Noah Spence

Noah Spence
Eastern Kentucky Colonels No. 9
Position Defensive end
Class Junior
Career history
College
High school Harrisburg (PA) McDevitt
Personal information
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]

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