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Eight Former Rockets on NFL Opening Day 53-Man Rosters

TOLEDO, Ohio – A total of eight former Toledo Rockets are on the 53-man rosters announced by National Football League teams as the start of the NFL season begins this week.

Toledo has the most former players on NFL rosters among Mid-American Conference schools, one more than Central Michigan's total of seven.

The former Rockets on NFL rosters are:

Player (last year at Toledo) NFL Team
Tycen Anderson (2021) Cincinnati
Reggie Gilliam (2019) Buffalo
Ka'dar Hollman (2018) Houston
Desjuan Johnson (2022) LA Rams
Diontae Johnson (2018) Pittsburgh
Cody Thompson (2018) Seattle
Samuel Womack (2021) San Francisco
Logan Woodside (2017) Atlanta

In addition, three other former Rockets are on practice squad rosters: Dyontae Johnson (NY Giants), Greg Mancz (Buffalo) and Storm Norton (New Orleans).