Player Dossier

2021-2025

Utah State

Noah Avinger

CB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Cerritos, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Noah Avinger shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

81%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a corner

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Reliability

86

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
San Diego State • New Mexico • Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Player Story

Noah Avinger built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a cornerback from Cerritos, CA, spending time with New Mexico, San Diego State, and Utah State. The clearest part of Noah Avinger's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8741

Servite · Anaheim, CA

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Noah Avinger, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Utah State. Noah Avinger shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
213
TFL
7
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
20
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Noah Avinger quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · CB
Career Tackles
213
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 42 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Utah State
Top game
Boise State
Recruit profile
3-star · Servite · San Diego State
High school pipeline
Servite · 40 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
Latest roster
Senior
2025 Tackles rank
81 tackles · CB 1st (top 1%) · Mountain West 13th (top 3%) · National 141st (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonSan Diego State8150.50-2014.6
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State11351.50-3022.9
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico11821.50-5136.6
2025 Regular SeasonUtah State12813.51110063.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024San Diego State to New MexicoG5/FCS to G5/FCS82.1Nov 28, 2023

Noah Avinger played CB for San Diego State, New Mexico, and Utah State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Noah Avinger recorded 213 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Utah State paired 18.5 primary output with 43.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 43.1 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across San Diego State, New Mexico, Utah State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2025 Regular Season · Utah State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

43.1

Usage

8.8

Consistency

36.6

Best Game by takeover score

Boise State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 0. Texas A&M: 1. Air Force: 1. McNeese: 2. Vanderbilt: 1. Hawai'i: 1. San José State: 2. New Mexico: 0. Nevada: 0. UNLV: 3. Fresno State: 2. Boise State: 5.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTEP: 11 by 45.8. Texas A&M: 6 by 35. Air Force: 9 by 47.5. McNeese: 3 by 32.5. Vanderbilt: 12 by 60. Hawai'i: 3 by 22.5. San José State: 1 by 24.2. New Mexico: 9 by 37.5. Nevada: 7 by 29.2. UNLV: 3 by 42.5. Fresno State: 6 by 45. Boise State: 11 by 95.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.9 · Games = 6 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boise State

Best efficiency game

95.8 vs Boise State

Result
Fri 11/28vs Boise State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 24-251182.5011
Sun 11/23@ Fresno StateSplash gameW 28-1765002
Sun 11/16@ UNLVSplash gameL 26-2933102
Sun 11/9vs NevadaW 51-1471000
Sat 10/25@ New MexicoL 14-3393000
Sat 10/18vs San José StateSplash gameW 30-2511002
Sun 10/12@ Hawai'iL 26-4433001
Sat 9/27@ Vanderbilt10+ tacklesL 35-551220010
Sun 9/21vs McNeeseSplash gameW 48-731002
Sun 9/14vs Air ForceW 49-30930010
Sat 9/6@ Texas A&ML 22-44640010
Sat 8/30vs UTEP10+ tacklesW 28-16118000

Player Story

Noah Avinger story

Noah Avinger built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a cornerback from Cerritos, CA, spending time with New Mexico, San Diego State, and Utah State. The clearest part of Noah Avinger's career was his defensive production: 213 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 interceptions across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Noah Avinger's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    San Diego State

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    New Mexico

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Utah State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonSan Diego State3.512.22.3
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State5.518.33.42
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State0-5.5
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico7.5366.67.5
2025 Regular SeasonUtah State18.543.18.811

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 64 Boise State

Week 14 · L 24-25 · Conference game

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

98.6 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Wyoming

Week 10 · L 45-49 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Montana State

Week 1 · L 31-35

2

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Towson

Week 4 · W 48-21

2.5

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Nevada

Week 8 · W 23-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

64.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Utah State

18.5 primary output · 43.1 efficiency · 8.8 usage

63.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · New Mexico

36.6

7.5 primary · 36 efficiency · 6.6 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · San Diego State

22.9

5.5 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 3.4 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

9

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games