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Jersey Number 85
Noah Turner
- Year:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Tight End
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 249
- Hometown:
- Mundelein, Ill.
- High School:
- Carmel Catholic
- Previous:
- North Carolina
- Major:
- Professional and Continuing Education
2022:
2021:
2020-21:
Prior to JMU:
High School:
Personal:
- Played in eight games
2021:
- Played in 12 games, making five starts at tight end
- Had seven receptions for 52 yards and a touchdown
- Scored first career touchdown on 27-yard catch vs. Maine (Sept. 11)
- Tied career high of two receptions vs. Villanova (Oct. 9)
2020-21:
- Played in seven games, making two starts at tight end
- Had four receptions for 77 yards
- Career-high two catches for 45 yards, including a career-long 41-yard grab at Sam Houston in FCS semifinals (May 8)
- Also had 29-yard catch vs. Richmond (Apr. 17)
- Recorded first career reception at William & Mary (Mar. 27)
Prior to JMU:
- Transferred to JMU after spending four seasons at North Carolina (2016-19)
- Appeared in 24 career games between the 2018 and 2019 seasons
- Missed the 2017 season to injury and redshirted in 2016
- Appeared in all 13 games at tight end and on special teams in 2019, making first career tackle against Virginia
- Saw action in 11 games in 2018, primarily on special teams
- Helped UNC to Military Bowl championship in 2019
- Also part of UNC’s 2016 Sun Bowl team
- Received various achievements in the weight room for dedication and hard work
High School:
- Rated the #19 tight end nationally and #22 player in Illinois by ESPN
- All-State as a senior
- PrepStar All-Midwest Region selection
- All-Conference as a junior and senior
- Helped Carmel Catholic to second round of 2014 playoffs
- Did not play football until freshman year of high school
- Caught 13 passes for 360 yards and five touchdowns as a junior
- Senior season was cut short due to injury
- Dual-sport athlete who also competed in AAU basketball
Personal:
- Son of Tracy and Katie Turner
- Has a brother, Ben, and a sister, Hannah
- His sister played volleyball at St. Ambrose University
- His grandfather, Len Zyzda, played football at Purdue
- His uncle, David Zyzda, played football at Indiana
- Graduated from North Carolina with a bachelor's degree in sport administration
- Enrolled in the School of Professional and Continuing Education
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