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| Position: | Defensive back | ||||||||||
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| Born: | (1994-08-16)August 16, 1994 (age 30) Lake Wales, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Lake Wales (FL) | ||||||||||
| College: | Reedley (2013) UAB (2014) Toledo (2015) | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2016 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
| CFL status: | American | ||||||||||
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Rolan Lenard Milligan (born August 16, 1994) is an American professionalfootballdefensive back for theSaskatchewan Roughriders of theCanadian Football League (CFL). He playedcollege football atUAB in 2014 and transferred toToledo in 2015 after theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham cancelled its football program. Milligan has also been a member of theDallas Cowboys,Detroit Lions, andIndianapolis Colts.
Milligan attendedLake Wales High School, where he played as aquarterback. He received honorable-mention 5A all-state honors as a senior.
Milligan enrolled atReedley College. As a sophomore, he registered 44 tackles, 3 interceptions and 2 fumble recoveries. He transferred to theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham after the season. As a junior, he started in 8 out of 12 games, collecting 54 tackles (second on the team), 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, and 6 passes defensed. He transferred to theUniversity of Toledo after UAB announced the cancelling of its football program. As a senior, he started in 8 out of 11 games, while playing as anickelback. He tallied 48 tackles, 2 interceptions, 3 passes defensed and 3 forced fumbles. He had 9 tackles and 2 passes defensed against No. 24 rankedTemple University.
Milligan was signed as anundrafted free agent by theDallas Cowboys after the2016 NFL draft on May 9.[1] He was waived/injured on August 4, 2016, and placed on injured reserve.[2] He was released by the team on August 16.
On February 9, 2017, Milligan signed as afree agent with theDetroit Lions.[3] He was waived on September 2, 2017, and was signed to the Lions' practice squad the next day.[4][5] He was promoted to the active roster on November 27, 2017.[6] He was waived on December 9, 2017, and later re-signed to the practice squad.[7] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Lions on January 1, 2018.[8] On September 1, 2018, Milligan was waived by the Lions and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[9][10] He was released on September 5, 2018.[11] He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 3, 2018, but was released three days later.[12][13]
On October 23, 2018, Milligan was signed to theIndianapolis Colts practice squad.[14] He was promoted to the active roster on December 22, 2018, but was waived six days later and re-signed to the practice squad.[15][16] He was promoted back to the active roster on January 9, 2019.[17] On September 2, 2019, Milligan was waived by the Colts and re-signed to the practice squad.[18] He was promoted to the active roster on September 11, 2019.[19] He was placed on injured reserve on December 18, 2019.[20] Milligan signed the exclusive rights tender with the Colts on March 28, 2020.[21] On August 5, 2020, he announced he would opt out of the 2020 season due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[22] On August 6, 2021, Milligan was waived by the Colts.[23]
On October 24, 2021, Milligan signed with theSaskatchewan Roughriders of theCanadian Football League (CFL).[24] He made his CFL debut in the last week of the2021 regular season on November 20, 2021, against theHamilton Tiger-Cats, where he had five defensive tackles, one special teams tackle, and one sack.[25] In2022, Milligan played in 17 regular season games where he had 71 defensive tackles, 11 special teams tackles, one sack, one interception, and one forced fumble.[25]
Milligan played in the first four games of the2023 season before suffering a season-ending toe injury.[25][26] In those four games, he had 17 defensive tackles, three special teams tackles, and two interceptions.[25]
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