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Jersey Number 53
Desmond Noel
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 305
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Fort Scott CC
- High School:
- Colerain
- Major:
- Public Safety Administration
- Birthday:
- 2/12/1998
Bio
At FAU
Redshirt Senior (2021)
Redshirt Junior (2019)
Redshirt Senior (2021)
- Drew the start and was instrumental in the Owls' game at UF
- Started in the home opener versus Georgia Southern and helped the Owls avenge a 2020 loss with a 500+ total offensive effort and a 38-6 win
- Drew a starts versus Fordham and at Air Force
- Part of a starting five rotation that has been together through the first five games and it show with 704 total yards and saw 11 different players touch the ball in the Owls' 58-21 win over FIU in Shula Bowl XX
- Saw action and started at UAB
- Praised by Johnny Ford and head coach Willie Taggart for a down-field block on a corner that opened a lane for Ford's score at Charlotte
- Mainstay of the line and was instrumental in the Owls' C-USA win over UTEP
- Instrumental on a starting line that protected for a run game that tallied 243 yards versus Marshall
- Started at LG versus ODU
- Provided protection with a start at WKU
- Closed out his collegiate career with a start, his 12th start of the season, versus MT
- Preseason All-C-USA
- Drew the start in the season opening 21-17 win over Charlotte
- One of three lineman to start both game one and game two with his start at No. 22/25 Marshall
- Continues to provide line stability with his UTSA play
- Started and was instrumental in the Owls' 10-6 win over WKU
- Started and helped to pave the way for redshirt freshman quarterback Javion Posey's a record rushing night in the Owls' 38-19 win over FIU in Shula Bowl XIX
- Helped FAU to a 24-2 win over UMass
- Drew the start at Georgia Southern
- Closed out the Owls' regular-season with a start at Southern Miss
- Started in the 2020 Montgomery Bowl
Redshirt Junior (2019)
- Joined the Owls two weeks into the 2019 season
- Contributed in FAU's 45-27 C-USA win over Charlotte
- Drew the start and was part of an offensive line unit that allowed just one sack in a win over Middle Tennessee
- Started his second game in an Owl uniform versus Marshall
- Member of the starting five on an offensive line that protected three different quarterbacks in the FAU win over ODU
- Started in the Owls' win over WKU and was part of a line that drove down the field in the closing minutes with a run attack that ate precious time off the clock
- Starting offensive linemen on a line that provided protection for a running back corps that was not stopped behind the line and a quarterback unit that recorded a season-high 579 yards in the Owls' 37-7 win over FIU
- Contributed to the Owls in FAU's 40-26 win at UTSA with his sixth start and seventh game in an FAU uniform
- Drew the start in the Owls' 34-17 win over USM to win the C-USA East Division title
- Part of a line that allowed just one, and it was late in the game, tackle for a loss in the Owls' 49-6 win over UAB to capture the C-USA Championship
- Earned C-USA Honorable Mention
- Drew a start in the 2019 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl and was part of a line that allowed just one sack while the offense tallied 521 yards
- Played two seasons, 2017 and ’18, on the offensive line at Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College
- Enrolled at Ohio University in 2016, where he redshirted as a freshman while being coached by CSU offensive line coach Dave Johnson
- Played at OL and DL for Colerain High in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Named First Team All-Greater Miami Conference at tackle as a junior and was ranked No. 9 nationally by USA Today
- Is a public safety major
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