#15

Noah Short

Senior wide receiver for Army. 2025: 32 catches, 438 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Army · Sr. · #15

6′0″ · 195 lb · San Jose, CA

CFB Index 52 · #206 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Army for 2026

The numbers

438

receiving yards · 2025

32 catches · 2 TD · 13.7 per catch

Swing playSwung Army from 38% to 65% to win.Army at Air Force · 20-17

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Army. 2025: 32 catches, 438 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Army in 2021.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Explosive rate: 79th percentile.

The full scouting read

Noah Short

WR · Army · Sr · #15

Moves the chains on third down. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has four seasons of production at Army behind him. One game to point at: 108 rec yds, 15 rush yds against UConn — Bowl, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
recruiting profile
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jeff Monken — 31-20 over that span.

2022Army6-6HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023Army6-6HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Army12-2HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

2025Army7-6HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #206 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (100th percentile). Strength: rush tds (85th percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#171 / 798 · 79th pct

14.9%

Yards / catch#319 / 798 · 60th pct

12.4

EPA / target#558 / 798 · 30th pct

0.28

Catch rate#570 / 798 · 29th pct

61.7%

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#1 / 287 · 100th pct

571

Rush TDs#19 / 287 · 85th pct

Yards / catch#228 / 558 · 59th pct

13.7

Receptions#255 / 558 · 53rd pct

Rec yards#264 / 558 · 53rd pct

438

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Long catch#317 / 558 · 42nd pct

Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

82nd → 30th percentile

Explosive rate

92nd → 79th percentile

Catch rate

6th → 29th percentile

TD rate

73rd → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 60th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

32%15 of his 47 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	48.3	18.9	0.2
Road7g	1.9	21.1	10.5	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	38.7	15.8	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	27.8	12.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Monken

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #206 of 485 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #206 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #22 of 51 American Athletic WRs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Army	32	438	13.7	2	--
2024	Army	17	318	18.7	3	--
2023	Army	18	252	14.0	2	--
2022	Army	--	--	--	--	--
Career		67	1,008	15.0	7	--

Season	Team
2025	Army	98	571	--	--	--
2024	Army	75	569	--	--	--
2023	Army	3	8	--	--	--
2022	Army	--	--	--	--	--
Career		176	1,148	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 24–21

at Kansas State

52 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 61 rush yds (10 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With C. Hellums — 43 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.0 · 124 rush yds (41 car) · 2 TD · J. Wagenseller — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · UTSA · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +6.85(13:32) #15 N.Short rush left for 81 yards gain to the UTSA00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:22, 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Runner broke the plane". CALL UPHELD #95 D.Jones kick attempt good (H: #38 C.Allan, LS: #55 O.Walter)
Week 10 · Air Force · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +5.42(00:08) Shotgun #3 C.Hellums pass complete deep right to #15 N.Short caught at AF00, for 40 yards to the AF00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:05, 1ST DOWN #95 D.Jones kick attempt good (H: #38 C.Allan, LS: #55 O.Walter)
Week 2 · Kansas State · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.98Noah Short pass complete to Brady Anderson for 52 yds to the KSU 34 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Charlotte · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.69Cale Hellums pass complete to Noah Short for 44 yds to the CLT 9 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Tarleton State · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.68Dewayne Coleman pass complete to Noah Short for 21 yds to the TAR 37 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · East Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.46Noah Short run for 60 yds to the ECU 4 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Tulsa · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24(12:23) #3 C.Hellums pass complete deep middle to #15 N.Short caught at Tulsa39, for 44 yards to the Tulsa31, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 16 · Navy · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.08(09:56) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 C.Hellums pass complete short middle to #15 N.Short caught at Navy45, for 21 yards to the Navy31 (#40 C.Robinson), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Tulsa · 4&3 · Q1 · EPA -3.06(03:01) Shotgun #15 N.Short rush left for 0 yards to the Tulsa26 (#21 S.Smith), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 4 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -2.99Noah Short run for a loss of 4 yards to the ARMY 44 Noah Short fumbled, recovered by UNT Keviyan Huddleston

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 27-30vs Tarleton State	6	81	13.5	0	27	Season-high 108 yds
Wk 2	W 24-21@ Kansas State	2	15	7.5	0	18
Wk 4	L 38-45vs North Texas	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 5	L 6-28@ East Carolina	3	13	4.3	0	11
Wk 6	W 31-13@ UAB	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 7	W 24-7vs Charlotte	1	44	44.0	0	44
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Tulane	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 10	W 20-17@ Air Force	3	52	17.3	1	40
Wk 11	W 14-13vs Temple	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 13	L 25-26vs Tulsa	4	47	11.8	0	44
Wk 14	W 27-24@ UTSA	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 16	L 16-17@ Navy	3	51	17.0	0	29
Bowl	W 41-16vs UConn	7	108	15.4	1	40
Total		32	438	14.3	2	44