Honors & Awards
» Academic All-Big Ten (2019)
» Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018, 2019; Spring 2018, 2019)
» Brook Berringer Citizenship Team (2020)
» Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2020)
2019 (Sophomore)
Noah Vedral served as Nebraska’s No. 2 quarterback in 2019, battling through injuries to appear in six total games - five under center - with a pair of starts. Vedral threw for 418 yards and rushed for 106 yards.
Vedral saw his first action at quarterback against Northern Illinois, leading the Huskers on a 42-yard touchdown drive. He completed 3-of-5 passes for 30 yards in the drive and scored on a three-yard rushing touchdown. He played a key role in Nebraska’s 13-10 victory over Northwestern, playing the entire fourth quarter. Vedral threw for 41 yards and rushed for 33 yards in the quarter, and he led Nebraska on a game-ending six-play, 42-yard, one-minute scoring drive that culminated with the Huskers’ game-winning 24-yard field goal as time expired.
Vedral earned his first career start at Minnesota, where he completed 14-of-23 passes for 135 yards and rushed 15 times for 49 yards. He also started the next week against Indiana. Although an injury kept him out for multiple series against the Hoosiers, Vedral completed 14-of-16 passes for a career-high 201 yards, rushed seven times for 21 yards and a career-high two rushing touchdowns and caught a 22-yard pass. He completed an 11-yard pass against Iowa in the season finale.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Vedral was initially ineligible for the 2018 season due to NCAA transfer rules, but he received a waiver granting him immediate eligibility on Oct. 12, the day before the Huskers played at Northwestern. Vedral made his career debut two weeks later, playing the entire second half of the Huskers’ victory over Bethune-Cookman in his only game of the year. Vedral completed a pair of passes for 29 yards against Bethune-Cookman, and he ran for 13 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown.
Before Nebraska (Wahoo Bishop Neumann HS/UCF)
Vedral was the No. 2 quarterback for UCF in 2017 when the Knights went 13-0 and finished as the nation’s only undefeated team. He appeared in eight games as a true freshman for a UCF offense that led the nation in scoring and ranked fifth in total offense. Vedral completed 22-of-29 passes for 276 yards and one touchdown on the season, while adding 77 rushing yards and a pair of rushing touchdowns.
Vedral made an immediate impact, completing 10-of-12 passes for 79 yards in the season opener against Florida International. He scored his first career touchdown on a 13-yard run against East Carolina and added an 11-yard touchdown run two weeks later against Austin Peay. Vedral’s lone touchdown pass was a 35-yard strike against UConn.
Vedral was a multi-sport star at Wahoo Bishop Neumann High School. He passed for 4,561 yards in his career while adding 2,250 rushing yards and accounting for 6,811 yards of total offense and 77 total touchdowns for Coach Tim Turman, his grandfather. Vedral threw for 2,001 yards and rushed for 739 yards as a senior in 2016, when he earned All-Nebraska accolades from the Omaha World-Herald after helping Bishop Neumann finish as the Class C-1 runner up. Vedral was also a standout on the basketball court, taking home third-team All-Nebraska honors as a senior when Bishop Neumann won the C-1 state championship.
Personal
Noah is the son of Michael Vedral and Sara Turman-Vedral and was born on Oct. 15, 1998. Noah is majoring in communication studies. Noah has volunteered with the Nebraska Football Road Race and local hospital visits. His father, Mike, was a three-year letterwinner at tight end for Nebraska (1990-92). His uncles, Jon Vedral (1994-96), Mark Vedral (1998-2001) and Matt Turman (1994-96) were also Husker letterwinners.