Senior defensive back on Massachusetts's 2023 roster.
6′2″ · 185 lb · Washington, DC
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 366 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Massachusetts's roster.
Noah Boykin
Erases the deep middle of the field. Noah Boykin has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Massachusetts. The receipt: 7 tackles, 2.5 TFL against Toledo — Week 6, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Massachusetts, 54 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (14th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Massachusetts | 14 | 11 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Massachusetts | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Massachusetts | 17 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Massachusetts | 15 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 54 | 45 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-59@ Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-41vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-19@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-52vs Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-41vs Toledo | 7 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 0-63@ Penn State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 25-49@ Liberty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 14 | 11 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Wylan Free’s 2021 season.
Matches Wylan on
Differs from Wylan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Eric Rogers's sophomore season at Northern Illinois (2022).
Matches Eric on
Player DNA