Air Noland Makes Elite 11 After Impressive Three-Day Performance

By Garrick Hodge on June 17, 2023 at 11:26 am
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Ohio State quarterback commit Air Noland was among the standouts at the Elite 11 Finals at Redondo Union High School in Southern California this week.

Noland consistently performed in the top third of the 20 quarterbacks in the competition that began Wednesday and concluded Friday. He was officially named as one of this year’s Elite 11 quarterbacks on Saturday.

The Elite 11 did not reveal its final rankings for the top 11 aside from Alabama commit Julian Sayin winning MVP honors, but multiple media outlets who covered the event ranked Noland as a top-five performer. 247Sports ranked Noland as the third-best quarterback at the event while On3 ranked Noland fifth.

Noland, considered the 37th-best prospect and the fifth-ranked quarterback in 2024 per 247Sports' composite rankings, showed his passing accuracy on all three days of the competition, coming in third on Day One and Day Two of the competition's rankings. 

The Georgia prospect completed 17 of 20 passes in the competition's pro day on Thursday. He also finished eighth in the ball score event with a score of 80, a number that was generated through a combination of a quarterback's average velocity (MPH) and average release time (seconds) from 12 throws made at the BreakAway station.

On Friday, he finished eighth in the accuracy challenge with a score of 37 and reportedly completed 10 of 15 passing attempts with two touchdowns in the 7-on-7 competition.

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