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[2025 Draft/3-79] Jaylin Noel, WR, Iowa State

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#101 zeeshan2, May 18, 2025

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This is from early March. We can only hope.

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Only thing I've really seen (allow me I am expert) is that he doesn't square off his up/outs. Needs to learn to fake inside, plant foot, and go straight at the sideline or a bit back towards the QB

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https://www.si.com/nfl/jaylin-noel-texans-rookie-iowa-state-purdy

Sports Illustrated: The NFLPA Rookie Premiere is all about connections and businesses, sponsorships and maybe a little about life after football in terms of what you want to do. What’s been your biggest takeaway so far from being here?

Jaylin Noel: Really, just meeting all these brands and being able to market myself is something that’s a big opportunity for me. Obviously, going into the NFL, you want to get your name out there and be known. To be able to meet brands, such as doing an interview for Sports Illustrated and meeting the other brands around here is a super cool opportunity. You get to show your personality, show these brands who you are, so they want to reach out to you.

SI: Do you feel like you got practice with that in the predraft process, because you have a bunch of meetings with teams that want to get to know you? You get coaches, GMs and scouts, they all want to get to know you and meet you.

JN: Yeah, you gotta be able to sell yourself in a way. To be able to put a smile on, which I feel like I’m always smiling anyway, just to be able to talk to certain people and knowing how to talk to them, and just having fun with it.

SI: I’m assuming you’re smiling a little more because your former Iowa State teammate, Brock Purdy, just got paid by the San Francisco 49ers.

JN: Oh, yeah, that’s my guy. I’m happy for him. He deserves it. To be Mr. Irrelevant, as they say, to be the last pick in the draft, to be now one of the highest-paid players in the league, it’s a very cool moment for him. I’m proud of him. Hopefully, I’ll be able to see him at some point soon to congratulate him.

SI: Seeing him go from the last pick in the draft, to starting a Super Bowl to now getting a contract extension, was Purdy a source of motivation for you at Iowa State?

JN: It shows you what hard work means, honestly. Knowing him, he’s a very consistent person. He’s really a role model for all the guys at Iowa State. Being able to put in the work and make strides that not a lot of people have done, it gives guys hope and an idea of what hard work can get you, for sure.

SI: So when you’re still on the draft board on Day 2, was it relaxing to know that Purdy went in the seventh round and still had success in the NFL, or was it still nerve-wracking waiting until the third round?

JN: I mean, there’s always going to be pressure, nerves. You always want your name called sooner than it is, but it’s just a blessing to hear your name called, because there are a lot of guys who hope to hear their name called and, unfortunately, it doesn’t happen. For it to happen to me, it was definitely a blessing and something I wouldn’t forget.

SI: Did you think Houston wasn’t an option because the Texans took your Iowa State teammate Jayden Higgins in the second round?

JN: Yeah, for sure. When I seen they took him, it was crazy. For them to call me, it was [GM] Nick Caserio with the Texans, my mind was just blown because I was like, ‘I’m going to team up with my guy again.’ It was a super cool moment.

SI: I’m assuming you were already with family, was your first phone call after hanging up with the Texans, was it with Jayden Higgins?

JN: Yeah, it actually was. He called me pretty soon after that. We were just very excited to be able to team up with each other again. With the bond we grew at Iowa State for the two years that we did play together, and to be able to continue that, it’s going to be very cool.

SI: Iowa State has had a good amount of NFL players with you, Higgins, Brock Purdy, Breece Hall and Will McDonald IV, but what’s coach Matt Campbell doing right out there to help you guys get to the next level?

JN: He’s really just creating men, not only on the field, but off the field. He’s teaching us how to go about our process, how to take care of ourselves, honestly. He does a great job of that, and he’s a player’s coach. Everybody wants to play for him and he connects with people. He’s done a great job with that program at Iowa State. He’s creating something, for sure.

SI: You’re now with coach DeMeco Ryans with the Texans. How’s it been getting to know him?

