Michigan State University Athletics
2019 Football Roster
Roster
Jiah Norman
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 187
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Hotchkiss School
Third-year walk-on provides depth at wide receiver
2018 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Did not see game action . . . named Spartan Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Maryland . . . made the transition from the defensive backfield to receiver during the season.
2017 SEASON: Redshirted . . . joined the team in the fall of 2017.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Two-year varsity letterwinner for Coach Danny Smith at Hotchkiss Prep School in Lakeville, Connecticut . . . played wide receiver, safety, cornerback and returned kicks . . . team captain . . . named to the 2016 NEPSAC (New England Preparatory School Athletic Council) All-New England Class A Team . . . selected the Hotchkiss Athlete of the Week on Oct. 12, 2016, after scoring three touchdowns to defeat Salisbury; his 59-yard interception return for a TD sealed the win . . . also a three-year letterwinner in track and field . . . won the 2015 NEPSTA Division 1 high jump championship with a leap of 6’2”, and broke his own school record on April 29, 2017, with a jump of 6’6 ½” . . . repeated as the NEPSTA Division 1 high jump champion in 2017 (6’0”) . . . was an all-league performer in basketball and lettered all four years . . . born Nov. 18, 1997 . . . son of Artie Norman and Denise Ozene . . . majoring in Chinese . . . studied abroad in Beijing during high school.
