Player facts
- Team
Houston Texans- Position
- Wide Receiver
- Number
- 13
- Born
- Sep 4, 2002 (age 24)
- Birthplace
- Kansas City, MO, USA
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 201 lbs
- College
- Iowa State
- Experience
- 2 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Offense
| REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 13 | 17 | 227 | 17.5 | 1 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 13 | 17 | 227 | 20.5 | 1 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 39 | 52 | 519 | 13.3 | 3 | 52 | 21 | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Advanced stats
2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.
| Plays | EPA/play | Success | CPOE | League rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | 21 targets | +0.96 | 67% | fewer than 24 plays |
Recent games
| Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST |
@  TEN | W 26-3 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  DAL | L 34-30 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
@  IND | L 19-17 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  CIN | L 20-6 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  BUF | L 36-31 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Jaylin Noel (born September 4, 2002) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa State Cyclones and was selected by the Texans in the third round of the 2025 NFL draft.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jaylin Noel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Noel was born on September 4, 2002 in Kansas City, Kansas. He started playing football in the second grade, where he was a quarterback, before making the switch to wide receiver two years later. He continued playing throughout middle school, afterwards, his mother, Deidre Cash, moved them to the Missouri side of Kansas City so Noel could play at Park Hill High School, a request she fulfilled after Noel begged her to do so. Noel attended Park Hill alongside fellow future NFL receiver Ronnie Bell in Kansas City, Missouri. As a junior, he recorded 42 receptions for 769 yards and nine touchdowns. A three-star recruit, Noel committed to play college football at Iowa State University, over offers from Nebraska, Kansas State, and Wisconsin.
College career
In his first season, Noel tallied 39 catches for 269 yards. The following season against Texas, Noel scored his first career touchdown. In addition, against Baylor, Noel posted a then career-high 120 receiving yards. Noel finished his sophomore season with 60 receptions, 572 yards, and three touchdowns. His 60 receptions were tied for fourth most in the Big 12. As a junior, he recorded 66 receptions for 820 yards and seven touchdowns. Noel's senior year he was a standout for the Cyclones, tallying 80 receptions for 1,194 yards and 8 touchdowns while earning First Team All-Big 12 honors as a special teams player.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jaylin Noel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
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Sources
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- 1WikipediaJaylin Noel on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Jaylin Noel