Kyle Van Noy

Kyle Van Noy
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Van Noy with the Patriots in 2017
No. 53 – New England Patriots
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1991-03-26) March 26, 1991
Reno, Nevada
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school: Robert McQueen
(Reno, Nevada)
College: BYU
NFL Draft: 2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 40
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2018
Total tackles: 169
Sacks: 7.5
Forced fumbles: 1
Fumble recoveries: 1
Interceptions: 2
Pass deflections: 6
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Kyle Van Noy (born March 26, 1991) is an American football linebacker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft after playing college football at BYU, where he was recognized as a third team All-American.[1]

Early years

Van Noy was born in Reno, Nevada and was raised in Northern California. He attended McQueen High School in Reno, where as an all-state linebacker and receiver he led his high school football team to a perfect 14-0 record and a 4A state championship in 2008, and was rated as a 2-star recruit by Rivals.com[2] and Scout.com.[3]

In addition to playing football, Van Noy lettered in basketball, baseball, and track where he was an all-league performer (4 × 100 m, 4 × 200 m and 4 × 400 m).[4] He also ran the 100 meters in 11.84 seconds and the 400 meters in 50.99 seconds.

Van Noy was ranked the 63rd best high school athlete by ESPN.[5] He received scholarship offers from Arizona, Arizona State University, Boise State University, BYU, California, University of Colorado, UCLA, UNLV, Nevada, San Jose State University, and Stanford.[6][7]

College career

Freshman season (2010)

Van Noy was admitted to BYU in 2009 but sat out his first year due to an honor code violation. During the 2010 season, he played in every game while starting two and earned letterman honors. He recorded 35 tackles (24 solo) and was third on the team with 7.5 tackles-for-loss including 2.0 sacks. He also recorded two forced fumbles, two quarterback hurries, two pass breakups and one fumble recovery (which he returned 44 yards for a touchdown).[4]

Sophomore season (2011)

Van Noy started eight and played in all 13 games of the 2011 season, recording 68 tackles and leading the team with 15 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, 10 quarterback hurries and tied for the team lead with three interceptions.[4] During the 2011 season, Van Noy was the only FBS Division I player to record a stat in each of the following categories: tackle, tackle for loss, sack, interception, pass breakup, quarterback hurry, fumble recovery, forced fumble, blocked kick and touchdown. Like the 2010 season, he again recovered a fumble (which he forced), which he returned for the game-winning touchdown.

He was named to Phil Steele All-Independent First Team,[8] Yahoo! Sports All-Independent Team and FBS All-Independent Team.

Junior season (2012)

Van Noy playing for BYU

In 2012, Van Noy was the defensive leader of a BYU team that led the nation in red zone defense (opponent red zone percentage of .62), was second in rushing defense (84.25 yards/game), third in 3rd down conversion percentage (27.71%) and total defense (allowing 26.33 yards/game), fourth in 1st down defense (14.83/game), and fifth in scoring defense (176 total points). Additionally, they were in the top 25 in passing defense (13th), sacks (22nd), 4th down conversion defense (23rd), and tackles for loss (25th).[9]

In 13 games played he recorded 53 tackles, 22 tackles-for-loss, 13 sacks, 2 interceptions (one for a touchdown), 6 forced fumbles, and 1 fumble recovered (for a touchdown), 8 quarterback hurries, 5 pass break-ups, and 2 blocked kicks.[4] Van Noy dominated in BYU's 23-6 victory over San Diego State in the 2012 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, where he recorded 8 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery (for a touchdown), 1 interception (for a touchdown), and a blocked punt.[10][11] One writer speculated that Van Noy’s performance, in a bowl, may be best defensive performance by a BYU Cougar ever.[12]

Van Noy was named to the Bronco Nagurski Trophy, Lombardi Award and Bednarik Award Watch Lists, was National Linebacker of week 3, and was Third team All-American. He also earned the 2012 College Football Performance Award (CFPA) trophy for overall best defensive player of the year, as well as the 2012 linebacker Trophy.[13][14]

Van Noy was projected as a first or second round pick in the 2013 NFL draft,[15] but opted to remain at BYU for his senior season.[16]

Senior season (2013)

