Noah Whittington

Senior running back for Oregon. 2025: 829 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 19 catches.

RB · Oregon · Sr. · #6

5′8″ · 203 lb · Fort Valley, GA

CFB Index 70 · #41 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Oregon for 2026

The numbers

829

rushing yards · 2025

6 TD · 6.4 per carry · 19 catches

The play that turned itSwung Oregon from 25% to 80% to win.Oregon at Iowa · 18-16

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Oregon. 2025: 829 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 19 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Western Kentucky in 2020.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Hits the crease and outruns the angle.

Success rate: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

Noah Whittington

RB · Oregon · Sr · #6

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Two head coaches in six seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 125 rush yds, 9 rec yds against Rutgers — Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Western Kentucky5-7HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2021Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning

2023Oregon12-2HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

2024Oregon13-1HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

2025Oregon13-2HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #41 of 326?

High confidenceAscending12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (88th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#52 / 456 · 88th pct

52.9%

Yards / carry#68 / 456 · 85th pct

6.2

TD rate#119 / 456 · 74th pct

4.2%

EPA / carry#120 / 456 · 74th pct

0.22

Explosive rate#207 / 456 · 55th pct

6.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#31 / 349 · 91st pct

6.4

Rush yards#63 / 349 · 82nd pct

829

Long run#63 / 349 · 82nd pct

Receptions#77 / 338 · 75th pct

Carries#96 / 349 · 72nd pct

129

Rush TDs#83 / 349 · 72nd pct

Rec yards#157 / 338 · 54th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

37th → 74th percentile

Success rate

59th → 88th percentile

Explosive rate

79th → 55th percentile

Yards / carry

34th → 85th percentile

TD rate

56th → 74th 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 · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

119 carries

10%

Stuffed (≤0)

39%

Grind (1–3)

40%

Chunk (4–9)

11%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	69.0	8.9	0.6
Road5g	69.2	5.4	0.4

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Lanning

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

70 · #41 of 326 RBs

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

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	Oregon	129	829	6.4	6	--
2024	Oregon	118	540	4.6	6	--
2023	Oregon	20	146	7.3	2	--
2022	Oregon	139	781	5.6	5	--
2021	Western Kentucky	101	617	6.1	2	--
2020	Western Kentucky	16	39	2.4	0	--
Career		523	2,952	5.6	21	--

Season	Team
2025	Oregon	19	98	5.2	1	--
2024	Oregon	24	136	5.7	2	--
2023	Oregon	10	84	8.4	0	--
2022	Oregon	22	169	7.7	1	--
2021	Western Kentucky	12	58	4.8	0	--
2020	Western Kentucky	3	5	1.7	0	--
Career		90	550	6.1	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 23–0

at Texas Tech

31 rush yds (13 car)

Dominant 23-point win on the road against Texas Tech.

With D. Moore — 234 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 62.3 · -12 rush yds (10 car) · J. Ferguson-Reynolds — 11 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Rutgers · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +6.47Noah Whittington run for 68 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 2 · Oklahoma State · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +4.84Noah Whittington run for 59 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 14 · Washington · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.17(02:19) Shotgun #6 N.Whittington rush left for 8 yards loss to the WASH12 (#5 Z.Durfee), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 12 · Minnesota · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.19(09:41) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 N.Whittington rush middle for 40 yards gain to the MIN00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:31, 1ST DOWN #36 A.Sappington kick attempt good (H: #46 J.Ferguson-Reynolds, LS: #43 L.Basso)
Week 9 · Wisconsin · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.13(09:31) Shotgun #6 N.Whittington rush left for 36 yards gain to the ORE49 (#29 M.Jung), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Wisconsin · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.89(14:58) Shotgun #6 N.Whittington rush right for 35 yards gain to the WIS40 (#9 A.Brown), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Montana State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.87Noah Whittington run for 35 yds to the MTST 39 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Noah Whittington run for 28 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 8 · Rutgers · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Dante Moore pass complete to Noah Whittington for 5 yds for a TD (Gage Hurych KICK)
Week 1 · Montana State · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Noah Whittington run for 1 yd for a TD (Gage Hurych KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Penn State	7	25	3.6	0	7
Wk 7	L 20-30vs 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 USC	19	104	5.5	1	17
Wk 14	W 26-14@ Washington	17	47	2.8	0	17
Bowl	W 51-34vs James Madison	4	24	6.0	0	9
Bowl	W 23-0@ Texas Tech	13	31	2.4	0	9
Total		129	829	7.5	6	68

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

23.5%Carry share

18.7%Q4-lead share

96.0%In competitive games

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.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

3/29Inside-5 share

3 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (10.3%).

2026 Outlook

Oregon

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Oregon

Returning around him

75% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
7 Oregon players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -18 net (13 in / 31 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Oregon · Last season: 13-2 (AP #5) · Talent rank #3 · 2026 recruiting class #3

DNA match

Player DNA

Speed Merchant

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Robert Henry’s 2025 season.

Robert Henry

70%match

UTSA · 2025

Noah Whittington

Oregon · 2022

66%

Waymond Jordan

USC · 2025

64%

Kelley Joiner Jr.

South Florida · 2021

63%

Malachi Hosley

Georgia Tech · 2025

62%

Matches Robert on

Receiving share

Rush TD rate

Differs from Robert on

Recruiting rating (lower)

Total rush EPA (college ability) (lower)

Height (lower)

Through 6 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Makenzie McGill’s path through North Texas.

Makenzie McGill

88%match

North Texas · 2025

Jawon Hamilton

Eastern Michigan · 2021

86%

LaDarius Owens

Texas Southern · 2023

86%

Maquel Haywood

App State · 2024

85%

Kenneth Walker

Michigan State · 2021

82%

Matches Makenzie on

Weight

Yards per carry

Height

Player DNA

Players who play like Noah Whittington

Lexington Joseph

Florida International · 2021

78%

Rocko Griffin

Massachusetts · 2025

77%

Turbo Richard

Boston College · 2025

75%

Emani Bailey

TCU · 2023

72%

Calvin Hill

Texas State · 2021

72%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #34

Final rank

#34

Avg #51.7

Finalist prob 3%

Peaked at #34 this season.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Noah Whittington

Attention percentile: 27th · Production percentile: 97th

20208 games

202213 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Speed Merchant

Players who play like Noah Whittington

Heisman trajectory

Peak #34