Noah Potter: DE · NC State · #97.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Noah Potter
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Georgia Tech — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NC State | 20 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 2023 | NC State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 17 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2020 | Ohio State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 42 | 15 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 10-51vs No. 14 Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 30-20vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-59@ No. 21 Clemson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-17vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24vs Syracuse | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-23@ California | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-28vs Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-29vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 29-30@ Georgia Tech | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-30@ North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 21-26vs East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Week 5 · 2024
W 24-17
1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle · 2 hurries
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
8%2 TFL20 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Pass share
48.5%
391 pass / 415 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
426 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #347 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Ohio State, Cincinnati and NC State, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
The snaps went the other way.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Ryan Day, Luke Fickell and Dave Doeren.
