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| RB NOAH HERRON #23 |
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| 5' 11" • 225 lbs. • Northwestern |
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Exp: 4th NFL Season, 4th Packers Season
Age: 26
Acquired: Free Agent 2005
Current Status: Active Roster
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- Last name is pronounced HAIR-un
- In 2006, finished third on the team in rushing with 150 yards and fourth in receiving with 29 catches
- Signed by the Packers off Pittsburgh's practice squad in Week 13 in 2005
- At Northwestern, was recognized as the Big Ten's 2004 'Back of the Year' by the Chicago Tribune
- Kept busy away from football this offseason, making a pair of trips to visit troops and also helped organize a charity golf tournament
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- Heady third-year back enters season seeking to upgrade role in a re-tooled Packers backfield
- Has proven capable of catching the ball out of the backfield and as a kick returner
- Finished third on the team with 150 rushing yards, playing 222 offensive snaps in 2006, mostly on third down, but had taken over the backup RB position for a stretch, with Vernand Morency out with lower back injury
- Was one of six players to compile double figures in special teams tackles, finishing with 10
- Ran back eight kickoffs for 143 yards (17.9 avg.)
- A late-season addition to the Packers' roster in 2005, secured the No. 3 tailback role in his first Green Bay training camp by leading the team with 119 preseason rushing yards
- Playing in five games as rookie, finishing fourth on the team in rushing with 45 carries for 121 yards and two TDs
- Initially signed to the Packers roster off the Pittsburgh practice squad, having been selected by the Steelers in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft; played behind former All-Pro Jerome Bettis and budding star Willie Parker
- Rushed for 2,524 yards at Northwestern and was named Big Ten's 'Back of the Year' by the Chicago Tribune as a senior
- Heavily involved in community endeavours, co-hosted a charity golf tournament this June, visited troops and makes many visits to Green Bay-area schools
- Played in all 16 games as a reserve in the Packers' backfield, and part-time kickoff returner
- Finished third on the team with 150 rushing yards on 37 carries (4.1 avg.), including one touchdown
- Also finished fourth with the first 29 catches of his career, for 211 yards (7.3 avg.) and a pair of TDs
- Ran back eight kickoffs for 143 yards (17.9 avg.) and posted 10 special teams stops
- In the second quarter vs. Chicago (Sept. 10) on a fake punt, caught a short pass from P Jon Ryan and took it for 16 yards and a first down - his first NFL reception
- One week later vs. New Orleans (Sept. 17), scored his first receiving touchdown, a 6-yard pass that cut the Saints' fourth-quarter lead to 34-27; QB Brett Favre found him after the back told Favre to look for him in the flat
- At Detroit (Sept. 24), caught a pass for 9 yards on third-and-6
- With Ahman Green inactive (hamstring) and Morency struggling, shouldered the bulk of carries vs. St. Louis (Oct. 8) and garnered his first 100-yard rushing game, adding five receptions
- On a first-quarter scoring drive in Rams contest, carried seven times for 38 yards (5.4 avg.), accounting for nearly half of the march's 80 yards, and capped the possession with a 1-yard touchdown run, the Packers' first 2006 TD on the ground
- His third-quarter run of 19 yards was the longest carry of his career
- Made a career-high seven catches for 57 yards at Buffalo (Nov. 5); converted a third-and-2 run on a third-quarter TD drive
- At Minnesota (Nov. 12), caught a pass in the flat on third-and-5 and beat LB Dontarrious Thomas to the end zone, giving Green Bay a 10-0 lead; also filled in at kick returner for an injured Shaun Bodiford, with two returns for 45 yards, and made two special teams tackles
- Made two more coverage stops vs. New England (Nov. 19)
- Against the New York Jets (Dec. 3), tied a career high with a team-leading seven receptions, for 57 yards
- Led the team with 119 preseason rushing yards
- A Week 13 acquisition, played in five Packers games at running back and on special teams
- Finished fourth on the team in rushing with 45 carries for 121 yards and two TDs
- Made two tackles on Green Bay special teams
- In two early games with Pittsburgh, had three rushes for 2 yards and one coverage stop
- Signed by Green Bay off the Pittsburgh practice squad, Nov. 30
- Was waived by the Steelers Sept. 23 and re-signed to their practice squad four days later