JN: Great. Just like coach Campbell, he’s a player’s coach. Obviously, he played in the league for a little while with the Texans, and just the few interactions I’ve had with him, he’s been just a great person in general and brings energy every day and sets a standard in the organization. He has the Texans going in the right direction.

SI: With C.J. Stroud being from California, do you think you’ll be out here often for offseason workouts with him?

JN: Hey, if he wants me to come out here to work out with him, then that’s where I’ll be. That’s going to be my quarterback for the future and he’s a great player and has already established himself as one of the top quarterbacks in the league after two years. It's going to be a cool opportunity to play with him.

SI: Watching from afar, I’m assuming you study NFL wide receivers. With Nico Collins, he seems to be very underrated for a very productive player. Do you study his game and how’s it been working with him?

JN: It’s been great. Like you said, I feel like he’s underrated, for sure. He is to me one of the top receivers in the league. Year after year, he shows why he is. But to be able to work with him is going to be very cool, just to pick his brain and see how he’s had success in the league, it’s going to be a fun experience to be alongside him.

SI: What do you like to do besides football? Any hobbies? Any other sports you played growing up?

JN: I played a few different sports growing up. I’ve always been around sports, my family is big into sports. I’m into golf. I picked up golf while I was at Iowa State. Not much to do in Ames, but they have some golf courses. It’s fun, addictive, and expensive as well.

I also like to fish. Fishing is something that takes my mind away from football, it’s very peaceful. Put a line in the water and be able to just chill out there, so that’s fun. Being able to cook with my fiancé. I recently got engaged, so I enjoy cooking with her and watching TV shows and stuff like that.
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I've always liked Matt Campbell as a coach, but this makes me love him even more:

SI: Iowa State has had a good amount of NFL players with you, Higgins, Brock Purdy, Breece Hall and Will McDonald IV, but what’s coach Matt Campbell doing right out there to help you guys get to the next level?

JN: He’s really just creating men, not only on the field, but off the field. He’s teaching us how to go about our process, how to take care of ourselves, honestly. He does a great job of that, and he’s a player’s coach. Everybody wants to play for him and he connects with people. He’s done a great job with that program at Iowa State. He’s creating something, for sure.

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“Did he ever expected Caserio to draft both of his guys? “Well, no,” Campbell says with a laugh. In fact, the Texans didn't expect it either. They figured that they could get Higgins at No. 34, while Noel would go somewhere in the second round. Caserio had heard Noel had been impressive on visits with other teams.”
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Daniel Jones? Lol

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Daniel Jones? Lol
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I swear I saw something recently that compared Daniel Jones to Trevor Lawrence...and they were quite hilariously similar.

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Buck Turgidson said: ↑

I swear I saw something recently that compared Daniel Jones to Trever Lawrence...and they were quite hilariously similar.
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That's the one!

It's hard to get more even than that

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Buck Turgidson said: ↑

I swear I saw something recently that compared Daniel Jones to Trevor Lawrence...and they were quite hilariously similar.
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Lawrence is about as overrated as it gets. At best he's an average QB

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GOATuve said: ↑

Lawrence is about as overrated as it gets. At best he's an average QB
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He's no longer highly overrated. That ship has sailed.

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A_3PO said: ↑

He's no longer highly overrated. That ship has sailed.
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As it should. I still him being spoken about as a top half QB which I don't think he is

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GOATuve said: ↑

Lawrence is about as overrated as it gets. At best he's an average QB
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I remember the GF walking through the room during a Hou/Jax game a few years ago, and of course they're showing Lawrence on the sideline, and her immediate comment was something along the lines of "that's the ugliest chick I've ever seen"

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A_3PO said: ↑

He's no longer highly overrated. That ship has sailed.
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Highly overpaid is still in play though. lulz

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Buck Turgidson said: ↑

I remember the GF walking through the room during a Hou/Jax game a few years ago, and of course they're showing Lawrence on the sideline, and her immediate comment was something along the lines of "that's the ugliest chick I've ever seen"
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Lol.

He's definitely a weird looking dude but whatever works for him. He's not a good football player.

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