Marble Falls’ Lyon signs with Schreiner
CAPTION: Noah Lyon (seated, center), signs to play college football for Schreiner University as his mom, April (seated, left), grandmother Melody Ellis, Morgan Ellis (standing, left) and Oliver Lyon look. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography
Marble Falls High School football player Noah Lyon made his commitment to Schreiner University official May 14 by signing to play for the Mountaineers.
“In their augural season as a football program,” Marble Falls head coach Keri Timmerman said. “Noah is aggressive, competitive and has a desire to constantly improve himself.”
Lyon, who was recruited as a tight end, said he liked the campus and he liked that it was close to Marble Falls
“It’s not crazy far from here so I can come back on the weekends and honestly, I really like the coaching stuff,” he said.
He especially likes head coach Keith Allen.
Lyon, who played H-back, tight end and inside linebacker for the Mustangs, will play tight end for the Mountaineers.
While playing for the Mustangs last season, Lyon caught 23 passes for 288 yards and a touchdown and had 116 tackles, five sacks and two interceptions as an inside linebacker.
He was named second team all-District 24-4A as a tight end.
By signing to play on the next level, he is following in the footsteps of a cousin, David Morgan, a 2011 Marble Falls High School graduate. Morgan was a tight end at the University of Texas at San Antonio and for the Minnesota Vikings.
The two have a close relationship, and Lyon pointed out he also was close to “Big Dave” Morgan, David’s dad. Dave Morgan, who died in 2023, was a Colt Elementary School coach and also played tight end on the collegiate level. While the three tossed the pigskin around a lot, Lyon said “Big Dave” taught him “how to be a man.”
“He and his dad helped me a lot,” Lyon said. “When I was growing up, I watched David play. This is all I wanted to do.”
Timmerman noted that Lyon was among the first players he met when he became the athletic director and head coach in December 2023.
“It was immediately evident that football was very important to him,” the coach said. “After our initial conversation, I knew where he would fit with offensive at H Back and tight end and defensively as one of our inside linebackers.”
Lyon said Timmerman’s version of the spread offense helped him showcase his skills where he had to be equally good at run blocking, pass protection, running routes, downfield blocking and catching.
Defensive coordinator Ryan Craven’s scheme allowed Lyon to bring chaos to opponents.
Lyon also credited strength-and-conditioning coordinator Karl “Beef” Bielfeldt for increasing his strength, particularly on the bench press and squat. Though he called Bielfeldt’s approach “very unconventional and kind of weird,” he couldn’t argue with the results. He went from bench pressing 185 to 315 and squatting 205 to 385.
A three-year letterman on the football team, he also played basketball for the Mustangs.
The son of April Lyon and the grandson of Melody Ellis will major in business.
“I’m grateful for my mom,” he said. “She was there to help me and always there to support me. And my grandma.”
“I am so excited to have been a small part of Noah’s development and journey,” Timmerman said, “but I’m more excited to see where God will lead him from here.”
Lyon will suit up one more time as a high school player when he competes in the first Hill Country Coaches Association All-Star game at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 17, at Texan Stadium in Wimberley.
CAPTION: Two great Mustangs who left their marks on the program – cousins Noah Lyon (left) and 2011 graduate David Morgan grew up very close. Morgan became a tight end while playing for the University of Texas at San Antonio and later for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings. Lyon signed to play for Schreiner University as a tight end. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography
