University of Nevada Las Vegas

UNLV: A big-bodied but highly athletic tight end who is a returning starter this fall. 

2020: Played in the first four games, starting three … Finished second on the team with 14 receptions and fourth with 103 yards with a long of 15 … Hauled In a career-high seven passes for 66 yards vs. UNR. 

2019: Appeared in 11 games, including making four starts … Set career bests in yards and catches as a sophomore … First career start came vs. Boise State in Game Five … Finished the season third on the team with 22 receptions for 336 yards and a pair of touchdowns … Caught a five-yard TD pass from Kenyon Oblad in win at Vanderbilt and one week later sprinted for a 60-yard score vs. Fresno State … One of a school-record 28 Academic All-Mountain West honorees.  

2018: Earned his first letter as a Rebel by playing in all 12 games … Two of his three receptions resulted in touchdowns … Caught a nine-yard pass from Max Gilliam for his team’s first points in a game at Hawai’i and one week later hauled in a one-yard scoring pass from Armani Rogers that gave UNLV its first lead of the night vs. UNR in the season finale. 2017: Redshirted season. 

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2017 graduate of Grace Brethren HS … A two-year letterwinner under coach Josh Henderson … Hauled in 40 receptions for 840 yards and 15 touchdowns and helped lead the Lancers to a 9-1 record and a Tri-Valley League championship as a senior … Rated as a three-star prospect by Scout. … Earned All-Ventura County First Team honors as a senior and played in the Ventura County All-Star Game … Earned all-league honors as a junior and was part of a team that went 12-2 … Also earned a varsity letter at Calabasas HS under coaches Casey and Rick Clausen as a sophomore. 

PERSONAL: Noah Turrel Bean was born in Watts, CA … The son of Tonya and Eddie Bean … Has one older brother, Martel, and two older sisters, Tanieya and Ashley … Uncle Mario Ellis played basketball at Fresno State … Majoring in urban studies.