Texas Tech University Athletics
2026 Football Signing Class
Roster
Cord Nolan
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bixby, Okla.
- High School:
- Bixby
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Bixby High School a 6A program located 25 miles southeast of Tulsa … a four-time Oklahoma state champion, he led the Spartans to three football state championships and a baseball state title … will play in the Class 6A Oklahoma State Title game in 2025 … plays football for coach Loren Montgomery … has played linebacker, outside linebacker, offensive line and running back throughout his high school career … also played baseball and wrestled for Bixby … has Bixby in the Class 6A Oklahoma State title game in 2025 for the 11th-straight season … the Spartans enter the 2025 Class 6A title game with a perfect 12-0 record … also led the Spartans to a state title in 2022, 2023 and 2024 … broke out in 2024 (his junior season) recording 108 total tackles (77 solo), 17 tackles for loss, five sacks and an interception en route to earning Second Team Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State honors … also recorded seven QB hurries … with one game left in his high school career, he has amassed over 70 tackles, 15 tackles for loss and two sacks … pitched in eight tackles (one for loss) and a pair of QB hurries in Bixby’s dominant 49-17 victory over Broken Arrow that clinched the Spartans 11th-straight state title game appearance … hauled in a 24-yard touchdown and had 10 tackles in Bixby’s 51-14 victory over Nolan (Nov. 21) … closed the regular season in style, recording seven tackles, three tackles for loss and a sack in the Spartans 72-3 thrashing over Norman High School (Nov. 7) … recorded his second of three-consecutive three TFL games and caught a two-point conversion in the Spartans 79-15 victory over Deer Creek (Oct. 31) … recorded eight tackles (three for loss), a sack and a pass defended in the Spartans’ 38-22 (Oct. 24) victory over Mustang …will graduate in December of 2025 and early enroll at Texas Tech ... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Arizona State, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State and Oklahoma.
PERSONAL
Cord Davis Nolan ... son of Wendell and Michelle Nolan ... has two siblings, Quinton and Connor ... his grandfather competed in Track and Field and played football at Tech ... his cousin Tyler Mercer currently plays football at Kansas ... father played baseball at Northeastern Oklahoma State ... born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and calls Bixby, Oklahoma home ... interests are hunting, cooking and fishing ... intends to major in business at Texas Tech.