As a senior in 2013, Van Noy was named to the watch lists for the Butkus Award, Rotary Lombardi, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Walter camp, Chuck Bednarik Award, and the Lott Trophy. He was a Phil Steele, USA Today, and SI.com Preseason All-American and finished the season All-America to Walter Camp Second Team, Athlon Sports Third Team, CBSSports.com Third Team and Sport and SI.com Honorable Mention. He was also named to the All-Independent First team and was the All-Independent Defensive Player of the Year. In his final collegiate season, he recorded 70 total tackles, 17 tackles-for-loss, three sacks, two interceptions, six passes defended, and two fumble recoveries.[17]

College career statistics

All statistics from Brigham Young Official Athletic Site,[4]

YearTeamGamesTacklesSacksPass DefenseFumblesBlocked
SoloAstTotalTFL–YdsNo–YdsInt–Yds TDBUQbhFFFRFRYDSBLKD
2010BYU 132411357.5–382.0–190–0 02221440
2011BYU 1350186815–937.0–543–79 03103131
2012BYU 1337165322–12013.0–902–26 1586102
2013BYU 1342287017.5–704.0–292–17 17120200
Career521537322662–32126.0–1927–122 21132173473

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad BP
6 ft 3 in
(1.91 m)		 243 lb
(110 kg)		 31 5⁄8 in
(0.80 m)		 9 5⁄8 in
(0.24 m)		 4.71 s 4.20 s 7.22 s 32 1⁄2 in
(0.83 m)		 9 ft 4 in
(2.84 m)		 21 reps
All values from NFL combine.[18]

Detroit Lions

Van Noy was rated as the fourth best outside linebacker prospect in the 2014 NFL draft and was projected as a first or second round pick.[19] Van Noy was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round, 40th overall, in the 2014 NFL Draft.[20]

On June 5, 2014, the Detroit Lions signed Van Noy to a four-year, $5.10 million rookie contract with $2.63 million guaranteed and a $2.03 million signing bonus.[21]

Van Noy's rookie season was delayed due to an abdominal injury but he did see action in eight games, registering six tackles.[22] On November 9, 2014, he played in his first game and registered 2 tackles in a Week 10 victory over the Miami Dolphins.[23] On September 11, 2016, Van Noy had his first career start in the Lion's season opening 39-35 win over the Indianapolis Colts.[24] Before being traded, Van Noy started the first seven games of the season for the Lions and registered 23 total tackles. He finished his time with the Lions with a total of 39 tackles since 2014.[25]

New England Patriots

2016 season

On October 25, 2016, Van Noy was traded to the New England Patriots along with a 2017 seventh round draft pick in exchange for a 2017 sixth round draft pick.[26][27] After being inactive for the first two games, Van Noy made his Patriots debut against the 49ers and recorded a sack and three tackles.[28] On December 4, 2016, Van Noy recorded his first career interception off of Los Angeles Rams' rookie quarterback Jared Goff.[29] The Patriots won 14 games and would make the playoffs.[30]

On February 5, 2017, Van Noy was part of the Patriots team that won Super Bowl LI. In the game, the Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons by a score of 34–28 in overtime.[31][32][33] Van Noy was credited with one tackle and a .5 sack in the game.[34]

2017 season

On September 8, 2017, Van Noy signed a two-year contract extension with the Patriots.[35] After training camp and preseason Van Noy was named a starter. In the Patriots season opener loss against the Kansas City Chiefs, Van Noy recorded 6 tackles.[36] In week two against the New Orleans Saints, Van Noy recorded 4 total tackles.[37] In Week 3, Van Noy combined for a total of 11 tackles.[38] In Week 4, Van Noy combined for 7 total tackles and 1 sack against the Carolina Panthers.[39] In Week 5 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Van Noy recorded 7 more tackles and .5 of a sack.[40] In Week 6 against the New York Jets, Van Noy had a breakout game recording 7 tackles and 2.0 sacks.[41] Van Noy finished the 2017 NFL season with 73 tackles and 5.5 sacks. The Patriots reached Super Bowl LII, but lost 41–33 to the Philadelphia Eagles with Van Noy recording 5 tackles in the game.

2018 season

In a week 2 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars Van Noy recorded 6 tackles and 1 interception.

