Kyle Van Noy

Additionally, they were in the top 25 in passing defense (13th), sacks (22nd), 4th down conversion defense (23rd), and tackles for loss (25th).

In 13 games played, he recorded 53 tackles, 22 tackles-for-loss, 13.0 sacks, 2 interceptions (one for a touchdown), 6 forced fumbles with 1 fumble recovered (for a touchdown), 8 quarterback hurries, 5 pass break-ups, and 2 blocked kicks.

Van Noy was ranked the 63rd best high school athlete by ESPN.

He received scholarship offers from Arizona, Arizona State University, Boise State University, BYU, California, University of Colorado, UCLA, UNLV, Nevada, San Jose State University, and Stanford.

Kyle Van Noy (born March 26, 1991) is an American football linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL).

Van Noy played college football at BYU.

He attended McQueen High School in Reno where, as an all-state linebacker and receiver, he led his high school football team to a perfect 14–0 record and a 4A state championship in 2008, and was rated as a 2-star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com.

In addition to playing football, Van Noy lettered in basketball, baseball, and track where he was an all-league performer (4 × 100 m, 4 × 200 m and 4 × 400 m).

He also ran the 100 meters in 11.84 seconds and the 400 meters in 50.99 seconds.

Van Noy was admitted to BYU in 2009 but sat out his first year due to an honor code violation.

During the 2010 season, he played in every game while starting two and earned letterman honors.

He recorded 35 tackles (24 solo) and was third on the team with 7.5 tackles-for-loss including 2.0 sacks.

He also recorded two forced fumbles, two quarterback hurries, two pass breakups and one fumble recovery (which he returned 44 yards for a touchdown).

As he did in the 2010 season, he again recovered a fumble (which he forced), which he returned for the game-winning touchdown.

He was named to the Phil Steele All-Independent First-team, Yahoo! Sports All-Independent Team and FBS All-Independent Team.

Van Noy played in all 13 games, starting in 8, of the 2011 season, recording 68 tackles and leading the team with 15 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, 10 quarterback hurries and tied for the team-lead with three interceptions.

During the 2011 season, Van Noy was the only FBS Division I player to record a stat in each of the following categories: tackle, tackle for loss, sack, interception, pass breakup, quarterback hurry, fumble recovery, forced fumble, blocked kick and touchdown.

In 2012, Van Noy was the defensive leader of a BYU team that led the nation in red zone defense (opponent red zone percentage of .62), was second in rushing defense (84.25 yards/game), third in 3rd down conversion percentage (27.71%) and total defense (allowing 26.33 yards/game), fourth in 1st down defense (14.83/game), and fifth in scoring defense (176 total points).

Van Noy dominated in BYU's 23–6 victory over San Diego State in the 2012 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, where he recorded 8 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery (for a touchdown), 1 interception (for a touchdown), and a blocked punt.

Van Noy was named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Lombardi Award and Chuck Bednarik Award Watch Lists, was National Linebacker of Week 3, and was third team All-American.

Van Noy was projected as a first or second round pick in the 2013 NFL draft, but opted to remain at BYU for his senior season.

As a senior in 2013, Van Noy was named to the watch lists for the Butkus Award, Lombardi Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Walter Camp, Chuck Bednarik Award, and the Lott Trophy.

He was a Phil Steele, USA Today, and Sports Illustrated Preseason All-American and finished the season All-America to Walter Camp Second-team, Athlon Sports Third-team, CBSSports.com Third-team and Sport and SI.com Honorable Mention.

He was also named to the All-Independent first-team and was the All-Independent Defensive Player of the Year.

In his final collegiate season, he recorded 70 total tackles, 17 tackles-for-loss, 4.0 sacks, two interceptions, six passes defended, and two fumble recoveries.

On December 16, 2013, it was announced that Van Noy had accepted his invitation to the Senior Bowl.

He was selected in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions, with whom he spent his first three seasons.

Van Noy played his next four seasons for the New England Patriots, where he won Super Bowl LI and Super Bowl LIII.

Following a year as a member of the Miami Dolphins, he rejoined New England in 2021.

Van Noy signed with the Los Angeles Chargers the following season.

Van Noy was born in Reno, Nevada and was partially raised in Lodi, California.

On January 25, 2014, Van Noy played in the 2014 Senior Bowl and recorded two solo tackles and one sack as part of Jacksonville Jaguars' head coach Gus Bradley's South team that defeated the North 20–10.

His Senior Bowl performance helped solidify his status as a top outside linebacker in the draft.

He was also ranked as the top outside linebacker in the Senior Bowl by the Reese's Senior Bowl Executive Director Phil Savage.

Van Noy attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and completed all of the combine drills.

On March 14, Van Noy participated at BYU's pro day, but chose to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills.

He attended pre-draft visits with multiple teams, including the Atlanta Falcons, the Baltimore Ravens, the Detroit Lions, and the Jaguars.

At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Van Noy was projected to be a second round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts.

He was ranked as the fourth-best outside linebacker prospect in the draft by CBS Sports, and was ranked as the fifth-best outside linebacker by DraftScout.com and NFL analyst Mike Mayock.

Van Noy was also ranked as the fifth-best linebacker by Sports Illustrated.