Noah Spence
| No. 57 Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 8, 1994 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 251 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Harrisburg (PA) McDevitt | ||||||||
| College: | Eastern Kentucky | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 39 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2016 | |||||||||
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Noah Spence (born January 8, 1994) is an American football defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State and Eastern Kentucky. Spence was drafted 39th overall in the 2nd round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Buccaneers.
Early years
Spence attended Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Over his junior and senior seasons, he had 204 tackles and 35.5 sacks. As a senior he was the Gatorade Football Player of the Year for Pennsylvania.[1] Spence was rated by Rivals.com as a five-star recruit and was the number one weakside defensive end in his class and ninth best player overall.[2] He committed to Ohio State University to play college football.[3]
College career
Spence played in 12 games as a true freshman at Ohio State in 2012 and had 12 tackles and one sack. As a sophomore in 2013, he started 13 games and recorded 50 tackles and 8 sacks. On January 1, 2014, he was suspended for the three games, which included the 2014 Orange Bowl and the first two games of 2014, after testing positive for MDMA.[4][5] In September 2014, Spence was suspended indefinitely after another failed drug test.[6][7] He was ruled permanently ineligible by the Big Ten in November.[8][9]
Spence transferred to Eastern Kentucky University in 2015.[10][11] In his lone season at Eastern Kentucky, he had 63 tackles and 11.5 sacks and was the Ohio Valley Conference co-Defensive Player of the Year.[12] After the season, he entered the 2016 NFL Draft.[13]
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||
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| 6 ft 2 in | 251 lb | 33 in | 10 3⁄4 in | 4.80 s | 4.35 s | 7.21 s | 35 in | 10 ft 1 in | 25 reps | ||||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine,[14] | |||||||||||||||||||
Noah Spence was selected 39th overall in the 2016 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the month of November, Spence had 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles earning him Defensive Rookie of the Month.[15]
References
- ↑ "Bishop McDevitt standout Noah Spence caps prolific prep career with national player of the year award". PennLive.com.
- ↑ "Noah Spence".
- ↑ "Defensive end Noah Spence commits to Ohio State Buckeyes". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "Ohio State Buckeyes' Noah Spence suspended three games". ESPN.com.
- ↑ Tim May. "Ohio State football: Father says Noah Spence was slipped drug Ecstasy". Buckeye Xtra Sports.
- ↑ "Noah Spence fails drug test for second time, suspended indefinitely by Ohio State Buckeyes". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "Ohio State defensive end Noah Spence failed another drug test and is suspended indefinitely". cleveland.com.
- ↑ "Ohio State football: Buckeyes DE Noah Spence ruled permanently ineligible by the Big Ten". cleveland.com.
- ↑ Fox Sports. "Inside banned ex-Buckeye Noah Spence's battle back from drug addiction". FOX Sports.
- ↑ "Ex-Ohio State Buckeyes DE Noah Spence transferring to Eastern Kentucky Colonels". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "Former Ohio State Buckeye Noah Spence starts fresh at Eastern Kentucky - Big Ten Blog- ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "EKU's Noah Spence was named OVC co-Defensive Player of the Year". The Courier-Journal. November 24, 2015.
- ↑ "EKU football's Noah Spence to enter NFL Draft". kentucky.
- ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Noah Spence". National Football League.
- ↑ Lam, Quang M. (December 1, 2016). "Marcus Mariota, Kirk Cousins among Players of Month". NFL.com.