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Born: | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | November 29, 1997||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: |
Vestavia Hills ( Vestavia Hills, Alabama) | ||||||
College: | Clemson (2016–2021) | ||||||
Position: | Safety | ||||||
Undrafted: | 2022 | ||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2022 | |||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Nolan Turner (born November 29, 1997) is an American football safety who is a free agent. He played college football at Clemson.
Turner grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and attended Vestavia Hills High School. As a senior, he made 63 tackles with five interceptions. [1] Nick Saban visited shortly after Nolan's father passing to offer a guaranteed walk on spot. Turner initially intended to take the offer and play college football as a walk-on at Alabama, his father's alma mater, over offers from UAB and Troy. [2] He later committed to play at Clemson after receiving a late full scholarship offer from head coach Dabo Swinney, a former college teammate and roommate of his father's, after two safeties decommitted from the school. [3]
Turner played college football at Clemson for six seasons and redshirted his true freshman season. [4] As a redshirt senior, he made 66 tackles with six tackles for loss and three interceptions and was named second-team All- Atlantic Coast Conference and a second-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). [5] Turner decided to utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic and return to Clemson for a sixth season. [6] He had 69 tackles with two tackles for loss, two sacks, three passes broken up, one interception, and a forced fumble in his final season. [7]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 0+7⁄8 in (1.85 m) |
202 lb (92 kg) |
31+1⁄4 in (0.79 m) |
9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
4.42 s | 1.63 s | 2.59 s | 4.46 s | 7.06 s | 37.5 in (0.95 m) |
10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) |
17 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [8] |
Turner signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent on May 1, 2022. [9] He was waived on August 30, 2022 and signed to the practice squad the next day. [10] [11] He was promoted to the active roster on October 27. [12] He was waived on December 5, and re-signed to the practice squad. [13] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 17, 2023. [14] He was waived on August 28, 2023. [15]
Turner's late father, Kevin Turner, played fullback at Alabama and in the NFL for the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. [16] Kevin Turner died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which had been triggered by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), during Nolan's senior year of high school. [17] His younger brother, Cole Turner, plays wide receiver at Clemson. [18]