2025 Football Roster
Roster
Whittington, Noah

Jersey Number 6
Noah Whittington
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Fort Valley, Ga.
- High School:
- Peach County HS
- Prev School:
- Western Kentucky
Bio
As A Redshirt Junior (2024)
Played in all 14 games for the Ducks after returning from injury … Rushed 118 times for 540 yards and six touchdowns … Also caught 24 passes for 136 yards and two scores … Five games with a rushing touchdown, and one game with both a rushing and receiving touchdown (Illinois) … Four games with double-digit rushing attempts … Recorded 13 rushes of 10-plus yards and six of 20-plus yards … Had at least one reception in 10 of 14 games, as well as six multi-catch performances … Also returned eight kickoffs for 232 yards with a long return of 100 yards (Boise State) … Played 440 total snaps, including 364 on offense and 76 on special teams … Earned a 72.2 offensive grade from Pro Football Focus with a 78.3 rushing grade … vs. Idaho (Aug. 31): Rushed 14 times for 33 yards and caught four passes for 32 yards in first game action since Sept. 23, 2023 … vs. Boise State (Sept. 7): Provided a pivotal moment in Oregon’s comeback win with a 100-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter to help tie the game at 34-34 … Fumbled the ball at the goal line, but it was picked up by teammate Jayden Limar for a touchdown … 100-yard kickoff return tied for the second longest in program history, and longest since 2019 … Also rushed six times for 21 yards … at Oregon State (Sept. 14): Scored first touchdown of the season on a 27-yard rush in the fourth quarter … Rushed seven times for 64 yards … at Purdue (Oct. 18): Caught four passes for 24 yards and first receiving touchdown since 2022 … Also rushed nine times for 42 yards … vs. No. 20 Illinois (Oct. 26): First career game with both a rushing and receiving touchdown, running for an 18-yard score in the second quarter before catching a two-yard score less than six minutes later … Rushed seven times for 56 yards and caught two passes for 20 yards … at Michigan (Nov. 2): Scored for the third straight game with first career multi-touchdown performance, rushing for a pair of TDs … Rushed for two touchdowns in the second quarter, one from a yard out and another from six yards out … Finished with 11 rushes for 36 yards and two scores … vs. Maryland (Nov. 9): Rushed 13 times for 77 yards … vs. Washington (Nov. 30): Nine rushes for 67 yards with a nine-yard touchdown run … Long rush of 20 yards … vs. No. 3 Penn State (Dec. 7): Recorded season highs of 15 rushes for 82 yards in the Big Ten Championship Game with a long rush of 26 yards … vs. No. 8 Ohio State (Oct. 12): Rushed for a two-yard touchdown and matched career high with six receptions for 30 yards.
As a Junior (2023)
Appeared in Oregon’s first four games of 2023 before missing the remainder of the season due to injury … Utilized a redshirt … In four games, rushed 20 times for 148 yards and two touchdowns while adding 10 receptions for 78 yards … Played 64 total offensive snaps … at Texas Tech (Sept. 9): Caught a career-high six passes for 60 yards while rushing seven times for 21 yards … vs. Hawai’i (Sept. 16): Rushed five times for a season-high 80 yards and first touchdown of the season, a 34-yard score … vs. No. 19 Colorado (Sept. 23): Rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown on eight carries before sustaining season-ending injury.
As a Sophomore (2022)
Played in all 13 games during first season in Eugene, making one start … Second on the team with a career-high 779 rushing yards on 139 carries with five rushing touchdowns … Added 22 receptions for 169 yards and a touchdown … Rushed for at least 50 yards in nine of 13 games with one 100-yard rushing performance … Ranked ninth among Pac-12 running backs with 59.92 rushing yards per game and 10th with 5.60 yards per carry … At least one reception in nine of 13 games, with three games of five catches … Played 354 total snaps on offense … Graded well by Pro Football Focus with a 79.9 overall grade and an 82.7 rushing mark … vs. Eastern Washington (Sept. 10): Scored first touchdown as a Duck on a five-yard rush in the first quarter … vs. No. 12 BYU (Sept. 17): Helped Oregon to a top-15 home win with 66 rushing yards on 13 carries … at Washington State (Sept. 24): Rushed 11 times for 69 yards in the Ducks’ comeback win in Pullman … vs. Stanford (Oct. 1): Went over 60 rushing yards for the third straight game with 66 yards on 11 carries … at Arizona (Oct. 8): Led the Ducks with 92 rushing yards on just six carries (15.3 YPC), headlined by a season-long 55-yard touchdown … vs. No. 9 UCLA (Oct. 22): 73 rushing yards on 12 carries in Oregon’s top-10 home win … at California (Oct. 29): Rushed 10 times for 66 yards and caught a career-high five passes for 67 yards and first career receiving touchdown, a 29-yard catch-and-run … at Colorado (Nov. 5): Caught five passes for the second straight game and rushed eight times for 37 yards with a nine-yard touchdown … vs. No. 25 Washington (Nov. 12): Surpassed 100 rushing yards for the first time as a Duck, carrying the ball a season-high 20 times for 106 yards with a 29-yard touchdown … at No. 21 Oregon State (Nov. 26): Closed the regular season with a team-high 81 rushing yards on 16 carries with a five-yard touchdown … vs. North Carolina (Dec. 28): Matched career-high with five receptions for 37 yards while rushing 11 times for 27 yards in Oregon’s Holiday Bowl win.
