{{short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1991)}} {{Infobox Canadian Football League biography |name=Nigel Romick |team= |image=2022, 47, Nigel Romick.jpg |image_upright=1 |caption=Romick with the Ottawa Redblacks in 2022 |status=Active |import=No |position1=Defensive lineman |birth_date={{birth date and age|1991|4|22}} |birth_place=Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada |number= |CIS=Saint Mary's Huskies |high_school= |height_ft=6 |height_in=5 |weight_lbs=248 |CFLDraftedYear=2014 |CFLDraftedRound=3 |CFLDraftedPick=23 |playing_years1={{CFL Year|2014|2025}} |playing_team1=Ottawa Redblacks |career_highlights= * Grey Cup champion (2016) |cflstatseason=2025 |cflstatlabel1=Games played |cflstatvalue1=130 |cflstatlabel2=Def. tackles |cflstatvalue2=17 |cflstatlabel3={{Abbr|ST tackles|Special teams tackles}} |cflstatvalue3=113 |cflstatlabel4=Sacks |cflstatvalue4=1 |cflstatlabel5=Fumble recoveries |cflstatvalue5=1 |CFL=nigel-romick/160609/ }} '''Nigel Romick''' (born April 22, 1991) is a Canadian professional football defensive lineman. He most recently played for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a Grey Cup champion after winning with the Redblacks in 2016. He is also the all-time leader in Ottawa Football Club history in career special teams tackles.
==University career== Romick played CIS football with the Saint Mary's Huskies from 2010 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/fball/2012-13/players/nigelromick5xu9 |title=Nigel Romick |publisher=Saint Mary's Huskies |access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref>
==Professional career== Following his university career, Romick was selected by the expansion Ottawa Redblacks in the third round, 23rd overall, in the 2014 CFL draft and signed with the team on May 26, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/2014/05/26/two-more-2014-draftees-sign-with-redblacks/ |title=Two more 2014 draftees sign with Redblacks |publisher=Ottawa Redblacks |date=May 26, 2014}}</ref> He made the team's active roster following training camp and played in his first professional regular season game on July 3, 2014 against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.<ref name=OTTbio>{{cite web|url=https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/players/nigel-romick/160609/ |title=Nigel Romick |publisher=Ottawa Redblacks |access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref> In his rookie year, he played in 11 games where he recorded four special teams tackles.<ref name=OTTbio/>
In 2015, Romick played in all 18 regular season games where he recorded his first two career defensive tackles and also had 17 special teams tackles.<ref name=OTTbio/> He also played in his first playoff game in the team's East Final victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.<ref name=2021Guide>{{cite web |url=https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-CFL-Guide.pdf |title=2021 CFL Guide & Record Book |publisher=Canadian Football League |page=113 |access-date=October 11, 2021 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805182729/https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-CFL-Guide.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He then played in his first Grey Cup game, but the Redblacks lost the 103rd Grey Cup to the Edmonton Eskimos.<ref name=2021Guide/> During the 2016 preseason, Romick suffered a ruptured bicep injury and missed the team's first 12 games of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawasun.com/2016/06/15/ottawa-redblacks-lose-three-starters-to-long-term-injuries |title=Ottawa Redblacks lose three starters to long-term injuries |publisher=Ottawa Sun |date=June 15, 2016}}</ref><ref name=injured>{{cite web|url=https://www.chroniclejournal.com/sports/local_sports/romick-bleeds-redblacks/article_2f9f5540-b468-11e6-8c09-4f36a2671ca1.html |title=Romick bleeds Redblacks |publisher=The Chronicle-Journal |date=November 27, 2016}}</ref> He played in two games where he had two special teams tackles, but then suffered a broken thumb in the second game and was out for the rest of the season.<ref name=injured/> While on the injured list, the Redblacks won the 104th Grey Cup game and Romick won the first Grey Cup championship of his career. He re-signed with the Redblacks on December 12, 2016, to a two-year contract extension.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/players/nigel-romick/160609/ |title=Redblacks re-sign Romick, Lattanzio |publisher=Ottawa Redblacks |date=December 12, 2016}}</ref>
Romick returned healthy in 2017 and played in all 18 regular season games where he had 19 special teams tackles.<ref name=OTTbio/> In 2018, he had a career-high 21 special teams tackles en route to becoming Ottawa's all time leader in special teams tackles.<ref name=OTTbio/> He also played in his second Grey Cup game that year, but the Redblacks lost the 106th Grey Cup to the Calgary Stampeders.<ref name=2021Guide/>
Romick re-signed with the Redblacks to a one-year contract extension on January 15, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/2019/01/15/redblacks-re-sign-nigel-romick/ |title=Redblacks re-sign Nigel Romick |publisher=Ottawa Redblacks |date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> The Redblacks struggled in 2019 in a three-win season, but Romick recorded a career-high eight defensive tackles to go along with 17 special teams tackles.<ref name=OTTbio/> He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season.
