Lance Nimmo

Lance Nimmo
No. 65, 73, 77
Position:	Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	September 13, 1979 (age 44); New Castle, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:	330 lb (150 kg)
Career information
College:	West Virginia
NFL draft:	2003 / Round: 4 / Pick: 130
Career history
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2003); New York Jets (2003); Cologne Centurions (2004); Cleveland Browns (2004); New England Patriots (2004); Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2005); New England Patriots (2005)*;
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
	Super Bowl champion (2004);

Lance Nimmo (born September 13, 1979) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL).

Early life and college

A native of New Castle, Pennsylvania, Nimmo played high school football at Laurel^[1] JSHS, just outside New Castle, played college football at West Virginia, and competed in 44 games. He was a two-year starter at left tackle and earned first-team all-conference as a senior as part of an offensive line that yielded only one sack all season. Nimmo was also Academic All-Big East for all four years.^[2] He was represented by agent Joe Lenta.^[3] In addition to football, Nimmo competed in pedal tractor pulls growing up, which his father, Bob Nimmo, credited as helping his conditioning.^[4]

Professional career

He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL draft.^[5]^[6] Nimmo went to Japan as part of a preseason game for the Buccaneers but was waived after training camp. He spent the 2003 season on the active roster of the New York Jets, though he never played in a game.^[2] He spent the spring of 2004 in NFL Europe, starting 10 games for the Cologne Centurions.^[7] Nimmo was signed to the New England Patriots for the 2004–2005 season.^[8] Despite remaining on the practice squad, he earned a Super Bowl ring after the Patriots won Super Bowl XXXIX.^[2] Nimmo has no official NFL statistics, having only one season as an active, competitive player (with no game time), and having only worked on practice squads in other years.^[6]