| Lance Nimmo | |
| Number: | 65, 73, 77 |
| Position: | Offensive tackle |
| Birth Date: | 13 September 1979 |
| Birth Place: | New Castle, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lbs: | 330 |
| College: | West Virginia |
| Draftyear: | 2003 |
| Draftround: | 4 |
| Draftpick: | 130 |
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Lance Nimmo (born September 13, 1979) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL).
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. He was represented by agent Joe Lenta.[2] In addition to football, Nimmo competed in pedal tractor pulls growing up, which his father, Bob Nimmo, credited as helping his conditioning.[3]
He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL draft.[4] [5] 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. He spent the spring of 2004 in NFL Europe, starting 10 games for the Cologne Centurions.[6] Nimmo was signed to the New England Patriots for the 2004–2005 season.[7] Despite remaining on the practice squad, he earned a Super Bowl ring after the Patriots won Super Bowl XXXIX.[8] 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.[5]
, Nimmo is a math teacher at Sharpsville Area Middle School, in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania.[9] He is a member of the Laurel School Board.[10]