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Noel Named to Maxwell Award Watch List

BOONE, N.C. — App State running back Nate Noel has been named to the watch list for the 2023 Maxwell Award, which recognizes the most outstanding player in college football.

Every year since 2015, App State's first season as a bowl-eligible FBS program, the Mountaineers have had at least one standout performer on the Maxwell Award watch list.

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.