Noah Jefferson: DT · Florida Atlantic · #91.
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Noah Jefferson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. On tape: 3 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UTSA, Week 13, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Florida Atlantic | 15 | 8 | 3.5 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | USC | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 25 | 16 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-45@ No. 5 Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-7vs Wagner | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-27@ Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-13vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 31-36vs Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-3@ Old Dominion | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 40-26@ UTSA | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 34-17vs Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 49-6vs UAB | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 52-28vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where the impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
23%4 TFLSack rate
13%2 sacksHurry rate
13%2 hurries15 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
47.9%
502 pass / 545 run
Plays / game
74.8
14 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
542 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at USC and Florida Atlantic, 25 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2019
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Lane Kiffin, Ed Orgeron, Steve Sarkisian and Clay Helton.