As A Freshman at Western Kentucky (2021)
Led the team in rushing with 617 yards on the ground on 101 carries with a pair of touchdowns … Third in Conference USA averaging 6.1 yards per rush … Played in 12 games while making seven starts … Broke off 18 runs of at least 10 yards … One of two players in the league with a run of at least 80 yards … Also caught 12 passes for 58 yards … at No. 9 Michigan State (Oct. 2): Ran for 37 yards on seven carries while catching a pass for six yards … vs. UTSA (Oct. 9): Set a then-career-high with 49 rushing yards on eight attempts … vs. Charlotte (Oct. 30): Finished with 66 yards and a TD on 10 carries while catching a pass for eight yards in a 45-13 win … vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 6): Carried the ball a career-high 17 times for 67 yards to go along with two receptions for 20 yards in a win … at Marshall (Nov. 27): Went for 69 yards on the ground on 14 attempts in a 53-21 win … vs. Appalachian State (Dec. 18): Racked up a career-high 150 yards rushing and a TD on just seven carries to help WKU to a 59-38 Boca Raton Bowl win … Broke off an 86-yard TD run in the third quarter – tied for the eighth-longest run in program history.
As A Freshman at Western Kentucky (2020)
Appeared in all 12 games as a true freshman … Totaled 128 all-purpose yards, carrying the ball 16 times for 39 yards while returning five kickoffs for 84 yards … Saw action on special teams as a part of the kickoff coverage team.
High School
A three-star prospect according to 247Sports and ESPN … Finished career with 1,554 rushing yards, 30 TDs and 8.0 yards per carry … Also caught 60 passes for 776 yards and seven touchdowns … Helped Peach County HS to an 11-2 record as a senior in 2019.
Played in all 14 games for the Ducks after returning from injury … Rushed 118 times for 540 yards and six touchdowns … Also caught 24 passes for 136 yards and two scores … Five games with a rushing touchdown, and one game with both a rushing and receiving touchdown (Illinois) … Four games with double-digit rushing attempts … Recorded 13 rushes of 10-plus yards and six of 20-plus yards … Had at least one reception in 10 of 14 games, as well as six multi-catch performances … Also returned eight kickoffs for 232 yards with a long return of 100 yards (Boise State) … Played 440 total snaps, including 364 on offense and 76 on special teams … Earned a 72.2 offensive grade from Pro Football Focus with a 78.3 rushing grade … vs. Idaho (Aug. 31): Rushed 14 times for 33 yards and caught four passes for 32 yards in first game action since Sept. 23, 2023 … vs. Boise State (Sept. 7): Provided a pivotal moment in Oregon’s comeback win with a 100-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter to help tie the game at 34-34 … Fumbled the ball at the goal line, but it was picked up by teammate Jayden Limar for a touchdown … 100-yard kickoff return tied for the second longest in program history, and longest since 2019 … Also rushed six times for 21 yards … at Oregon State (Sept. 14): Scored first touchdown of the season on a 27-yard rush in the fourth quarter … Rushed seven times for 64 yards … at Purdue (Oct. 18): Caught four passes for 24 yards and first receiving touchdown since 2022 … Also rushed nine times for 42 yards … vs. No. 20 Illinois (Oct. 26): First career game with both a rushing and receiving touchdown, running for an 18-yard score in the second quarter before catching a two-yard score less than six minutes later … Rushed seven times for 56 yards and caught two passes for 20 yards … at Michigan (Nov. 2): Scored for the third straight game with first career multi-touchdown performance, rushing for a pair of TDs … Rushed for two touchdowns in the second quarter, one from a yard out and another from six yards out … Finished with 11 rushes for 36 yards and two scores … vs. Maryland (Nov. 9): Rushed 13 times for 77 yards … vs. Washington (Nov. 30): Nine rushes for 67 yards with a nine-yard touchdown run … Long rush of 20 yards … vs. No. 3 Penn State (Dec. 7): Recorded season highs of 15 rushes for 82 yards in the Big Ten Championship Game with a long rush of 26 yards … vs. No. 8 Ohio State (Oct. 12): Rushed for a two-yard touchdown and matched career high with six receptions for 30 yards.
