Noa Pola-Gates

&utilizing his super senior season due to COVID

Pronunciation: NO ah PAUL ah GATES

2023 (Redshirt Senior Season): Played in all 12 games, starting four … recorded 27 tackles with two pass breakups … started the opener against Texas A&M as well as games against UMass, Wyoming and San Jose State … opened his career with a career-best seven tackles against Texas A&M … also had seven tackles against UMass … had a tackle and a pass breakup against New Mexico State … had five tackles against San Jose State … had a pass breakup against Hawai’i … returned three kickoffs for 47 yards against UNLV.

Nebraska: Lettered two seasons at Nebraska, not including a COVID season and a redshirt season … saw action in 20 games over four seasons, mostly on special teams … registered a tackle against No. 20 Michigan State … overall he recorded four tackles … had a career-best two tackles against Penn State in 2020.

High School: Lettered in football at Williams Field High School … selected for both the 2019 Army All-American Bowl and the Polynesian Bowl … as a senior was an All-Arizona selection as the Black Hawks went 11-2 record making it to the Arizona 5A semifinals … recorded 57 tackles, one tackle for loss, five interceptions and seven pass breakups on defense and had 743 all-purpose yards, including three receptions for 200 yards and three touchdowns and 15 carries for 139 yards … out of high school was a consensus four-star recruit who was ranked as the No. 3 player in the state of Arizona by 247Sports and was regarded as the No. 11 safety in the country.

Personal: Birthday is September 29, 2000 … majoring in liberal arts … is the nephew of NFL Hall of Fame safety Troy Polamalu.