2025 Football Roster

Kyle Cummings
Erin Farina
Hyon Smith

88 Deven Norman

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 290
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.
  • Highschool Grassfield

Biography

2024 -- Junior Season -- Continued his standout career on the CNU defensive line, playing in all ten games... registered 23 total tackles and 11 solo take downs...made two sacks for four yards of lost yardage...in all, posted 4.5 tackles for loss of 15 yards...had his best game of the year at Salisbury when he made four solo stops and six tackles in all, including a sack...contributed four stops in games vs. Dickinson and Kean...honored by the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), named Academic All-Conference.

2023 -- Sophomore Season -- Appeared in all 11 games for the Captains in his second season playing for Paul Crowley's squad...developed into one of the top defensive linemen in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, and was named second team All-Conference in the NJAC...made 26 total tackles, including 18 solo stops...led the Captains for the second straight season with four sacks, amounting to losses of 26 yards...was credited with six quarterback hurries, and also broke up a pass...logged a season-high five tackles, all solo, at William Paterson on October 28th...also posted two of his four sacks at William Paterson for 17 yards lost.

2022 -- Freshman Season -- Saw action in eight games during his rookie campaign with the Captains, including two starts on the defensive line ... One of only three players to record a sack and an interception during the season ... Finished the year as the team's leader in sacks with 2.0 for a loss of 14 yards ... Also recorded 18 total tackles with 14 solo and four assisted stops ... 3.0 tackles for a loss of 16 yards ... Snagged an interception and returned it 14 yards against Averett on September 10 ... Closed season with a terrific performance at Salisbury, making ten stops including eight solo tackles ... Made first career start at home against TCNJ and also started against the Sea Gulls 

At Grassfield -- Named Defensive MVP as a junior and served as team captain during his senior campaign ... Set school sack record with 10.5 in 10 games 

Personal -- Deven Joseph Norman was born in Chesapeake, Va. ... Son of Shawn Norman and Kaitlin Bell ... Has one brother, Donovan ... Favorite athlete is T.J. Watt ... Person in history he'd most like to meet is Abraham Lincoln ... Dream vacation is a trip to Turks & Caicos ... Favorite movie is Extraction and favorite TV show is Manifest ... Favorite musician is Lil Baby ... Majoring in Cellular and Molecular Biology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 93

    2022Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 280 lbs
    93
  • 88

    2023Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 290 lbs
    88
  • 88

    2024Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 290 lbs
    88
  • 88

    2025Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'4" 290 lbs
    88