As a Junior (2023)
Appeared in Oregon’s first four games of 2023 before missing the remainder of the season due to injury … Utilized a redshirt … In four games, rushed 20 times for 148 yards and two touchdowns while adding 10 receptions for 78 yards … Played 64 total offensive snaps … at Texas Tech (Sept. 9): Caught a career-high six passes for 60 yards while rushing seven times for 21 yards … vs. Hawai’i (Sept. 16): Rushed five times for a season-high 80 yards and first touchdown of the season, a 34-yard score … vs. No. 19 Colorado (Sept. 23): Rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown on eight carries before sustaining season-ending injury.
As a Sophomore (2022)
Played in all 13 games during first season in Eugene, making one start … Second on the team with a career-high 779 rushing yards on 139 carries with five rushing touchdowns … Added 22 receptions for 169 yards and a touchdown … Rushed for at least 50 yards in nine of 13 games with one 100-yard rushing performance … Ranked ninth among Pac-12 running backs with 59.92 rushing yards per game and 10th with 5.60 yards per carry … At least one reception in nine of 13 games, with three games of five catches … Played 354 total snaps on offense … Graded well by Pro Football Focus with a 79.9 overall grade and an 82.7 rushing mark … vs. Eastern Washington (Sept. 10): Scored first touchdown as a Duck on a five-yard rush in the first quarter … vs. No. 12 BYU (Sept. 17): Helped Oregon to a top-15 home win with 66 rushing yards on 13 carries … at Washington State (Sept. 24): Rushed 11 times for 69 yards in the Ducks’ comeback win in Pullman … vs. Stanford (Oct. 1): Went over 60 rushing yards for the third straight game with 66 yards on 11 carries … at Arizona (Oct. 8): Led the Ducks with 92 rushing yards on just six carries (15.3 YPC), headlined by a season-long 55-yard touchdown … vs. No. 9 UCLA (Oct. 22): 73 rushing yards on 12 carries in Oregon’s top-10 home win … at California (Oct. 29): Rushed 10 times for 66 yards and caught a career-high five passes for 67 yards and first career receiving touchdown, a 29-yard catch-and-run … at Colorado (Nov. 5): Caught five passes for the second straight game and rushed eight times for 37 yards with a nine-yard touchdown … vs. No. 25 Washington (Nov. 12): Surpassed 100 rushing yards for the first time as a Duck, carrying the ball a season-high 20 times for 106 yards with a 29-yard touchdown … at No. 21 Oregon State (Nov. 26): Closed the regular season with a team-high 81 rushing yards on 16 carries with a five-yard touchdown … vs. North Carolina (Dec. 28): Matched career-high with five receptions for 37 yards while rushing 11 times for 27 yards in Oregon’s Holiday Bowl win.
As A Freshman at Western Kentucky (2021)
Led the team in rushing with 617 yards on the ground on 101 carries with a pair of touchdowns … Third in Conference USA averaging 6.1 yards per rush … Played in 12 games while making seven starts … Broke off 18 runs of at least 10 yards … One of two players in the league with a run of at least 80 yards … Also caught 12 passes for 58 yards … at No. 9 Michigan State (Oct. 2): Ran for 37 yards on seven carries while catching a pass for six yards … vs. UTSA (Oct. 9): Set a then-career-high with 49 rushing yards on eight attempts … vs. Charlotte (Oct. 30): Finished with 66 yards and a TD on 10 carries while catching a pass for eight yards in a 45-13 win … vs. Middle Tennessee (Nov. 6): Carried the ball a career-high 17 times for 67 yards to go along with two receptions for 20 yards in a win … at Marshall (Nov. 27): Went for 69 yards on the ground on 14 attempts in a 53-21 win … vs. Appalachian State (Dec. 18): Racked up a career-high 150 yards rushing and a TD on just seven carries to help WKU to a 59-38 Boca Raton Bowl win … Broke off an 86-yard TD run in the third quarter – tied for the eighth-longest run in program history.
As A Freshman at Western Kentucky (2020)
Appeared in all 12 games as a true freshman … Totaled 128 all-purpose yards, carrying the ball 16 times for 39 yards while returning five kickoffs for 84 yards … Saw action on special teams as a part of the kickoff coverage team.
High School
A three-star prospect according to 247Sports and ESPN … Finished career with 1,554 rushing yards, 30 TDs and 8.0 yards per carry … Also caught 60 passes for 776 yards and seven touchdowns … Helped Peach County HS to an 11-2 record as a senior in 2019.
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