#50

Noah Wilder

Senior linebacker for UAB. 2022: 101 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · UAB · Sr. · #50

6′0″ · 240 lb · Bessemer, AL

CFB Index 54 · #245 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamUAB 2022 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for UAB. 2022: 101 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UAB, 329 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20209 games

All-Conference USAsecond

202112 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202212 games

All-Conference USAfirst

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

UAB

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM

All-Conference USA 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Clark → Bryant Vincent. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019UAB9-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

54Rotational starter #245 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (98th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#43 / 2755 · 98th pct

101

Solo tackles#53 / 2755 · 98th pct

QB hurries#329 / 2755 · 85th pct

Tackles for loss#562 / 2755 · 78th pct

5.0

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Sacks#1310 / 2755 · 50th pct

0.5

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.7	0.4	0.1	0.1
Road5g	8.0	0.4	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.9	0.3	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	9.2	0.6	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #245 of 548 LBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UAB	101	54	5.0	0.5	2	--	--
2021	UAB	93	33	5.5	0.5	--	1	--
2020	UAB	50	31	4.5	2.0	1	1	--
2019	UAB	85	48	11.0	3.0	1	--	--
Career		329	166	26.0	6.0	4	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 59–0

vs Alabama A&M

0 TFL · 1 SOLO · 9 TOT

Dominant 59-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With D. Hopkins — 191 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.7 · -6 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · J. Brown Jr. — 114 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 59-0vs Alabama A&M	9	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 14-21@ Liberty	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 35-21vs Georgia Southern	18	9	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 18 tackles
Wk 5	L 24-28@ Rice	8	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	W 41-14vs Middle Tennessee	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 34-20vs Charlotte	11	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-20@ Western Kentucky	14	12	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-24@ Florida Atlantic	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 38-44vs UTSA	13	10	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 41-21vs North Texas	6	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-41@ LSU	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 24-20vs Miami (OH)	1	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Total		101	54	5.0	0.5	—	2

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