Noah Arinze is a defensive end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Coastal Carolina.
Arinze holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. The five seasons span three programs and four head coaches: Bob Stoops, Jerry Kill, Tony Sanchez and Jeremiah Johnson. The first career honor came in 2025: Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Virginia — Week 1, 2025.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 31 | 22 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | New Mexico State | 16 | 11 | 5.0 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2023 | New Mexico State | 9 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2022 | New Mexico State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 65 | 42 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-48@ Virginia | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 13-0vs Charleston Southern | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38vs East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-20@ South Alabama | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 6 | L 7-47@ Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-8vs UL Monroe | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-37@ App State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-27vs Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 40-45@ Georgia Southern | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-51@ South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-59vs No. 20 James Madison | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-23vs Louisiana Tech | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 22 | 5.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
6%2 sacksTFL rate
18%6 TFLHurry rate
10%3 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
40%2 of 5 pressures31 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeremiah Johnson
Pass share
46.3%
399 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
66.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
378 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #195 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #11 of 17 Sun Belt DEs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Lincoln Riley, Jerry Kill, Tony Sanchez and Tim Beck.
