2021 Football Roster
Jersey Number 3
Jakari Norwood
- Position:
- RB
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Hometown:
- Pompano Beach, Fla.
- High School:
- Deerfield Beach
2021 Sophomore
- Announced intention to transfer in January 2022
- 27 carries for 120 rushing yards on the season
- First career start vs. UTSA 9/4/21
2020 Sophomore
- Played in one game
2019 Redshirt Freshman
- Played in six games at running back
- 15 carries for 94 yards on the season
- Career-long 50-yard run at UConn 9/7/19
2018 Freshman
- Played three games and redshirted the 2018 season
- Five carries for 29 yards (5.8 yards per carry) on season
- One reception for 11 yards on season
High School
- Three-star recruit by ESPN
- Two-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals
- Ranked No. 96 running back in the nation by ESPN and No. 142 by 247Sports
- Ranked No. 246 recruit in Florida by ESPN and No. 320 by 247Sports
- 2016 and 2017 Sun Sentinel honorable mention
- Played for head coach Jevon Glenn at Deerfield Beach
- High school teammate of Illinois TE Daniel Barker
- Also ran track in high school
- Verbally committed to Illinois in June 2017
Personal
- Born Sept. 6, 1999
- Son of Angelia McCutcheon
- Older sister, Vertaisha Torres, and older brother, Israel Rutledge
- Cousin, Lamar Jackson, played football at Louisville and was the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner
- Picked Illinois because, “I believe I have a future here and can be apart of something special.”
- Majoring in recreation, sport, and tourism
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