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2019 Football Roster

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36 Cyrus Nolan

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 248
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Encinitas, Calif.
  • Highschool Bishop's HS

Biography

As a fifth-year senior (2019)

• Played in seven games (three starts) after returning from injury, accumulating 10 tackles with 2.5 for a loss and a sack.
• Missed the season's first three games due to injury.
• Notched a pair of tackles with a half-tackle for loss at Harvard in his season debut.
• Had a sack against Colgate.
• Credited with two tackles, including a half-tackle for loss, in the win over Brown.
• Had one tackle against No. 12 Princeton.
• Earned the start at Penn.
• Notched two tackles, including a half-tackle for loss, in the win at No. 12 Dartmouth.
• Credited with two tackles in the Senior Day win over Columbia.
 

As a senior (2018)

• Had 29 tackles, including 6.5 for a loss and 2.5 sacks with a forced fumble, while starting all 10 games for the Big Red.
• His 6.5 tackles for loss tied for the team lead.
• Made four tackles with a half-sack in the 2018 opener at Delaware.
• Credited with sacks on consecutive plays against Yale.
• Had four tackles in wins over both Sacred Heart and Harvard.
• Posted two tackles, including one for a loss, at No. 17 Colgate.
• Made three tackles, including one for a loss, vs. Penn
• Had five tackles, including 2.0 for a loss, and forced a fumble at Columbia.

As a junior (2017)

• Former walk-on started five contests at defensive end.
• Had a breakout season, leading the team in sacks (4.5) and ranking second in tackles for loss (6.0).
• Named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week after posting 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, a pass breakup and a forced fumble in a win over Harvard.
• Made his first varsity appearance in the 2017 opener at Delaware, posting a pair of tackles.
• Registered four tackles at Dartmouth.
• Saw time as a reserve in the Ivy opener at Yale.
• Posted his first career sack and registered four tackles against Colgate.
• Had six tackles with 1.5 for a loss and a sack in his first collegiate start against Bucknell.
• Notched two tackles and a sack in the win at Princeton.
• Had two stops against Columbia.
 

As a sophomore (2016)

• Missed the season due to injury.
 

As a freshman (2015)

• Spent his rookie season on the junior varsity after joining the team as a walk-on.
 

At Bishop's HS

• Nolan registered 60 tackles with 17.0 for a loss and 11.0 sacks as a senior at Bishop's HS, adding four forced fumbles, two recovered and a pass breakup.
• Helped his team to a sectional title and a 13-0 regular season.
• During his junior year, he posted 36 total tackles with 10.5 for a loss and 6.5 sacks.
• Also played baseball, hitting a combined .337 over his final two seasons on varsity, as well as soccer.
 

Personal

• Cyrus Aleksander Nolan is the son of Pete Nolan and Kristi Jaska and has a younger sister.
• His mother attended Cornell.
• He is enrolled in the College of Engineering.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 90

    2015-16Freshman

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 210 lbs
    90
  • 90

    2016-17Sophomore

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 235 lbs
    90
  • 36

    2017-18Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 245 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2018-19Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 256 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2019-20Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 248 lbs
    36