Career entering 2023: Has rushed for 2,240 yards and 13 touchdowns on 368 attempts (6.1 career average) … Has totaled nine 100-yard games in his career, with a career-high 187 against Marshall in 2021 … Has appeared in 33 career games and made 15 starts … Sun Belt rushing leader in 2021 (1,126 yards) and team leader in 2022 (604 yards).

2022: All-Sun Belt honorable mention from the league … Rushed for team-high 604 yards and career-best six touchdowns on 87 carries for a season-long average of 6.9 yards per carry … Opened season with 116 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries against North Carolina and finished it with 171 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries against Georgia Southern … Despite missing three full games and being limited by injury in several others, rushed for at least 69 yards in five contests … Starting five times in nine appearances ... After totaling 10 catches in his first two seasons, made 24 catches for 145 yards ... The 171 yards on 12 carries ranks as the second-most rushing yards by an App State player with fewer than 15 carries (after Marcus Cox's 14 carries for 192 yards against South Alabama in 2015) ... Preseason watch lists for the Doak Walker Award and East-West Shrine Bowl.

2021: All-Sun Belt first team … Played in all 14 games and started the final 10 at running back … Led the Sun Belt with 1,126 rushing yards … Led the Sun Belt in runs of 10+ yards with 31 … Scored four rushing touchdowns and finished season with 199 carries with an average of 5.7 yards per rush … Gave App State a 1,000-yard back for the 10th straight season and the Sun Belt’s leading rusher for the sixth straight year ... Had five 100-yard rushing games: 126 against ECU, 187 against Marshall, 132 against ULM, 122 against Arkansas State and 102 against Troy … Also topped 70 yards against Elon (73), Georgia State (74, all in the first half) and Coastal Carolina (82) … Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week and PFF College’s “Secret Superstar of the Week” based on his outing against Marshall … Total of 187 rushing yards on 20 carries in a 31-30 home win against Marshall included 104 in the fourth quarter alone and 87 on a game-clinching drive to run out the final 4:04 … Had gains of 11, 14, 41 and 22 yards on the final drive against Marshall, smartly going down short of the end zone in the final two minutes to stop Marshall from regaining possession with an eight-point deficit … Long run of season was a 47-yard gain on the opening drive in the bowl game, but an injury limited him to three carries against WKU.

2020: Played in 10 games as a true freshman (didn’t appear in the first two) … Emerging as the No. 2 running back late in the season with some older backs injured, rushed 51 times for 327 yards with two touchdowns over the final five games and finished the year with 510 yards and three touchdowns on 82 attempts (6.2 average per carry) … Ranked No. 8 among FBS true freshmen, No. 3 among G5 true freshmen and No. 1 among Sun Belt true freshmen in rushing yards during the 2020 season … Rushed for more than 100 yards in wins at Georgia Southern (13 carries for 103 yards, with a 70-yard touchdown) and against Campbell (14 carries for 131 yards, with a 5-yard touchdown in his college debut) … With two backs who had rushed for more than 100 yards in the 2020 opener sidelined in Game 3 against Campbell, Noel made his debut as the backup to Daetrich Harrington, who had 211 rushing yards as App State totaled 404 rushing yards … Less than two minutes after App State took a fourth-quarter lead on Jalen Virgil’s kickoff return at Georgia Southern, on the first play after a three-and-out punt by the Eagles, Noel sprinted 70 yards for a touchdown that increased the lead to 31-20 in a 34-26 victory … Started late-season hot streak by rushing 11 times for 46 yards at Coastal Carolina … Had 12 carries for 80 yards against Troy a week later and then 12 rushes for 72 yards (with an early 33-yard touchdown run) against Louisiana … Finished year with two catches for 25 yards.

High School: First-team All-Dade County from the Miami Herald as a senior … Helped Miami Northwestern win a third straight 5-A state title in 2019 by rushing for 1,556 yards and 22 touchdowns for a 13-2 team … As a senior, had eight touchdown runs of at least 20 yards and five touchdown runs of at least 50 yards … Rushed for three touchdowns in a 34-17 victory in the 2019 state title game … 2019 state championship MVP and 2019 Commissioners Cup offensive MVP ... Part of a state championship 4x100 relay team as a track and field sprinter as a junior, as his team posted a time of 40.74 seconds … Coached by Max Edwards at Miami Northwestern, the alma mater for App State defensive end Demetrius Taylor … Full name is Nathaniel D'Lan Noel .... Son of Mark and Janet Noel ... Has two siblings: Marcus and Amanda ... Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.

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