#80

Noah Brown

Former wide receiver at Ohio State. 2016: 32 catches, 402 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Ohio State · #80

6′2″ · Flanders, NJ

Dallas — drafted 2017, Rd 7, Pick 21, #239 overall

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 196 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

Statement game5 rec · 72 yds · 4 TDat Oklahoma (FBS) · W 45-24

Top 0.1% receiving TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Ohio State. 2016: 32 catches, 402 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2014.
Drafted round 7 by the Dallas in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Ohio State, 411 receiving yards — drafted at #239 overall by Dallas.

His career

2014

Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Pope John XXIII

2017

Drafted by Dallasround 7, pick 239

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#196 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #239

Dallas · 2017

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DallasEntering 10th NFL season

#239Rd 7 · Pick 21

DallasEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Urban Meyer — 25-3 over that span.

2014Ohio State14-1HC: Urban Meyer · Run-heavy

2016Ohio State11-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (86th percentile). Concern: long catch (26th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#62 / 524 · 86th pct

Receptions#249 / 524 · 52nd pct

Rec yards#269 / 524 · 49th pct

402

Yards / catch#290 / 524 · 44th pct

12.6

Long catch#384 / 524 · 26th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.4	28.3	12.1	0.3
Road5g	3.0	40.8	14.4	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	32.9	12.7	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	34.4	13.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Ohio State	32	402	12.6	7	--
2014	Ohio State	1	9	9.0	0	--
Career		33	411	12.5	7	--

Season	Team
2016	Ohio State	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Ohio State	1	-4	23	--	--
Career		1	-4	23	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2016

W 45–24

at Oklahoma

5 rec · 72 yds · 4 TD

Dominant 21-point win on the road against Oklahoma.

With C. Johnston — 50 AVG · 68 LONG · 5 NO · J. Barrett — 152 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.6 · 74 rush yds (17 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week