6′1″ · Ruston, LA
Cyril Noland: S · Louisiana Tech · #22.
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Cyril Noland
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Gary Andersen and Skip Holtz. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Middle Tennessee — Week 4, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech | 31 | 26 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | Oregon State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 31 | 26 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 53-24vs South Carolina State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 45-59@ Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-38@ Middle Tennessee | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 28-7vs UTEP | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-52vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 56-28@ Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-24@ Florida International | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 61-16vs Rice | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 63-35vs UTSA | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-39@ Southern Miss | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 44-58@ Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 48-45@ Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 26 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 11 · 2016
W 63-35
vs UTSA
1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 28-point win at home against UTSA.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL31 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Skip Holtz
Pass share
57.0%
543 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
68.0
14 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
577 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons, at Oregon State and Louisiana Tech, 31 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Riley, Gary Andersen and Skip Holtz.
