Noah Copeland: FB · Navy · #34.
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Noah Copeland
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. A game that shows it: 138 rushing yards against Notre Dame — Week 10, 2014.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 30.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 7.0% of his carries. 3 carries for 7 yds vs Georgia Southern; 16 for 138 vs Notre Dame.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
18.7% of carries overall (128/684) → 16.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/94) — 86.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 41 inside-the-5 carries (4.9%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34vs No. 5 Ohio State | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-24@ Temple | 12 | 84 | 7.0 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-21@ Texas State | 11 | 116 | 10.5 | 0 | 63 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-31vs Rutgers | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-36vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 1 | 52 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-30@ Air Force | 11 | 80 | 7.3 | 0 | 53 | |
| Wk 7 | W 51-14vs VMI | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 1 | 64 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-31vs San José State | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 1 | 36 | |
| Wk 10 | L 39-49vs No. 6 Notre Dame | 16 | 138 | 8.6 | 0 | 54 | Season-high 138 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 52-19vs Georgia Southern | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-40@ South Alabama | 17 | 112 | 6.6 | 2 | 42 | |
| Wk 16 | W 17-10vs Army | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | 8 | |
 Bowl | W 17-16vs San Diego State | 12 | 63 | 5.3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 129 | 952 | 7.4 | 5 | 64 |
Week 7 · 2014
W 51-14
vs VMI
107 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 16 yds · 1 TD
Dominant 37-point win at home against VMI.
With P. Beltran — 43.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20 · T. Smith — 82 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 5.4 · 24 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Season context: team record and system
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
42%117 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds7.4 yds/carry on 129 carries · 12% explosive (10+ yds) · 42% success rate.
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 61.4 | 9.5 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 98.0 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 74.4 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 71.4 | 5.6 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
15.0%
127 pass / 717 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
Team sack rate
13.9%
151 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2014
129 carries, 3 catches and 1 pass attempt in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Navy, 952 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2011–2014
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ken Niumatalolo.
