Noah Avinger

Senior cornerback for Utah State. 2025: 3 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 81 tackles.

CB · Utah State · Sr.

6′0″ · 190 lb · Cerritos, CA

CFB Index 88 · #17 of 364 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Utah State for 2026

How he plays

Gets targeted often and tackles in space.

Passes defended: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

10 PBU · 81 tackles · 3.5 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 12 tackles, at Vanderbilt

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Utah State. 2025: 3 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 81 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San Diego State in 2021.
Transferred from New Mexico to Utah State in 2025.

His career, year by year

Noah Avinger

CB · Utah State · Sr

Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Two head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. 2025 added another: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 2.5 TFL against Boise State — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2022San Diego State7-6HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024New Mexico5-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning

2025Utah State6-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

88All-Conference level #17 of 364?

Low confidenceBreakout8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (95th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#20 / 2975 · 99th pct

Tackles#135 / 2975 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#165 / 2975 · 94th pct

Interceptions#56 / 817 · 90th pct

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.0	0.4	0.2	0.8
Road6g	6.5	0.2	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.3	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	0.6	0.2	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #17 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #17 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #3 of 15 Mountain West CBs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Utah State	81	42	3.5	1.0	10	3	--
2024	New Mexico	82	40	1.5	0.0	5	1	--
2022	San Diego State	35	24	1.5	0.0	3	1	--
2021	San Diego State	15	10	0.5	0.0	2	1	--
Career		213	116	7.0	1.0	20	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 48–7

vs McNeese

3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 2 PD

Dominant 41-point win at home against McNeese.

With B. Barnes — 293 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.7 · 128 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · M. Davis — 118 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 28-16vs UTEP	11	8	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 22-44@ Texas A&M	6	4	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	W 49-30vs Air Force	9	3	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 48-7vs McNeese	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	L 35-55@ Vanderbilt	12	2	0.0	0.0	1	0	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 7	L 26-44@ Hawai'i	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 30-25vs San José State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 9	L 14-33@ New Mexico	9	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 51-14vs Nevada	7	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 26-29@ UNLV	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 13	W 28-17@ Fresno State	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 14	L 24-25vs Boise State	11	8	2.5	1.0	—	1	2.5 TFL
Total		81	42	3.5	1.0	3	10

How he plays

Play style

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

81Tackles

42Solo

3.5TFL

1Sacks

10Pass def.

3INT

81 tackles. 10 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.

Week 21 INT
Week 31 INT
Week 42 PD
Week 51 INT
Week 71 PD
Week 82 PD
Week 122 PD
Week 132 PD
Week 141 sack · 1 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Utah State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Utah State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +10 net (29 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Utah State · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #123 · 2026 recruiting class #97

DNA match

Player DNA

Perimeter Tackler

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalen Mcclendon’s 2025 season.

Jalen Mcclendon

71%match

Bowling Green · 2025

All-MAC

Tyon Davis

Tulsa · 2021

70%

Jaquez White

Troy · 2025

All-Sun Belt

70%

Corey Mayfield Jr.

UTSA · 2022

All-Conference USA

69%

Mansoor Delane

Virginia Tech · 2024

All-ACCNFL Rd 1 · Pk 6

67%

Matches Jalen on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Differs from Jalen on

Tackle volume (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Gregory Rubin's senior season at Memphis (2024).

Gregory Rubin

81%match

Memphis · 2024

Abraham Camara

TCU · 2024

81%

Kempton Shine

Eastern Michigan · 2023

81%

Johnathan Baldwin

UNLV · 2024

All-Mountain West

79%

Peter Manuma

Hawai'i · 2025

All-Mountain West

79%

Matches Gregory on

Class year

Weight

PD rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Noah Avinger

Alex Branch

Kent State · 2022

98%

Javaughn Byrd

Northern Illinois · 2022

98%

DeAgo Brumfield

Mississippi State · 2024

93%

Nicktroy Fortune

UTSA · 2022

91%

Dreyden Norwood

Missouri · 2023

91%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Noah Avinger

20218 games

202411 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Perimeter Tackler

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