Agreed to terms, 5/2/21…After serving as a holder in 2018 and 2019, the East Greenwich, R.I. native earned Pro Football Focus honorable mention All-America and third-team All-ACC honors in his first year as the team's punter in 2020, when he punted in 11 games with 74 attempts for a 44.8 yard average…25 of his punts went for 50+ yards, 24 downed inside the 20 and only three touchbacks surrendered…Served as Syracuse's holder for placement kicks the past three seasons…Cooney was also the ACC's Brian Piccolo Award recipient in 2020, given to the most courageous player in the league, after overcoming a battle with testicular cancer in high school…Saw action in all 12 games in 2019 as Syracuse's holder for PATs and field goals...Key component of a kicking unit that hit 18-of-21 (.857) field goals and made 39 out of 40 (.975) extra-point attempts...Also kicked off in two games...Appeared in every game as the holder for PATs and field goals...Reliable ball spotter for All-America kicker and Lou Groza Award winner Andre Szmyt, who led the nation in field goals (30) and did not miss an extra point (61-61)…Earned his bachelor's degree in management and is pursuing a master's degree in marketing…Punted and kicked in 2015 at Bridgton (Me.) Academy for head coach Juwan Jackson…A three-sport standout in baseball, soccer and basketball at East Greenwich HS, not joining the football team until his senior year...Rated the top prospect at the Ray Guy Prokicker.com 2014 regional combine in Boston...Batted .400 as a senior catcher on the baseball team...Diagnosed with testicular cancer during his junior year of high school and underwent surgery and then nine weeks of chemotherapy to beat the disease...Nolan Joseph Cooney was born on September 18, 1996 in Summit, New Jersey.