NFL statistics

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GGSCombSoloAsstSackSftyPDIntYdsAvgLngTDFFFRYdsTD
2014DET 806600.000000.0000000
2015DET 1507521.000000.0000000
2016DET 77232120.001000.0000000
NE 72279181.002100.0001000
2017NE 13127358155.502000.0000000
Career502113699377.505100.0001000

Bold indicates career high

Personal life

Van Noy was a communications major at BYU. He is the son of Kelly and Layne Van Noy. He was college roommates and a mentor to football player and former Lions teammate Ziggy Ansah and best friends with BYU basketball player Brandon Davies.[42] Van Noy is married to former Miss Utah USA winner, Marissa Powell.

References

  1. ↑ "AP releases 2012 All-America teams". CBSsports.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Rivals profile - Kyle Van Noy". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  3. ↑ "Scout profile - Kyle Van Noy". Scout.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Player Bio: Kyle Van Noy". Brigham Young Athletics. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  5. ↑ "Football Recruiting - Kyle Van Noy". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  6. ↑ "Scouting Report - Kyle Van Noy". Scout.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  7. ↑ "Van Noy talks top three". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  8. ↑ "Phil Steele's 2011 Postseason All-Independent Team". PhilSteele.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  9. ↑ https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/1042/p1 December 2012
  10. ↑ "Poinsettia Bowl - Brigham Young at San Diego State Box Score, December 20, 2012". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  11. ↑ "Kyle Van Noy Leads BYU To Poinsettia Bowl Win Over San Diego State, 23-6 (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  12. ↑ "Dick Harmon: Kyle Van Noy becomes the latest superstar to join BYU's club of legends (+video)". DeseretNews.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  13. ↑ Pyne, Brett. "Kyle Van Noy earns 2012 CFPA Linebacker Trophy". BYUcougars.com. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
  14. ↑ "College Football Performance Awards". CollegeFootballPerformance.com. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
  15. ↑ "Kyle Van Noy: Assessing Draft Stock of BYU LB After Monster Bowl Game". The Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  16. ↑ Pyne, Brett. "All-American Kyle Van Noy staying at BYU for senior season". BYUCougars.com. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  17. ↑ "Kyle Van Noy 2013 Game Log". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  18. ↑ "NFL Draft Profile: Kyle Van Noy". nfl.com. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  19. ↑ "2014 NFL Draft". CBS Sports.
  20. ↑ "2014 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  21. ↑ "Sportrac.com: Kyle Van Noy contract". Sportrac.com. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Kyle Van Noy 2014 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  23. ↑ "Miami Dolphins at Detroit Lions - November 9th, 2014". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  24. ↑ http://www.detroitlions.com/team/roster/Kyle-Van%20Noy/e35d8382-2ed9-4a96-a81b-f018e1885354
  25. ↑ "NFL Player Profile:Kyle Van Noy". NFL.com. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Lions sign LB Josh Bynes and trade LB Kyle Van Noy to Patriots". DetroitLions.com. October 25, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Patriots acquire LB Kyle Van Noy in a trade with Detroit". Patriots.com. October 26, 2016.
  28. ↑ "New England Patriots at San Francisco 49ers - November 20th, 2016". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  29. ↑ "Los Angeles Rams at New England Patriots - December 4th, 2016". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  30. ↑ "2016 New England Patriots Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  31. ↑ "Super Bowl LI - New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons - February 5th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  32. ↑ Wesseling, Chris. "New England Patriots win Super Bowl LI". NFL. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  33. ↑ Clarke, Liz. "Julian Edelman’s Super Bowl miracle catch gives Patriots answer to David Tyree", The Washington Post, February 6, 2017
  34. ↑ "Super Bowl LI - National Football League Game Summary" (PDF). National Football League. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  35. ↑ Reiss, Mike (September 8, 2017). "LB Kyle Van Noy agrees to two-year extension with Patriots". ESPN.com.
  36. ↑ "Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots - September 7th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  37. ↑ "New England Patriots at New Orleans Saints - September 17th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  38. ↑ "Houston Texans at New England Patriots - September 24th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  39. ↑ "Carolina Panthers at New England Patriots - October 1st, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  40. ↑ "New England Patriots at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - October 5th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  41. ↑ "New England Patriots at New York Jets - October 15th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  42. ↑ Steves, Talo. "Best friends, different sports". Scout.com. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
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