#50

Noah Collins

Former defensive end at Arkansas State. 2024: 2 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

DE · Arkansas State · Sr. · #50

6′5″ · 248 lb · Loganville, GA

CFB Index 33 · #314 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceArkansas State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

EDGE recruit

No. 837 nationally · Signed with Georgia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Arkansas State. 2024: 2 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia Tech in 2021.
Transferred from Georgia Tech to Arkansas State in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Arkansas State, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20214 games

Signed with Georgia Tech3-star out of Grayson

202411 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#837 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Butch Jones

Arkansas State

Played his entire career under Butch Jones.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning

2022Georgia Tech5-7HC: Brent Key · Balanced

2023Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

2024Arkansas State8-5HC: Butch Jones · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

33Below cohort / limited sample #314 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#682 / 2892 · 75th pct

4.5

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Tackles#1590 / 2892 · 44th pct

Solo tackles#1627 / 2892 · 42nd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road7g	2.4	0.5	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.5	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.3	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #314 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #314 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arkansas State	26	13	4.5	2.0	--	--	--
2023	Georgia Tech	9	5	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Georgia Tech	16	10	2.5	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Georgia Tech	5	2	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		56	30	9.0	3.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–31

vs Central Arkansas

1 TFL · 1 SOLO · 1 TOT

Edged out Central Arkansas at home in a shootout.

With J. Raynor — 317 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 26.2 · 49 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · R. Heicher — 40 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 34-31vs Central Arkansas	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 28-24vs Tulsa	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 18-28@ Michigan	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 7-52@ Iowa State	5	2	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	L 9-41@ Texas State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 44-28@ Southern Miss	2	1	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 19-55@ Louisiana	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 27-20@ Georgia State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 28-21vs UL Monroe	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 32-40vs Old Dominion	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 38-31@ Bowling Green	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Total		26	13	4.5	2.0	—

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