Troy Nolan in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Safety, Arizona State, to 2008

Troy Nolan

Born
Sep 7, 1986, in Los Angeles, California

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Troy Nolan played safety at Arizona State (to 2008). The Houston Texans took Nolan in round 7, No. 223 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2008
First-team All-Pac-10
Drafted
No. 223
Round 7, 2009 NFL Draft (Houston Texans)

Honors

Team titles: Pac-10 champions, 2007

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2007Arizona State6
2008Arizona State4
On file (2007–⁠08)10

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
2007133925642670
2008124222642.5461
On file81471284.510131

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Game by game

2008 Arizona State 4 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 6vs.StanfordW 41–⁠171
Oct 11atUSCL 0–⁠281
Nov 1atOregon StateL 25–⁠271
Nov 28vs.UCLAW 34–⁠91
2007 Arizona State 5 games with an interception on file, 6 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 8vs.ColoradoW 33–⁠141
Sep 15vs.San Diego StateW 34–⁠131
Sep 22vs.Oregon StateW 44–⁠322
Oct 13vs.WashingtonW 44–⁠201
Dec 1vs.ArizonaW 20–⁠171

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2009Combine or pro day 2009
Height6′0½″
Weight206 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.72 s
10-yard split1.67 s
Vertical jump31½″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill7.06 s
20-yard shuttle4.30 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 28 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2010Houston Texans144213
2011Houston Texans10310.50
2012Houston Texans4800
NFL career28811.53

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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