Senior running back for LSU. 2023: 181 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 1 catch.
5′11″ · 220 lb · Baton Rouge, LA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 98 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for LSU. 2023: 181 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 1 catch.
Noah Cain
Wears you down at the goal line. Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 40 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Army — Week 8, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at LSU, 1,392 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ed Orgeron → Brian Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 23.1 | 6.5 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 9.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 16.8 | 3.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 24.2 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | LSU | 37 | 181 | 4.9 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | LSU | 75 | 405 | 5.4 | 10 | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | 106 | 350 | 3.3 | 4 | -- |
| 2020 | Penn State | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 84 | 443 | 5.3 | 8 | -- |
| Career | 305 | 1,392 | 4.6 | 25 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | LSU | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | LSU | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | 19 | 114 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 36 | 248 | 6.9 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-45@ Florida State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 72-10vs Grambling | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-14@ Mississippi State | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-18vs Auburn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 62-0vs Army | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 1 | 10 | Season-high 40 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 52-35vs Florida | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-14vs Georgia State | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-30vs Texas A&M | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bowl | W 35-31vs Wisconsin | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 37 | 181 | 5.7 | 3 | 20 |
Play style
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
CFB Index positional classification
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
8.6% of carries overall (34/396) → 26.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (21/78) — 14.3% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 47 inside-the-5 carries (8.5%).
Player DNA
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Dameon Pierce’s 2021 season.
Differs from Dameon on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to DK Billingsley’s path through Troy.
Matches DK on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Cam Davis's senior season at Washington (2022).
Matches Cam on
Differs from Cam on
Player DNA