Noah Short

#15 · WR · Sr. · Army6′0″ · 195 lb · San Jose, CA · The King's Academy

Noah Short is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Army.

Short moves the chains on third down. Arrived as a two-star recruit; four seasons of production at Army since. One game to point at: 108 receiving yards and 15 rushing yards against UConn — Bowl, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Isaiah EsdaleRice · 2022 · 81% season match
Langston LewisCentral Michigan · 2025 · 80% season match
Kenneth WomackWestern Michigan · 2024 · 80% season match
Keelan MarionBYU · 2024 · 79% season match
Jay MaclinKentucky · 2024 · 23% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Army	32	438	13.7	2	44
2024	Army	17	318	18.7	3	58
2023	Army	18	252	14.0	2	80
2022	Army	--	--	--	--	--
Career		67	1,008	15.0	7	80

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	L 27-30vs Tarleton State	6	81	13.5	0	27
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 16-17vs No. 22 Navy	3	51	17.0	0	29
Bowl	W 41-16vs UConn	7	108	15.4	1	40
Total		32	438	13.7	2	44

Signature game

Bowl · 2025

W 41-16

vs UConn · neutral site

7 rec · 108 yds · 1 TD · 15 rush yds (5 car)

Dominant 25-point win at a neutral site against UConn.

With G. Nwawuihe — 171 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD · C. Hellums — 108 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.8 · 45 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · UTSA · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +6.85N.Short rush left for 81 yards gain for a touchdown. The previous play is under automatic review - "Runner broke the plane". CALL UPHELD
Week 10 · Air Force · 3rd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +5.42Hellums to Short: a 40-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Kansas State · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.98Noah Short pass complete to Brady Anderson for 52 yds to the KSU 34 for a
Week 7 · Charlotte · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.69Cale Hellums pass complete to Noah Short for 44 yds to the CLT 9 for a
Week 1 · Tarleton State · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +3.68Dewayne Coleman pass complete to Noah Short for 21 yds to the TAR 37 for a
Week 5 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.46Noah Short run for 60 yds to the ECU 4 for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Tulsa · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Hellums to Short: a 44-yard pass.
Week 16 · Navy · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.08Hellums to Short: a 21-yard pass.
Week 13 · Tulsa · 4th and 3 · Q1 · EPA −3.06N.Short rush left for 0 yards to the Tulsa26 (S.Smith), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 4 · North Texas · 1st and 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

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%

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 52 (#206 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

52Rotational starter #206 of 485 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.4	36.4	19.8	0.0
Road6g	1.7	16.2	9.2	0.2

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

2025 season

Head Coach

Jeff Monken

Pass share

14.5%

125 pass / 740 run

Plays / game

66.5

13 games

Team sack rate

3.1%

129 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

98 carries, 32 catches and 2 pass attempts in 13 games, fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

52 · #206 of 485 WRs · 2025

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 base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).

Starter

The No. 2,613 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the American Athletic as a senior.