Troy Nolan
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers tweaked its camp roster again on Monday, adding former Houston Texan Troy Nolan (College of the Canyons) to a safety position.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Nolan, an unrestricted free agent who has spent most of his NFL career with the Houston Texans, on Monday as they began the second week of their 2013 training camp. To make room for Nolan on the 90-man roster, the Buccaneers waived guard Jeff Olson, who had joined the team on Saturday.
Nolan was with thew Cougars in 2004 and 2005, helping the team win the junior college football national championship in 2004. He then went to Arizona State, but a knee injury in 2006 forced him to redshirt. In 2007 he led the Sun Devils with six interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns. In 2008 had returned two more picks for scores, plus a fumble, to give him five defensive touchdowns in just two years.
Nolan entered the National Football League as a seventh-round draft pick of the Texans out of Arizona State in 2009, but he landed on injured reserve as a rookie due to a wrist injury. When he finally made his NFL regular-season debut in 2010, he did so in style, helping Houston beat the Oakland Raiders, 31-24, by intercepting two passes, including one that ended the Raiders’ last possession with less than two minutes to play.
Nolan played in all 16 games and made three starts during the 2010 season contributing 49 tackles, three interceptions, five passes defensed and one sack, all single-season career bests. He played in another 14 games with three starts for Houston in 2011, posting another 35 tackles and four passes defensed, then was released at the end of the Texans’ 2012 preseason. The Miami Dolphins immediately claimed Nolan off waivers but subsequently let the third-year player go three weeks into the regular season. Nolan later had stints with his old Texans squad as well as the Chicago Bears last fall, then became a free agent in March.
Nolan Signs with Buccaneers
