AT COLORADO: This Season (Soph.)-Enters the fall list first on the depth chart at left cornerback; he'll get tested by some talented newcomers, but he's continued to improve and is developing into a fine corner.

2011 (Fr.)-He played in all 13 games, starting 12 (all but the California game), all at right cornerback.  In earning CU's Lee Willard Award as the team's most outstanding freshman, the league coaches voted him as an honorable mention All-Pac 12 team member, collegefootballnews.com tabbed him as a second-team freshman All-American, he was a second-team All-Colorado performer as selected by the state's chapter of the National Football Foundation and rivals.com placed him on its Freshman All-Pac 12 team.   He set a school record for the most defensive plays by a freshman with 823, with his 76 against Washington State also a single-game freshman best.  He was in on 58 tackles, 44 solo, with three for losses, three tackles for zero (so six at or behind the line of scrimmage), six third down stops, a forced fumble and one recovered.  He had one interception, which came against Arizona's heralded quarterback Nick Foles.  He led the team with nine pass deflections, the first freshman in school history to ever do so since numbers started being tracked in 1964.  He had a season/career-high  10 tackles at Stanford (six solo), seven against UCLA and four on eight other occasions.  He added two solo tackles on special teams coverage duty.

HIGH SCHOOL-As a senior, he was ranked the No. 10 cornerback in California and the No. 122 corner in the nation by ESPN in earning first-team All-State, All-CIF Southern Section, first-team All-Riverside County and first-team All-Big VIII honors (he was All-CIF and All-Big VIII his junior year as well).  In his career, he totaled over 100 tackles and had 22 passes broken up and nine interceptions, returning one for a touchdown.  A double-digit average return man, he returned three punts for touchdowns in his career (all as a junior) and added another score in spot duty at receiver.  His senior year, he had 65 tackles (46 solo), 13 pass deflections, seven interceptions, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.  As a junior, he had 45 tackles (32 solo) and came up with a pair of interceptions and seven pass break-ups.  In spot duty on offense, he had a handful of receptions including one for a TD and rushed five times for 22 yards.  As a sophomore, he had 13 tackles in backup duty.  He lists his biggest game as against Crenshaw his senior year: in a 25-21 win, he had 13 tackles, three PBU's and an interception.  Against Redlands in a 34-17 win, he had an interception and broke free for a 50 yard punt return.  Against Poly in a 42-21 win, he had six tackles (four solo), an interception he returned 60 yards and a forced fumble.  Under coach Todd Gerhart, Norco was 28-10 his three years on varsity and 20-5 his final two years as a starter on defense, winning the CIF Southern Section Big VIII League championship both seasons.  He also lettered in track (sprints/relays), participating in the 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay his junior and senior seasons.  He was a first-team All-League performer in the 100-meters. 

ACADEMICS-He is majoring in Business (Marketing) at Colorado.  He exceeded a 3.5 grade point average in high school and was on the principal's Honor Roll all four years. 

PERSONAL-He was born December 27, 1992 in Los Angeles.  His hobbies include playing the drums and an interest in dogs, particularly pit bulls. He participated in a program through his church to help feed the homeless in the Los Angeles area.