#13

Jaylin Noel

Former wide receiver at Iowa State. 2024: 81 catches, 1,194 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Iowa State · Sr. · #13

5′10″ · 200 lb · Kansas City, MO

CFB Index 89 · #9 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamHouston — drafted 2025, Rd 3, Pick 15, #79 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 837 nationally · Signed with Iowa State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Iowa State. 2024: 81 catches, 1,194 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa State in 2021.
Drafted round 3 by the Houston in 2025.
Named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Iowa State, 2,888 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #79 overall by Houston.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 160 yds at Kansas State.Kansas State · W 42-352023

202112 games

Signed with Iowa State3-star out of Park Hill

202312 games

All-Big 12

202414 games

Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Yearwinner
All-Big 12first

2025

Drafted by Houstonround 3, pick 79

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#837 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #79

Houston · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

HoustonEntering 2nd NFL season

#79Rd 3 · Pick 15

HoustonEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Matt Campbell — 29-23 over that span.

2021Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Iowa State4-8HC: Matt Campbell · Pass-leaning

2023Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Iowa State11-3HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

89All-Conference level #9 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (81st percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#118 / 610 · 81st pct

15.1

Explosive rate#149 / 610 · 75th pct

20.0%

EPA / target#228 / 610 · 63rd pct

0.97

Catch rate#256 / 610 · 58th pct

91.8%

TD rate#309 / 610 · 49th pct

5.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#6 / 541 · 99th pct

1194

Receptions#14 / 541 · 97th pct

Rec TDs#34 / 541 · 93rd pct

Long catch#42 / 541 · 91st pct

Rush yards#68 / 299 · 77th pct

Yards / catch#169 / 541 · 68th pct

14.7

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

77th → 63rd percentile

Explosive rate

59th → 75th percentile

Catch rate

94th → 58th percentile

TD rate

80th → 49th percentile

Yards / catch

52nd → 81st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.9	79.9	14.4	0.3
Road7g	5.7	90.7	15.4	0.9

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	92.1	18.1	0.6
Weeks 8+7g	6.3	78.4	11.7	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

89 · #9 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #9 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Iowa State	81	1,194	14.7	8	--
2023	Iowa State	66	820	12.4	7	--
2022	Iowa State	61	609	10.0	3	--
2021	Iowa State	38	265	7.0	0	--
Career		246	2,888	11.7	18	--

Season	Team
2024	Iowa State	9	38	53	199	--
2023	Iowa State	1	-1	245	119	--
2022	Iowa State	3	47	237	56	--
2021	Iowa State	--	--	286	92	--
Career		13	84	821	466	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2024

W 42–41

at Miami

16 rush yds (2 car)

Edged out Miami on the road in a shootout.

With R. Becht — 270 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.2 · 23 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · T. Perkins — 37 AVG · 42 LONG · 3 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 75 yds for a TD (Kyle Konrardy KICK)
Week 7 · West Virginia · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +4.73Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 60 yds for a TD (Kyle Konrardy KICK)
Week 1 · Miami · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +4.70Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 49 yds to the MIA 1 for a 1ST down Miami Penalty, Roughing Passer (Yards) to the MIA 1 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Dakota · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.45Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 54 yds to the UND 21 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · UCF · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.24Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 50 yds to the UCF 10 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Kansas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 44 yds to the KU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · UCF · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.22Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 29 yds to the UCF 35 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas Tech · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 28 yds to the TTU 25 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Kansas State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.92Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 9 yds for a TD (Kyle Konrardy KICK)
Week 4 · Arkansas State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.82Rocco Becht pass complete to Jaylin Noel for 44 yds to the ARST 17 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week