Career: Two-time first-team All-Sun Belt offensive lineman as a center … Started all 52 games that App State played following his 2017 enrollment, beginning with that year’s opener at eventual national runner-up Georgia … Joined FCS-era stars CB Jerome Touchstone (55 straight starts from 2004-07) and LB D.J. Smith (50 straight starts from 2007-10) as the only App State offensive or defensive players with 50 consecutive starts … Ranks No. 3 in App State history with his 52 career starts behind Touchstone and CB Justin Woazeah (54 from 2004-07) … According to PFF College, a top-10 center nationally in WAA (wins above average) as a senior, junior and sophomore after being top 20 as a freshman … In his four seasons, App State ranked seventh (2020), 16th (2019), 14th (2018) and 22nd (2017) in rushing yards per game while ranking 40th (2020), 13th (2019), 21st (2018) and second (2017) in sacks allowed per game … Key part of line that was ranked No. 7 in the country by PFF College after being recognized as a top-15 line by the Joe Moore Award in 2018 and 2019 … Preseason All-American (honorable mention choice after three picks) via PFF College … Sun Belt’s “Best Interview” by Street and Smith.
2020: First-team All-Sun Belt offensive lineman as a center … Preseason All-American (honorable mention choice after three picks) via PFF College … Candidate for Outland Trophy (best interior lineman), Rimington Trophy (center) and Wuerffel Trophy … Started all 12 games at center … Helped App State rank seventh nationally by rushing for 264.9 yards per game, including 500 in the Myrtle Beach Bowl win against North Texas … Had 51 knockdown blocks during the regular season … Allowed just one sack and produced 18 “Rambo” blocks ... Named to ESPN's All-Bowl team.
2019: Started all 14 games … Named first-team All-Sun Belt by the league and made the Rimington Trophy watch list for the award that goes to the nation’s top center … Helped App State rank in the top 25 nationally by rushing for 231.4 yards per game and allowing just 18 sacks … League-leading grade of 75.4 in the regular season ranked 14th among all FBS centers, according to PFF College … In regular season had a 81.6 grade in pass protection with no sacks allowed and a 72.5 grade as a run blocker ... Helped App State’s offensive line rank as a top-15 unit nationally on the Joe Moore Award Honor Roll.
2018: Started all 13 games at center for the second straight year and was named All-Sun Belt first team by the PFF College site … Second-team All-Sun Belt from the conference … No bad snaps as the signal caller on a line that ranked in the top 25 nationally in both rushing yards per game (No. 14 at 240.4) and fewest sacks allowed (No. 20 at 18) for the fifth straight year ... Street and Smith named him the “Best Interview” in the Sun Belt Conference ... Made the All-Sun Belt weekly teams from PFF College for his blocking against South Alabama and Texas State … Mountaineers rushed for more than 250 yards against Gardner-Webb (432), South Alabama (348), Louisiana (266) and Coastal Carolina (278). App State allowed no sacks against South Alabama, Louisiana and Middle Tennessee … Mountaineers had at least 500 total yards against Gardner-Webb (692), South Alabama (517) and Georgia State (524).
2017: Started all 13 games at center as a true freshman and had no bad snaps in 871 plays … Received a regular season grade of 77 from App State’s coaches (with 615 plus plays). Had 24 knockdown blocks and 15 pancake blocks in those 12 games … Helped the Mountaineers rank No. 2 nationally with only eight sacks allowed and 22nd nationally by rushing for 223.6 yards per game. App State rushed for more than 300 yards in each of its last three games, including 327 in the bowl win against Toledo.
High School: Rated a three-star offensive lineman by 247Sports and Scout.com … 2016 South Carolina Mr. Football finalist … 2016 Region Player of the Year … 2016 Travelle Wharton Lineman of the Year … Earned lineman of the week three times in his final two seasons … Allowed only two sacks in high school, both as a freshman … Had 288 career pancakes and averaged grading out at 92 percent … Football and baseball team captain … 2016 Wendy’s High School Heisman State Finalist and student body class president…National Junior Scholar … Played center as a HS freshman but was a tackle his final three seasons ... Also recruited by Charlotte, Georgia Southern, Army and Air Force.
Personal: Full name is Noah Kurt Hannon … Son of Chad and Inez Hannon … Born Sept. 25, 1998 … Has a brother, Gabe, and a sister, Lillian ... Heavily involved in the community and outreach, including mission trips to Nicaragua and Jamaica … Plans to pursue a business career … Loves to golf in his free time … Comes from an athletic family … Father played football at ECU and grandfather played at Gardner-Webb.
