{{Short description|American football offensive tackle (1980–2010)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox gridiron football person |image = Chris Colmer.jpg |birth_date={{birth date|1980|11|21}} |birth_place= Port Jefferson, New York, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2010|12|28|1980|11|21}} |Height_ft=6 |Height_in=5 |Weight_lbs=310 |College=North Carolina State |Position=Offensive tackle |DraftedYear=2005 |DraftedRound=3 / Pick 91 |playing_years1=2005–2006 |playing_team1=Tampa Bay Buccaneers |career_highlights = * Second-team All-ACC (2002) }} '''Christopher James Colmer''' (November 21, 1980 – December 28, 2010) was an American professional football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Colmer |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/chriscolmer/profile?id=COL730597 |website=NFL.com |publisher=National Football League |accessdate=December 31, 2010}}</ref> He played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
==Early life== Colmer graduated from Earl L. Vandermeulen High School, located in his hometown of Port Jefferson, New York. He was named to the All-Long Island squad and the Golden 50 All-State team, where he was a team captain playing tackle. He was also a ''USA Today'' honorable mention All-American.
==College career== Colmer went to college at North Carolina State and was the first person from his high school to earn a Division I scholarship in 27 years. In his junior year, he was co-winner of the teams' Jim Richter Award, giving annually by North Carolina State to the team's best offensive lineman. In 2003, he missed his college season due to Parsonage Turner Syndrome.
==Professional career== Colmer was selected in the third round with the 91st overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2005 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2005/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> The Tampa Bay Buccaneers received this pick in a trade with the San Diego Chargers. He spent his entire rookie season in 2005 as a gameday inactive. During the 2006 offseason, he suffered another bout of Parsonage–Turner syndrome and spent the entire year on injured reserve.<ref name="Buc">{{cite web | url=https://www.bucpower.com/chris-colmer.html | title=Chris Colmer | publisher=bucpower.com | accessdate=May 14, 2024}}</ref>
He was released in June 2007 after failing a physical.<ref name="Buc"/>
==Death== Colmer was teaching as a technology teacher at Little Flower U.F.S.D. and coaching at Centereach High School on Long Island in New York, when he died at the age of thirty on December 28, 2010.<ref name="newsobsevcolmer">{{Cite web |last=Tysiac |first=Ken |title=Former NCSU lineman Chris Colmer dies |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/12/31/890864/former-ncsu-lineman-dies.html |url-status=dead |website=newsobserver.com |publisher=The News & Observer Publishing Company |accessdate=December 31, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102035615/http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/12/31/890864/former-ncsu-lineman-dies.html |archivedate=January 2, 2011}}</ref>
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==External links== <!-- for current and future use if material is uploaded --> *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050430185439/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=7267 ESPN.com stats] *[http://www.buccaneers.com/team/playerdetail.aspx?player=Colmer,Chris,61 Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio]
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