Noah Spence
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
.jpg) Spence with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2016 | |||||||||||
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| Position | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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| Born | January 8, 1994 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Listed weight | 251 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||
| College | Ohio State (2012–2014) Eastern Kentucky (2015) | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2016: 2nd round, 39th overall pick | ||||||||||
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Noah Spence (born January 8, 1994) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and Eastern Kentucky Colonels, and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft.
Spence attended Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he played on the football team. Over his junior and senior seasons, he had 204 tackles and 35.5 sacks. As a senior, he was the Gatorade Football Player of the Year for Pennsylvania.[1] Spence was rated by Rivals.com as a five-star recruit and was the number one weakside defensive end in his class and ninth best player overall.[2] He committed to Ohio State University to play college football.[3]
College career
Spence played in 12 games as a true freshman at Ohio State in 2012 and had 12 tackles and one sack. As a sophomore in 2013, he started 13 games and recorded 50 tackles and eight sacks. On January 1, 2014, he was suspended for three games, which included the 2014 Orange Bowl and the first two games of 2014, after testing positive for MDMA.[4][5] In September 2014, Spence was suspended indefinitely after another failed drug test.[6][7] He was ruled permanently ineligible by the Big Ten in November.[8][9]
Spence transferred to Eastern Kentucky University in 2015.[10][11] In his lone season at Eastern Kentucky, he had 63 tackles and 11.5 sacks and was the Ohio Valley Conference co-Defensive Player of the Year.[12] After the season, he entered the 2016 NFL draft.[13]
