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Jersey Number 16
Noe Ruelas
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Kicker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 197
- Hometown:
- West Hartford, Conn.
- High School:
- Hall
- Previous:
- UConn
- Major:
- Professional and Continuing Education
2024:
Prior to JMU:
High School:
- JMU's Casey Carter Academic Achievement Award
- Played in 10 games, serving as team's primary kicker
- Was 16-of-20 on field goal attempts and 35-of-37 on point-after attempts
- Also had nine kickoffs, averaging 60.2 per kickoff
- Tied for fourth in JMU single-season history in field goals (16)
- Ranked 15th in the FBS and third in the Sun Belt in field goals per game (1.6)
- Also ranked 30th in the FBS and second in the Sun Belt in scoring (8.3)
- Tied career high with two field goals made in seven games
- Career-high 14 points at North Carolina (Sept. 21), making both field goal attempts and all eight extra points
- Also converted a two-point pass to short snapper Jack Mowrey in UNC win
- Had nine points in three of final four games, making two field goals with three PAT at Old Dominion (Nov. 16), vs. Marshall (Nov. 30) and vs. Western Kentucky in Boca Raton Bowl (Dec. 18)
- Had pair of 50+ yard field goals, including 52-yard field goal at App State (Nov. 23), which ranked tied for the second-longest in JMU history
- His 50-yarder at UNC also ranked tied for the seventh longest in JMU history
- One of two players in JMU history to make two 50+ yard field goals in same season
- 2024-25 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2025)
Prior to JMU:
- Transferred to JMU after three seasons at UConn (2021-23)
- Played in 17 career games for the Huskies
- Scored 76 career points, converting 15/20 field goals and 31/31 point-after attempts
- Also averaged 60.8 yards on 59 career kickoff attempts with 18 touchbacks
- In 2023, played in four games, making 3/4 field goals and 3/3 PAT for 12 points
- Redshirted in 2021
- In 2022, played in all 13 games, making 12/16 field goals and 28/28 PAT 64 points
- Enrolled at UConn in 2020, in which the Huskies did not play a season
- UConn career-high two field goals in six games, including at James Madison (2023)
- Career-long 54-yard field goal at Utah State (2022)
- UConn career-high four extra points vs. Central Connecticut (2022) and vs. Liberty (2022)
- UConn career-high 10 points (2 FG, 4 PAT) vs. Central Connecticut (2022)
- Career-high five touchbacks on kickoff at Utah State (2022)
High School:
- Broke Connecticut high school record for longest field goal with 56-yarder in 2019
- Made 10 field goals and 59 extra points between junior and senior seasons
- Played three years at West Hartford after moving from Colorado
- Dual-sport athlete who also played basketball
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