #140 · Thornton Chandler · aggregate +0.55 81. Titensor #81 · Glen Titensor · aggregate +0.48 180. Sweeney #180 · Kevin Sweeney · aggregate +0.36 95. Martin #95 · Kelvin Martin · aggregate +0.27 39. Francis #39 · Ron Francis · aggregate +0.23 162. Collier #162 · Reggie Collier · aggregate +0.06 12. Noonan #12 · Danny Noonan · aggregate +0.03 185. Holloway #185 · Johnny Holloway · aggregate +0.00 189. Schultz #189 · Chris Schultz · aggregate -0.01 114. Walker #114 · Herschel Walker · aggregate -0.02 178. Powe #178 · Karl Powe · aggregate -0.03 100. Zendejas #100 · Max Zendejas · aggregate -0.18 124. Gay #124 · Everett Gay · aggregate -0.21 81. Cornwell #81 · Fred Cornwell · aggregate -0.25 184. Herrmann #184 · Jim Herrmann · aggregate -0.25 53. Donley #53 · Doug Donley · aggregate -0.26 103. Lavette #103 · Robert Lavette · aggregate -0.28 151. Secules #151 · Scott Secules · aggregate -0.29 193. Purifoy #193 · Bill Purifoy · aggregate -0.32 137. Granger #137 · Norm Granger · aggregate -0.34 74. Walen #74 · Mark Walen · aggregate -0.34 144. Ploeger #144 · Kurt Ploeger · aggregate -0.36 40. Scott #40 · Victor Scott · aggregate -0.37 135. McSwain #135 · Chuck McSwain · aggregate -0.37 191. Miller #191 · Ken Miller · aggregate -0.38 80. Jones #80 · James Jones · aggregate -0.39 137. Spradlin #137 · Danny Spradlin · aggregate -0.39 165. Daum #165 · Charles Daum · aggregate -0.41 178. Hooven #178 · Owen Hooven · aggregate -0.45 163. Skillings #163 · Vince Skillings · aggregate -0.47 193. Martin #193 · Ed Martin · aggregate -0.47 189. Brown #189 · Lester Brown · aggregate -0.48 109. Hunter #109 · Monty Hunter · aggregate -0.53 108. Faulkner #108 · Chris Faulkner · aggregate -0.53 68. Zimmerman #68 · Jeff Zimmerman · aggregate -0.54 17. Brooks #17 · Kevin Brooks · aggregate -0.57 44. Penn #44 · Jesse Penn · aggregate -0.57 158. Yancey #158 · Lloyd Yancey · aggregate -0.57 151. Onosai #151 · Joe Onosai · aggregate -0.58 166. Levelis #166 · Joe Levelis · aggregate -0.60 157. Moran #157 · Matt Moran · aggregate -0.60 33. Clack #33 · Darryl Clack · aggregate -0.66 101. Carpenter #101 · Brian Carpenter · aggregate -0.74 143. Hammond #143 · Ken Hammond · aggregate -0.76 119. Darwin #119 · Matt Darwin · aggregate -0.78 77. Caldwell #77 · Bryan Caldwell · aggregate -0.85 26. Richards #26 · Howard Richards · aggregate -1.00 91. Pelluer #91 · Scott Pelluer · aggregate -1.05 67. Hutson #67 · Mark Hutson · aggregate -1.05 81. Eliopulos #81 · Jim Eliopulos · aggregate -1.07 23. Jeffcoat #23 · Jim Jeffcoat · aggregate -1.16 133. Hogeboom #133 · Gary Hogeboom · aggregate -1.24 108. Nelson #108 · Derrie Nelson · aggregate -1.30 25. Hill #25 · Rod Hill · aggregate -1.62 25. Cannon #25 · Billy Cannon · aggregate -1.63 41. Jr. #41 · Ken Norton Jr. · aggregate -1.89 Jr. -1.9 78. Roe #78 · Bill Roe · aggregate -2.18 Roe -2.2 150. Gelbaugh #150 · Stan Gelbaugh · aggregate -2.45 Gelbaugh -2.5 94. Widell #94 · Dave Widell · aggregate -2.77 Widell -2.8 110. DeOssie #110 · Steve DeOssie · aggregate -2.88 DeOssie -2.9 50. Walter #50 · Mike Walter · aggregate -4.16 Walter -4.2 18. Sherrard #18 · Mike Sherrard · aggregate -4.58 Sherrard -4.6 Incremental contribution by season -14 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 +2 +4 1980 · Kurt Petersen · incremental +0.18 1980 · Timmy Newsome · incremental -0.08 1980 · James Jones · incremental -0.14 1980 · Gary Hogeboom · incremental -0.22 1980 · Lester Brown · incremental -0.78 1980 · Bill Roe · incremental -3.41 1981 · James Jones · incremental +0.06 1981 · Ron Fellows · incremental +0.08 1981 · Timmy Newsome · incremental +0.19 1981 · Kurt Petersen · incremental +0.63 1981 · Gary Hogeboom · incremental -0.01 1981 · Doug Donley · incremental -0.03 1981 · Glen Titensor · incremental -0.14 1981 · Howard Richards · incremental -0.39 1981 · Danny Spradlin · incremental -0.46 1981 · Ken Miller · incremental -0.68 1981 · Vince Skillings · incremental -0.84 1981 · Scott Pelluer · incremental -1.69 1981 · Derrie Nelson · incremental -2.09 1982 · Doug Donley · incremental +0.03 1982 · James Jones · incremental +0.04 1982 · Glen Titensor · incremental +0.04 1982 · Phil Pozderac · incremental +0.05 1982 · Ron Fellows · incremental +0.12 1982 · Timmy Newsome · incremental +0.13 1982 · Kurt Petersen · incremental +0.54 1982 · Gary Hogeboom · incremental -0.02 1982 · Jeff Rohrer · incremental -0.05 1982 · Danny Spradlin · incremental -0.12 1982 · Bill Purifoy · incremental -0.57 1982 · Howard Richards · incremental -0.64 1982 · Charles Daum · incremental -0.72 1982 · Monty Hunter · incremental -0.90 1982 · Brian Carpenter · incremental -1.24 1982 · Ken Hammond · incremental -1.24 1982 · Jim Eliopulos · incremental -1.73 1982 · Rod Hill · incremental -1.88 1983 · Glen Titensor · incremental +0.15 1983 · Jeff Rohrer · incremental +0.18 1983 · Ron Fellows · incremental +0.22 1983 · Timmy Newsome · incremental +0.23 1983 · Phil Pozderac · incremental +0.30 1983 · Kurt Petersen · incremental +0.66 1983 · Chris Schultz · incremental -0.01 1983 · Reggie Collier · incremental -0.01 1983 · Gary Hogeboom · incremental -0.03 1983 · Doug Donley · incremental -0.08 1983 · Howard Richards · incremental -0.12 1983 · Chuck McSwain · incremental -0.37 1983 · Rod Hill · incremental -0.63 1983 · Chris Faulkner · incremental -1.05 1983 · Bryan Caldwell · incremental -1.40 1983 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental -4.49 1983 · Mike Walter · incremental -6.63 1984 · James Jones · incremental +0.07 1984 · Jeff Rohrer · incremental +0.20 1984 · Glen Titensor · incremental +0.20 1984 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental +0.22 1984 · Eugene Lockhart · incremental +0.23 1984 · Timmy Newsome · incremental +0.25 1984 · Phil Pozderac · incremental +0.48 1984 · Ron Fellows · incremental +0.53 1984 · Kurt Petersen · incremental +0.54 1984 · Steve Pelluer · incremental -0.04 1984 · Victor Scott · incremental -0.05 1984 · Chuck McSwain · incremental -0.18 1984 · Fred Cornwell · incremental -0.22 1984 · Doug Donley · incremental -0.24 1984 · Howard Richards · incremental -0.24 1984 · Norm Granger · incremental -0.50 1984 · Ed Martin · incremental -0.79 1984 · Joe Levelis · incremental -0.99 1984 · Gary Hogeboom · incremental -1.05 1984 · Steve DeOssie · incremental -1.23 1984 · Billy Cannon · incremental -2.52 1985 · Steve Pelluer · incremental +0.02 1985 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental +0.22 1985 · Glen Titensor · incremental +0.24 1985 · Jeff Rohrer · incremental +0.33 1985 · Timmy Newsome · incremental +0.35 1985 · Ron Fellows · incremental +0.37 1985 · Phil Pozderac · incremental +0.38 1985 · Eugene Lockhart · incremental +0.64 1985 · Kurt Petersen · incremental +0.69 1985 · Chris Schultz · incremental -0.00 1985 · Howard Richards · incremental -0.01 1985 · Karl Powe · incremental -0.07 1985 · Crawford Ker · incremental -0.09 1985 · Kevin Brooks · incremental -0.18 1985 · Kurt Ploeger · incremental -0.21 1985 · Fred Cornwell · incremental -0.23 1985 · Steve DeOssie · incremental -0.32 1985 · Robert Lavette · incremental -0.41 1985 · Jesse Penn · incremental -0.43 1985 · Gary Hogeboom · incremental -0.45 1985 · James Jones · incremental -0.47 1985 · Jim Herrmann · incremental -0.48 1985 · Victor Scott · incremental -0.51 1985 · Herschel Walker · incremental -0.52 1985 · Matt Moran · incremental -0.99 1985 · Matt Darwin · incremental -1.27 1986 · Robert Lavette · incremental +0.07 1986 · Reggie Collier · incremental +0.08 1986 · Thornton Chandler · incremental +0.18 1986 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental +0.22 1986 · Glen Titensor · incremental +0.24 1986 · Timmy Newsome · incremental +0.35 1986 · Jeff Rohrer · incremental +0.41 1986 · Phil Pozderac · incremental +0.47 1986 · Ron Fellows · incremental +0.54 1986 · Steve Pelluer · incremental +0.55 1986 · Crawford Ker · incremental +0.57 1986 · Eugene Lockhart · incremental +0.66 1986 · Victor Scott · incremental -0.00 1986 · Karl Powe · incremental -0.00 1986 · Darryl Clack · incremental -0.00 1986 · Kevin Brooks · incremental -0.03 1986 · Mark Walen · incremental -0.03 1986 · Johnny Holloway · incremental -0.05 1986 · Jesse Penn · incremental -0.06 1986 · Howard Richards · incremental -0.14 1986 · Herschel Walker · incremental -0.16 1986 · Steve DeOssie · incremental -0.32 1986 · Kurt Ploeger · incremental -0.42 1986 · Max Zendejas · incremental -0.45 1986 · Lloyd Yancey · incremental -0.96 1986 · Stan Gelbaugh · incremental -3.78 1986 · Mike Sherrard · incremental -7.43 1987 · Victor Scott · incremental +0.00 1987 · Ron Francis · incremental +0.01 1987 · Robert Lavette · incremental +0.02 1987 · Phil Pozderac · incremental +0.07 1987 · Darryl Clack · incremental +0.08 1987 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental +0.17 1987 · Thornton Chandler · incremental +0.17 1987 · Timmy Newsome · incremental +0.24 1987 · Kevin Sweeney · incremental +0.25 1987 · Steve Pelluer · incremental +0.25 1987 · Jeff Rohrer · incremental +0.31 1987 · Eugene Lockhart · incremental +0.38 1987 · Crawford Ker · incremental +0.43 1987 · Herschel Walker · incremental +0.52 1987 · Mark Walen · incremental -0.08 1987 · Danny Noonan · incremental -0.10 1987 · Everett Gay · incremental -0.18 1987 · Kevin Brooks · incremental -0.28 1987 · Kelvin Martin · incremental -0.34 1987 · Jesse Penn · incremental -0.36 1987 · Jeff Zimmerman · incremental -0.43 1987 · Joe Onosai · incremental -0.96 1987 · Steve DeOssie · incremental -1.59 1988 · Jeff Zimmerman · incremental +0.00 1988 · Victor Scott · incremental +0.01 1988 · Danny Noonan · incremental +0.08 1988 · Glen Titensor · incremental +0.10 1988 · Ron Francis · incremental +0.12 1988 · Kelvin Martin · incremental +0.12 1988 · Timmy Newsome · incremental +0.20 1988 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental +0.21 1988 · Kevin Sweeney · incremental +0.26 1988 · Michael Irvin · incremental +0.37 1988 · Herschel Walker · incremental +0.46 1988 · Thornton Chandler · incremental +0.53 1988 · Crawford Ker · incremental +0.53 1988 · Eugene Lockhart · incremental +0.61 1988 · Steve Pelluer · incremental +0.61 1988 · Darryl Clack · incremental -0.15 1988 · Everett Gay · incremental -0.18 1988 · Kevin Brooks · incremental -0.31 1988 · Mark Walen · incremental -0.43 1988 · Scott Secules · incremental -0.49 1988 · Owen Hooven · incremental -0.77 1988 · Steve DeOssie · incremental -0.85 1988 · Mark Hutson · incremental -1.71 1988 · Ken Norton Jr. · incremental -2.40 1988 · Dave Widell · incremental -3.18 1989 · Danny Noonan · incremental +0.04 1989 · Kelvin Martin · incremental +0.06 1989 · Thornton Chandler · incremental +0.08 1989 · Ron Francis · incremental +0.12 1989 · Michael Irvin · incremental +0.17 1989 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental +0.22 1989 · Crawford Ker · incremental +0.51 1989 · Eugene Lockhart · incremental +0.74 1989 · Herschel Walker · incremental -0.07 1989 · Ken Norton Jr. · incremental -0.16 1989 · Jeff Zimmerman · incremental -0.36 1989 · Darryl Clack · incremental -0.74 1989 · Dave Widell · incremental -1.09 1990 · Jeff Zimmerman · incremental +0.02 1990 · Danny Noonan · incremental +0.07 1990 · Kelvin Martin · incremental +0.09 1990 · Ron Francis · incremental +0.14 1990 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental +0.20 1990 · Michael Irvin · incremental +0.29 1990 · Crawford Ker · incremental +0.49 1990 · Eugene Lockhart · incremental +0.66 1990 · Ken Norton Jr. · incremental -0.20 1991 · Danny Noonan · incremental +0.09 1991 · Kelvin Martin · incremental +0.14 1991 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental +0.22 1991 · Michael Irvin · incremental +2.29 1991 · Ken Norton Jr. · incremental -0.21 1992 · Danny Noonan · incremental +0.01 1992 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental +0.14 1992 · Kelvin Martin · incremental +0.16 1992 · Michael Irvin · incremental +1.35 1992 · Ken Norton Jr. · incremental -0.22 1993 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental +0.13 1993 · Michael Irvin · incremental +1.35 1993 · Ken Norton Jr. · incremental -0.27 1994 · Jim Jeffcoat · incremental +0.12 1994 · Michael Irvin · incremental +0.71 1995 · Michael Irvin · incremental +1.40 1996 · Kelvin Martin · incremental +0.13 1996 · Michael Irvin · incremental +0.43 1996 · Herschel Walker · incremental -0.08 1997 · Michael Irvin · incremental +0.53 1997 · Herschel Walker · incremental -0.12 1998 · Michael Irvin · incremental +0.57 1999 · Michael Irvin · incremental +0.13 Roe -3.4 Nelson -2.1 Eliopulos -1.7 Hill -1.9 Jeffcoat -4.5 Walter -6.6 Cannon -2.5 Gelbaugh -3.8 Sherrard -7.4 Hutson -1.7 Jr. -2.4 Widell -3.2 Jr. -0.2 Jr. -0.2 Irvin +2.3 Jr. -0.2 Jr. -0.2 Jr. -0.3 1980 6 players 1981 13 players 1982 18 players 1983 17 players 1984 21 players 1985 26 players 1986 27 players 1987 23 players 1988 25 players 1989 13 players 1990 9 players 1991 5 players 1992 5 players 1993 3 players 1994 2 players 1995 1 player 1996 3 players 1997 2 players 1998 1 player 1999 1 player
How much retained production did Ken Norton Jr. return vs. his slot? Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: LBs drafted within ±5 picks of Ken Norton Jr. since 2010 (15 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.
-1.5 -1 -0.5 0 +0.5 +1 +1.5 +2 Model value above slot 36. Leonard Shaquille Leonard · model value +2.4 +2.4 40. Misi Koa Misi · model value +0.4 46. Kendricks Mychal Kendricks · model value +0.3 46. Alonso Kiko Alonso · model value +0.1 39. Ayers Akeem Ayers · model value -0.1 45. Cooper Edgerrin Cooper · model value -0.2 45. Minter Kevin Minter · model value -0.3 40. Carter Bruce Carter · model value -0.3 41. Jr. Ken Norton Jr. · model value -0.3 -0.3 42. Reed Brooks Reed · model value -0.3 38. Te'o Manti Te'o · model value -0.4 43. Kindle Sergio Kindle · model value -0.6 45. Ojabo David Ojabo · model value -0.7 43. Tavai Jahlani Tavai · model value -0.8 38. Branch Andre Branch · model value -0.9 40. Noy Kyle Van Noy · model value -1.6 Ken Norton Jr.
Cumulative value over time Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.
'88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 0 47 94 141 188 0 1 Cumulative GS Honors count
Full-career season history (13 scored seasons) How to read this The current model groups outcomes into three buckets: opportunity (games, starts, snap-z), quality (on-team AV, AV/snap quality when available), and recognition (Pro Bowl, AP1).Season rows show full-career context across every team. The draft-credit cards above contain the team-specific totals used for GM accountability. Snap-z is position/year-normalized playing time; AV/snap is shown as AV per 1,000 snaps where snap evidence exists.AP2, full-career AV, HOF, and All-Decade are displayed as context only. They are not active outcomes in the current θ model.Pre-2013 playing-time rows may show "—" where weekly snap evidence is unavailable; AV/snap quality is snap-era only.