Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023LSU
Noah Cain
RB • 5'11" • 220 lbs • Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Noah Cain leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
17
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Penn State • LSU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Noah Cain built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 21, spending time with LSU and Penn State. The clearest part of Noah Cain's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Noah Cain, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Penn State. Noah Cain leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,640
- Rushing yards
- 1,392
- Receiving yards
- 248
- Touchdowns
- 26
Quick Answers
Noah Cain quick answers
- Latest team and position
- LSU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,640
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 9 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Penn State
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · IMG Academy · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- IMG Academy · 130 FBS recruits · 13 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 187 scrimmage yards · RB 363rd (top 52%) · SEC 119th (top 43%) · National 1,104th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Penn State | 10 | 92 | 92 | 0 | 2 | 58.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 10 | 403 | 351 | 52 | 6 | 58.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 12 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 58.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 12 | 424 | 322 | 102 | 4 | 58.8 |
| 2022 Postseason | LSU | 12 | 63 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 56.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 12 | 418 | 347 | 71 | 8 | 56.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | LSU | 9 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 42.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 9 | 156 | 150 | 6 | 4 | 42.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Penn State to LSU | P4 to P4 | 80.3 | Jan 13, 2022 |
Noah Cain played RB for Penn State and LSU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Noah Cain recorded 1,392 rushing yards, 248 receiving yards, and 26 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Penn State paired 464 primary output with 33.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 47.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, LSU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Army
Win with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Postseason · LSU
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
20.8
Efficiency
47.8
Usage
7.6
Consistency
63.1
Best Game by takeover score
Army
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 31. Florida State: 4. Grambling: 33. Mississippi State: 15. Auburn: 1. Army: 40. Florida: 31. Georgia State: 20. Texas A&M: 12
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.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 6 by 53.8. Florida State: 4 by 10.4. Grambling: 7 by 49.1. Mississippi State: 3 by 52.1. Auburn: 1 by 10.4. Army: 7 by 59.5. Florida: 6 by 52.8. Georgia State: 1 by 100. Texas A&M: 3 by 41.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins22.9 · Games = 8 · +18.9 vs Losses
Losses4 · Games = 1 · -18.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Army
Best efficiency game
100 vs Georgia State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1/1 | vs Wisconsin | W 35-31 | 6 | 31 | 5.20 | 0 | — | — | 5.2 |
| Sat 11/25 | vs Texas A&M | W 42-30 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sun 11/19 | vs Georgia State | W 56-14 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | — | — | 20 |
| Sun 11/12 | vs Florida | W 52-35 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5.2 |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Army | W 62-0 | 7 | 40 | 5.70 | 1 | — | — | 5.7 |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Auburn | W 48-18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Mississippi State | W 41-14 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Grambling | W 72-10 | 7 | 33 | 4.70 | 1 | — | — | 4.7 |
| Sun 9/3 | @ Florida State | L 24-45 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Player Story
Noah Cain story
Noah Cain built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 21, spending time with LSU and Penn State. The clearest part of Noah Cain's career was his backfield work: 1,392 rushing yards, 305 carries, 25 rushing touchdowns, and 248 receiving yards across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with LSU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 248 receiving yards and 155 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU and Penn State.
The arc is straightforward: Noah Cain moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Penn State
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
LSU
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920192020202120212022202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Penn State | 495 | 45.7 | 15.1 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 495 | 45.7 | 15.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 13 | 45.1 | 3.9 | -482 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 464 | 33.3 | 18.9 | 451 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 464 | 33.3 | 18.9 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | LSU | 481 | 48.4 | 11.7 | 17 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 481 | 48.4 | 11.7 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | LSU | 187 | 47.8 | 7.6 | -294 |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 187 | 47.8 | 7.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Purdue
Week 6 · W 35-7 · Conference game
Win with 130 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
130
Scrimmage Yards
83.7 takeover
130 scrimmage yards and 22.7 usage.
#2
@ Wisconsin
Week 1 · W 16-10 · Conference game
75
Scrimmage Yards
79.1 takeover
Win with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
75 scrimmage yards and 36.1 usage.
#3
vs Ball State
Week 2 · W 44-13
99
Scrimmage Yards
77.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
99 scrimmage yards and 32.9 usage.
#4
vs New Mexico
Week 4 · W 38-0
94
Scrimmage Yards
76.1 takeover
Win with 94 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
94 scrimmage yards and 14.9 usage.
#5
@ Iowa
Week 7 · W 17-12 · Conference game
102
Scrimmage Yards
74.5 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
102 scrimmage yards and 33.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Penn State
464 primary output · 33.3 efficiency · 18.9 usage
58.8
#2
2021 Regular Season · Penn State
58.8
464 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 18.9 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Penn State
58.5
495 primary · 45.7 efficiency · 15.1 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
5
2+ TD games
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