#53 Abe Noland
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Watkinsville, Ga.
High School: Oconee County HS
Height / Weight: 5-11 / 255
Position: OL
Prior to Western Carolina: Recovered from a broken vertabrae in his back suffered prior to his sophomore season to return to the football field ... Was among the Terrific 32 from NE Georgia Recruits.
Personal: Is the son of Travis and Julie Noland ... His father, Travis, is the football coach at OCHS and played collegiate football at Appalachian State ... Travis coached prep football across Western North Carolina at Cherokee HS, Pisgah HS, A.C. Reynolds HS, Erwin HS and Tuscola HS, serving as the head coach at the final two stops ... Has two brothers - older brother, Zeb, is a quarterback at Iowa State, and younger brother, Ben.
Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations
