Noah Spence
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Position | Defensive end |
Class | Junior |
Career history | |
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High school | Harrisburg (PA) McDevitt |
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Date of birth | c. 1994 (age 21–22) |
Place of birth | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight | 261 lb (118 kg) |
Noah Spence (born c. 1994) is an American football defensive end. He played college football at Ohio State and Eastern Kentucky.
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
Ohio State
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 ecstasy.[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]
Eastern Kentucky
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]
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.