Nate Noel: RB · Missouri · #8.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Nate Noel
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Shawn Clark and Eli Drinkwitz. All-Sun Belt in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 199 rushing yards and 8 receiving yards against Vanderbilt — Week 4, 2024.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 19.7% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 10.5% of carries. 6 carries for 14 yds vs Iowa; 24 for 199 vs Vanderbilt.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 38 inside-the-5 carries (10.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Murray State | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-0vs Buffalo | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-21vs No. 24 Boston College | 22 | 121 | 5.5 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27vs Vanderbilt | 24 | 199 | 8.3 | 0 | 64 | Season-high 199 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 10-41@ No. 25 Texas A&M | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-17vs Auburn | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-23vs Oklahoma | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 12 | L 30-34@ No. 23 South Carolina | 27 | 150 | 5.6 | 1 | 23 | 150-yard day |
| Wk 13 | W 39-20@ Mississippi State | 25 | 95 | 3.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-21vs Arkansas | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 10 | |
 Bowl | W 27-24vs Iowa | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 163 | 818 | 5.0 | 3 | 64 |
Week 12 · 2024
L 30-34
150 rush yds (27 car) · 1 TD
With B. Cook — 237 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 82.7 · M. Johnson — 1 rec · 49 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How the yards come, and how often it works
Success rate
44%156 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.0 yds/carry on 163 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 75.6 | 5.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 91.7 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 80.8 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 66.6 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
44.1%
403 pass / 510 run
Plays / game
70.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
425 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
163 carries and 15 catches in 11 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #124 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at App State and Missouri, 3,885 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 53 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Shawn Clark and Eli Drinkwitz.