Romick was featured more on defense in 2021 and recorded his first career sack on October 11, 2021, when he brought down Montreal Alouettes quarterback, Vernon Adams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/games/6172/ottawa-redblacks-vs-montreal-alouettes/#playbyplay |title=Ottawa Redblacks vs Montreal Alouettes |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=October 11, 2021}}</ref> He finished the year having played in 10 regular season games and had three defensive tackles, 12 special teams tackles, and one sack.<ref name=OTTbio/>
In 2022, Romick began the season on the injured list, sitting out the first five games, but returned to play in the next nine where he recorded one defensive tackle and seven special teams tackles.<ref name=OTTbio/><ref name=2022notes>{{cite web|url=https://cdn.ticats.ca/app/uploads/ticats/2022/10/28103642/2022_CFL_Gm_Notes_89_Ott_vs_Ham.pdf |title=Game Notes |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=January 16, 2024}}</ref> His ninth and last game of the 2022 season, against the Montreal Alouettes in the Thanksgiving Day Classic, was the 100th of his career.<ref name=2022notes/> In the first game of the 2023 season, on June 10, 2023, also against the Alouettes, Romick recorded his 100th career special teams tackle in his 101st game played.<ref name=OTTbio/> He finished the year having played in 16 games where he had two defensive tackles and eight special teams tackles.<ref name=OTTbio/> He signed a one-year contract extension with the team on January 11, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/2024/01/11/redblacks-re-sign-team-original-dl-nigel-romick/ |title=Redblacks re-sign team original DL Nigel Romick |publisher=Ottawa Redblacks |date=January 11, 2024}}</ref>
Romick played in 12 regular season games in 2024, while sitting out six due to injury, where he recorded six special teams tackles.<ref name=2024notes>{{cite web|url=https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024-GN-Gm-91-Tor-vs-Ott.pdf |title=Game Notes |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=February 18, 2025}}</ref> He also played in the team's East Semi-Final loss to the Toronto Argonauts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/games/6482/toronto-argonauts-vs-ottawa-redblacks/ |title=Toronto Argonauts vs Ottawa Redblacks |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=February 18, 2025}}</ref> After becoming a free agent in the following offseason, Romick re-signed with the Redblacks to a one-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/2025/02/18/original-redblack-nigel-romick-re-signs-for-2025/ |title=Original Redblack Nigel Romick re-signs for 2025 |publisher=Ottawa Redblacks |date=February 18, 2025}}</ref> He missed the entire 2025 season due to injury.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cfl.ca/players/nigel-romick/160609/ | title=Nigel Romick | publisher=CFL.ca | accessdate=6 February 2026}}</ref> He became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 10, 2026.<ref name=2026T>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/2026/ |title=Transactions – Football Player Trades and Signings |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=February 15, 2026}}</ref>
==Personal life== Romick and his girlfriend, Melissa Lamb, have one son, Luca, and one daughter, Lola.<ref name=firedup>{{cite web|url=https://ottawasun.com/sports/football/cfl/ottawa-redblacks/fired-up-ottawa-redblacks-nigel-romick-has-eye-on-being-firefighter-when-cfl-days-done |title=FIRED UP: Ottawa Redblacks' Nigel Romick has eye on being firefighter when CFL days done |publisher=Ottawa Sun |date=December 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ottawaathome.ca/living_article.php?articleID=926 |title=Welcome Back |publisher=ottawaathome.ca |date=November 28, 2023}}</ref> Romick volunteered as a firefighter in 2020 and plans on pursuing a career in firefighting after his football career is finished.<ref name=firedup/>
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==External links== {{commons}} *[https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/players/nigel-romick/160609/ Ottawa Redblacks bio] *[https://www.smuhuskies.ca/sports/fball/2012-13/players/nigelromick5xu9 Saint Mary's Huskies bio]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Romick, Nigel}} Category:Living people Category:1991 births Category:Players of Canadian football from Ontario Category:Canadian football defensive linemen Category:Saint Mary's Huskies football players Category:Ottawa Redblacks players Category:Sportspeople from Thunder Bay