Usage / Role
47%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2019-2024New Mexico
Noa Pola-Gates
S • 6'0" • 183 lbs • Gilbert, AZ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Noa Pola-Gates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a safety
lowelite
Reliability
64
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico
192021222324
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Nebraska • New Mexico
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Noa Pola-Gates built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Gilbert, AZ, spending time with Nebraska and New Mexico. The clearest part of Noa Pola-Gates' career was his defensive production: 82...
Read the story4★
- Committed To
- Nebraska
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Noa Pola-Gates, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico. Noa Pola-Gates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 82
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Noa Pola-Gates quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico · S
- Career Tackles
- 82
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico
- Top game
- Arizona
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Williams Field · Nebraska
- High school pipeline
- Williams Field · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 50 tackles · S 122nd (top 23%) · Mountain West 62nd (top 12%) · National 630th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico | 11 | 27 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 15.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico | 10 | 50 | - | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 53.3 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Noa Pola-Gates
Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nebraska to New Mexico | P4 to G5/FCS | 19.4 | Apr 28, 2023 |
Noa Pola-Gates played S for Nebraska and New Mexico. Across 6 tracked seasons, Noa Pola-Gates recorded 82 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with New Mexico.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
New Mexico paired 7 primary output with 27.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nebraska, New Mexico.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2024 Regular Season · New Mexico
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
27.8
Usage
3.5
Consistency
56.2
Best Game by takeover score
Arizona
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 2. Auburn: 0. Fresno State: 1. New Mexico State: 0. Air Force: 0. Utah State: 0. Colorado State: 1. Wyoming: 1. Washington State: 1. Hawai'i: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 6 by 45. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Fresno State: 6 by 35. New Mexico State: 7 by 29.2. Air Force: 5 by 20.8. Utah State: 4 by 16.7. Colorado State: 3 by 22.5. Wyoming: 7 by 39.2. Washington State: 7 by 39.2. Hawai'i: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 6 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arizona
Best efficiency game
45 vs Arizona
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | @ Hawai'i | L 30-38 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | vs Washington State | W 38-35 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Wyoming | L 45-49 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Colorado State | L 6-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Utah State | W 50-45 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Air Force | W 52-37 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/29 | @ New Mexico State | W 50-40 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/22 | vs Fresno State | L 21-38 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Auburn | L 19-45 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/1 | @ ArizonaSplash game | L 39-61 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Noa Pola-Gates story
Noa Pola-Gates built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Gilbert, AZ, spending time with Nebraska and New Mexico. The clearest part of Noa Pola-Gates' career was his defensive production: 82 tackles and 9 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. His career also includes 47 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Noa Pola-Gates' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Nebraska
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
New Mexico
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico | 2 | 12.1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico | 7 | 27.8 | 3.5 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arizona
Week 1 · L 39-61
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Washington State
Week 12 · W 38-35
1
Havoc Plays
44.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.5 takeover score.
#3
vs New Mexico State
Week 3 · L 17-27
1
Havoc Plays
41.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Wyoming
Week 10 · L 45-49 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
40.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Fresno State
Week 4 · L 21-38 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
39.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · New Mexico
7 primary output · 27.8 efficiency · 3.5 usage
53.3
#2
2020 Regular Season · Nebraska
37.8
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Nebraska
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Noa Pola-Gates
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.