- Made his NFL debut with Pittsburgh in a season-opening win vs. Tennessee (Sept. 11), carrying three times for 2 yards
- Also saw reserve action in the Steelers' victory at Houston (Sept. 18)
- Contributed two special teams tackles in his first Packers game, at Chicago (Dec. 4)
- Also played on special teams vs. Detroit (Dec. 11)
- Got his first action in the Packers' backfield on a Monday night at Baltimore (Dec. 19), carrying eight times for 27 yards
- Filling in for Samkon Gado (knee) picked up 6 yards on his first Green Bay snap, and added 17 yards on a fourth-quarter run
- Had a team-high 14 rushes for 33 yards and one touchdown vs. Chicago (Dec. 25)
- Scored his first career touchdown on a 1-yard run in the second quarter to tie the Bears contest, 7-7
- In season-ending, 23-17 win vs. eventual NFC champion Seattle (Jan. 1), got the bulk of the playing time and led the team with 23 rushes for 61 yards
- Punched in an 11-yard run for a second-quarter touchdown, beating S Michael Boulware to the pylon to give Green Bay a 13-7 lead
- Entered the league as Pittsburgh's final 2005 draft choice, the Steelers' second of two selections in the seventh round (244th overall)
- Played in 45 games and gained 2,524 yards with 26 touchdowns on 462 carries at Northwestern
- Departed fifth on the school's career list with 2,524 yards
- Also held the No. 4 spot with 26 rushing touchdowns
- Snatched 72 passes for 781 yards (10.8 avg.) and a pair of scores
- Gained 231 yards on 16 kickoff returns (14.4 avg.) and recorded 14 tackles (11 solo) with a forced fumble on special teams
- His 168 points scored ranked ninth all-time and his 3,536 all-purpose yards were fifth in school history
- In 2004, was named second-team All-Big Ten by the conference's coaches and media
- Was team co-MVP
- Named the Big Ten's 'Back of the Year' by the Chicago Tribune
- Ranked second in the Big Ten and 14th nationally with an average of 115.1 yards per game rushing
- Led the team with 1,381 yards and 14 touchdowns on 274 carries (5.0 avg.)
- Ranked third on the team with 36 receptions for 351 yards (9.8 avg.) and a score
- Finished second in the conference with an average of 144.3 all-purpose yards per game
- Added two solo tackles
- Did not fumble
- Topped 100 yards rushing in six contests
- In junior season of 2003, played in every game, producing four 100-yard rushing efforts
- Ranked second on the team with 119 carries for 739 yards (6.2 avg.) and five touchdowns
- Caught 19 passes for 228 yards (12.0 avg.) and a score
- Had three kickoff returns for 29 yards (9.7 avg.)
- In 2002, ranked second on the team with 365 yards and seven touchdowns on 66 carries (5.5 avg.), despite playing in a reserve role
- Caught 15 passes for 184 yards (12.3 avg.) and returned seven kickoffs for 99 yards (14.1 avg.)
- Also recorded seven tackles (five solo) on special teams
- In 2001 played in the season's first eight games, mostly on special teams
- Registered five special teams tackles and caused a fumble
- Gained 103 yards on six kickoff returns (17.2 avg.) and caught two passes for 18 yards
- Redshirted in 2000
- Graduated with a degree in communication studies
- Given name is Noah Scott Herron
- Last name is pronounced HAIR-un
- Nicknamed 'Lil No-No'
- Born in Milwaukee
- Single
- Attended Mattawan (Mich.) High School
- Rated one of the best running backs in the Midwest by PrepStar as a senior
- Member of the Detroit Free Press Top 25, also received all-state honors from the Associated Press
- As a senior, missed his first three games with an ankle injury but recovered to rush for 842 yards (8.3 avg.) and 19 touchdowns
- Ran for 5,544 career yards and 92 touchdowns, helping team to 26-4 record during his tenure
- Also averaged 20 points per game for the state's fourth-ranked basketball team, additionally lettered in track and baseball
- Very active in community service, gave talks to several schools and businesses over the 2006 season
- Co-hosted a golf tournament in June along with Dave Rayner that raised money for victims of child abuse and their families
- This past Super Bowl weekend, visited a Navy ship with several of his teammates
- Also made a similar trip to visit troops at Fort Wainwright, a U.S. Army base in Fairbanks, Alaska in early March
- Participated in the Green Bay Packers Fan Fest and Green Bay Packers Draft Party
- Helped unload trucks for Wisconsin food pantries as part of Campbell's Chunky Soup's annual "Click For Cans" contest
- Enjoys cooking, especially soul food, having learned the trade from his father and grandmother; hopes to pursue a culinary career after his NFL playing days
