Noah Whittington is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Oregon.
Whittington hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches at two programs in six seasons: Tyson Helton and Dan Lanning. A game that shows it: 125 rushing yards and 9 receiving yards against Rutgers — Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
23.5% of carries overall (120/510) → 18.7% of Q4-with-lead carries (25/134) — 96.0% 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
3 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (10.3%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oregon | 129 | 829 | 6.4 | 6 | 68 |
| 2024 | Oregon | 118 | 540 | 4.6 | 6 | 28 |
| 2023 | Oregon | 20 | 146 | 7.3 | 2 | 41 |
| 2022 | Oregon | 139 | 781 | 5.6 | 5 | 55 |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 101 | 617 | 6.1 | 2 | 86 |
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 16 | 39 | 2.4 | 0 | 15 |
| Career | 523 | 2,952 | 5.6 | 21 | 86 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oregon | 19 | 98 | 5.2 | 1 | 12 |
| 2024 | Oregon | 24 | 136 | 5.7 | 2 | 18 |
| 2023 | Oregon | 10 | 84 | 8.4 | 0 | 31 |
| 2022 | Oregon | 22 | 169 | 7.7 | 1 | 29 |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 0 | 20 |
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Career | 90 | 550 | 6.1 | 4 | 31 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-13vs Montana State | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 1 | 35 | |
| Wk 2 | W 69-3vs Oklahoma State | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 1 | 59 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-24@ No. 3 Penn State | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-30vs No. 7 Indiana | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-10@ Rutgers | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 2 | 68 | Season-high 125 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 21-7vs Wisconsin | 14 | 97 | 6.9 | 0 | 36 | |
| Wk 11 | W 18-16@ Iowa | 17 | 118 | 6.9 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-13vs Minnesota | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 1 | 40 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-27vs No. 16 USC | 19 | 104 | 5.5 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 14 | W 26-14@ Washington | 17 | 47 | 2.8 | 0 | 17 | |
| Bowl | W 51-34vs No. 19 James Madison | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | |
 Bowl | W 23-0vs No. 4 Texas Tech | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 129 | 829 | 6.4 | 6 | 68 |
Week 8 · 2025
W 56-10
at Rutgers
125 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD
Dominant 46-point win on the road against Rutgers.
With D. Moore — 290 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 99.1 · 49 rush yds (3 car) · J. Davison — 100 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
53%102 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.4 yds/carry on 129 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 53% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 69.0 | 8.9 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 78.8 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 44.3 | 7.8 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 93.8 | 7.1 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Pass share
44.9%
436 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
64.7
15 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
353 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
129 carries and 19 catches in 12 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #41 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #9 of 44 Big Ten RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
The No. 2,355 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Big Ten as a senior.
A stat line in 61 games over six seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Tyson Helton and Dan Lanning.
