BOONE, N.C. — For the second straight year, App State's
Nate Noel has been named to the watch list for the Doak Walker Award, which is presented annually to the nation's best college running back.
In late July, Noel was also included on the watch list for the 2023 Maxwell Award, which recognizes the most outstanding player in college football.
Through 33 career games, Noel has rushed for 2,240 yards and 13 touchdowns while averaging 6.1 yards per carry. He led the Sun Belt with 1,126 rushing yards in 2021 before rushing for 604 yards in just nine games during an injury-impacted 2022 season in which he averaged 6.9 yards per carry.
Noel opened the season with 116 yards and two touchdowns on 14 attempts against North Carolina and closed the year with 171 yards and three touchdowns on just 12 attempts against Georgia Southern — that performance ranked as the second-most rushing yards by an App State player with fewer than 15 carries, after only Marcus Cox's 192 yards on 14 carries against South Alabama in 2015.
