Nick Folk's 17th year of NFL employment officially ended Sunday when the Tennessee Titans fell to the Houston Texans to cap a 3-14 season. And the 40-year-old unrestricted free agent, who led the league in field goal % for the second consecutive season,

Former UA star linebacker Scooby Wright III officially retired from football, due to a series of injuries, after stints in the NFL, XFL, Alliance of American Football (AAF) and USFL, where he won two championships with the Birmingham Stallions.

Nick Folk's 17th year of NFL employment officially ... Folk, who fancied soccer over football until he got to the University of Arizona, didn't have NFL aspirations as a kid.