- Would also like to get into sports broadcasting; co-hosts a weekly radio show on WTCX-FM
- Before achieving success as an athlete at Northwestern, worked in an engine parts factory for Ford Motor Company
- Also enjoys dominoes, ping pong and bowling, having participated in the Edgar Bennett Celebrity-Bowl-A-Thon; has also played in the Brett Favre Celebrity Softball Game
- Names 24 as his favorite television show
- Residence: Green Bay
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| Rushing | Receiving |
| Year |
GP |
GS |
Att |
Yds |
Avg |
Lg |
TD |
No |
Yds |
Avg |
Lg |
TD |
| 2005 Pittsburgh |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0.7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2005 Green Bay |
5 |
0 |
45 |
121 |
2.7 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2005 totals |
7 |
0 |
48 |
123 |
2.6 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2006 Green Bay |
16 |
0 |
37 |
150 |
4.1 |
19 |
1 |
29 |
211 |
7.3 |
16 |
2 |
| NFL totals (two years) |
23 |
0 |
85 |
273 |
3.2 |
19 |
3 |
29 |
211 |
7.3 |
16 |
2 |
| Green Bay totals |
21 |
0 |
82 |
271 |
3.3 |
19 |
3 |
29 |
211 |
7.3 |
16 |
2 |
Additional statistics: Kickoff returns - 8 for 143 yards, 17.9 avg., 23 long in 2006. Miscellaneous tackles - 1 in 2006. Special teams tackles - 3 in 2005, 10 in 2006; NFL total: 13. Fumbles-Lost - 2-1 in 2006.
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
Rushing
Attempts: 23, vs. Sea. (1/1/06)
Yards: 106, vs. StL (10/8/06)
Long: 19, vs. StL (10/8/06)
TD Runs: 1, three times (last: vs. StL, 10/8/06)
Receiving
Receptions: 7, twice at Buf. (11/5/06) & vs. NYJ (12/3/06)
Yards: 57, at Buf. (11/5/06)
Long: 16, twice (last: at Det., 9/24/06)
TD: 1, twice (last: at Min.. 11/12/06)
NFL debut: vs. Tennessee, 9/11/05 (with Pittsburgh)
First touchdown: vs. Chicago, 12/25/05
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
2005: Selected by Pittsburgh Steelers as second of two choices in seventh round (244th overall) of '05 NFL Draft, April 24...Signed first contract, July 28...Waived by Steelers, Sept. 23...Re-signed by Steelers to practice squad, Sept. 27...Signed by Green Bay Packers off Steelers' practice squad, Nov. 30.
2007: Re-signed by Packers as exclusive-rights free agent, March 14.
CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRATION: After 2007 |
| ELIAS Game By Game Packers Stats |
| Game Date |
Opp | Rushing | Receiving | Kick Returns |
| No | Yds | Avg | TD | No | Yds | Avg | TD | No | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Sep 11, 2005 |
TEN | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep 18, 2005 |
@HOU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dec 4, 2005 |
@CHI | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dec 11, 2005 |
DET | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dec 19, 2005 |
@BAL | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dec 25, 2005 |
CHI | 14 | 33 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jan 1, 2006 |
SEA | 23 | 61 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2005 Totals | 48 | 123 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep 10, 2006 |
CHI | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 |
| Sep 17, 2006 |
NO | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sep 24, 2006 |
@DET | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Oct 2, 2006 |
@PHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Oct 8, 2006 |
STL | 20 | 106 | 5.3 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Oct 22, 2006 |
@MIA | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Oct 29, 2006 |
ARI | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Nov 5, 2006 |
@BUF | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Nov 12, 2006 |
@MIN | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 |
| Nov 19, 2006 |
NE | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 |
| Nov 27, 2006 |
@SEA | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dec 3, 2006 |
NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 |
| Dec 10, 2006 |
@SF | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dec 17, 2006 |
DET | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dec 21, 2006 |
MIN | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dec 31, 2006 |
@CHI | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2006 Totals | 37 | 150 | 4.1 | 1 | 29 | 211 | 7.3 | 2 | 8 | 143 | 17.9 | 0 |
| Packers Totals | 85 | 273 | 3.2 | 3 | 29 | 211 | 7.3 | 2 | 8 | 143 | 17.9 | 0 |
| Statistics provided by Elias Sports Bureau |
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