Player Dossier

2019-2024

NC State

Noah Potter

DE • 6'6" • 272 lbs • Mentor, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Noah Potter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Ohio State • Cincinnati • NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Player Story

Noah Potter built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive end from Mentor, OH wearing No. 97, spending time with Cincinnati, NC State, and Ohio State. The clearest part of Noah Potter's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9

Mentor · Mentor, OH

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Noah Potter, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati. Noah Potter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
42
TFL
4.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Noah Potter quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · DE
Career Tackles
42
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 27 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Top game
Temple
Recruit profile
4-star · Mentor · Ohio State
High school pipeline
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 97 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
20 tackles · DE 112th (top 41%) · ACC 256th (top 34%) · National 2,044th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State12-0--041.4
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State11-0--037
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonCincinnati101731.55-050.8
2023 Regular SeasonNC State42-02-025
2024 PostseasonNC State111-0--028.4
2024 Regular SeasonNC State11191.5023028.4

Related Context

Noah Potter played DE for Ohio State, Cincinnati, and NC State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Noah Potter recorded 42 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Cincinnati paired 9.5 primary output with 16.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, Cincinnati, NC State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2024 Postseason · NC State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

13.5

Usage

2

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 0. Tennessee: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Clemson: 1. Northern Illinois: 3. Syracuse: 0.5. California: 1. Stanford: 0. Duke: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. North Carolina: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. East Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 3 by 22.5. Northern Illinois: 1 by 34.2. Syracuse: 2 by 13.3. California: 1 by 14.2. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Tech: 4 by 16.7. North Carolina: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 5 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

34.2 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Sat 12/28vs East CarolinaL 21-2610000
Sat 11/30@ North CarolinaW 35-3000001
Fri 11/22@ Georgia TechL 29-3040000
Sat 11/9vs DukeL 19-2921000
Sat 11/2vs StanfordW 59-2810000
Sat 10/19@ CaliforniaW 24-2310001
Sun 10/13vs SyracuseL 17-24200.5000
Sat 9/28vs Northern IllinoisSplash gameW 24-1711100
Sat 9/21@ ClemsonL 35-5932001
Sat 9/14vs Louisiana TechW 30-2010000
Sat 9/7vs TennesseeL 10-5143000

Player Story

Noah Potter story

Noah Potter built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive end from Mentor, OH wearing No. 97, spending time with Cincinnati, NC State, and Ohio State. The clearest part of Noah Potter's career was his defensive production: 42 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Noah Potter's 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. 1

    Ohio State

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Cincinnati

    2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    NC State

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State08.31.9
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State04.20.80
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State00
2022 Regular SeasonCincinnati9.516.65.29.5
2023 Regular SeasonNC State27.12.6-7.5
2024 PostseasonNC State6.513.524.5
2024 Regular SeasonNC State6.513.520

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Temple

Week 12 · W 23-3 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Northern Illinois

Week 5 · W 24-17

3

Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Indiana

Week 4 · W 45-24

3

Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Virginia Tech

Week 12 · W 35-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Virginia

Week 4 · W 24-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Cincinnati

9.5 primary output · 16.6 efficiency · 5.2 usage

50.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Ohio State

41.4

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.9 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Ohio State

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games