Noah Brown in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Ohio State, 2014–⁠16

Noah Brown

Number
No. 80
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Flanders, NJ
Born
Jul 19, 1996, in Flanders, New Jersey

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Noah Brown played receiver at Ohio State (2014–⁠16). The Dallas Cowboys took Brown in round 7, No. 239 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
402
Receiving yards, 2016 (Ohio State, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 239
Round 7, 2017 NFL Draft (Dallas Cowboys)

Career highs

4receiving touchdowns, career highat Oklahoma, 2016

Team titles: National champions, 2014; Big Ten champions, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
14–⁠1★ AP 111–⁠2AP 6
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Ohio State199.009
2016Ohio State3240212.6737
Career3341112.5737

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2014Ohio State80WR
2015Ohio State80WR
2016Ohio State80WR6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014Ohio State2-0.18––-0.4–
2016Ohio State480.7581st (n=489)0.5235.95%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Ohio State 12 games, 32 catches, 402 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Bowling GreenW 77–⁠10346125–
Sep 10vs.TulsaW 48–⁠3116016–
Sep 17atOklahomaW 45–⁠24572437–
Oct 1vs.RutgersW 58–⁠0115015–
Oct 8vs.IndianaW 38–⁠17216011–
Oct 15atWisconsinW 30–⁠23448121–
Oct 22atPenn StateL 21–⁠24345034–
Oct 29vs.NorthwesternW 24–⁠20551016–
Nov 5vs.NebraskaW 62–⁠321418–
Nov 12atMarylandW 62–⁠3122022–
Nov 26vs.MichiganW 30–⁠27340015–
Dec 31 ✦vs.ClemsonL 0–⁠3121709–
2014 Ohio State 2 games, 1 catch, 9 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Nov 1vs.IllinoisW 55–⁠141909–
Jan 1 ✦vs.AlabamaW 42–⁠35––––−4

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height6′1¾″
Weight222 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan76⅝″W
40-yard dash4.56 s
10-yard split1.61 sW
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill7.07 s
20-yard shuttle4.33 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 74 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Commanders.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2017Dallas Cowboys74330
2018Dallas Cowboys75540
2020Dallas Cowboys10141540
2021Dallas Cowboys9161840
2022Dallas Cowboys16435553
2023Houston Texans10335672
2024Washington Commanders11354531
2025Washington Commanders45830
NFL career741552,0836

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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