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Player file

Lew Nichols

RB Running Back · Central Michigan · #35 · PRO

5' 10" · 220 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)

age 25 · born 2001-08-16 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20

ESPN team roster · 2026-09-20Over The Cap · 2026-08-30

PIT · active

Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage

Inspect sources and coverage · Open club

Inspect file assembly

lifecycle: veteran — 1 NFL regular-season line(s) 2025–2025 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

#108 rush yds · 5 g2026where he ranks at Rushing yards among 132 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-10-26

Inspect season and contract figures
Season stats
  1. 2026 · PIT · RB · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 car · 6 rush yds · 0 rush TDnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-26T20:11:05.827Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts. The scheduled season-total refresh is overdue.

ContractOver The Cap · 2026-08-30

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

NFL by year
  1. 2026 · PIT · RB · 5 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 car · 6 rush yds · 0 rush TD
  2. 2025 · PIT · RB · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved0 car · 0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec · 0 tgt · 0 rec yds · 0 rec TD
nflverse player statistics 1999–2026 · 2026-09-20as of 2026-10-26T20:11:05.827Z

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

Official games

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13as of 2026-08-27
College by year
  1. 2022 · Central Michigan · rushing177 att · 601 yds · 6 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
  2. 2021 · Central Michigan · rushing341 att · 1848 yds · 16 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
  3. 2020 · Central Michigan · rushing78 att · 508 yds · 4 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
  4. 2019 · Central Michigan · rushing19 att · 89 yds · 0 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
CollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Draft

2023 · round 7 · pick 235 · GNB · Central Michigan

nflverse draft_picks · 2026-09-20
Combine / pro day

Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id NichLe00: no recorded combine row in the covered dataset; invitation status is not established (a pro-day-only workout is not in this table and stays unknown) (asOf 2026-09-20)

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

Injuries
  • 2026-01-14 → 2026-03-11 · PIT · FUTURES · ended: league-year-lapseSigned the following players to Reserve/Future Contracts: DT Kyler Baugh, WR Cole Burgess, WR John Rhys Plumlee, DE Anthony Goodlow, DE K.J. Henry, DB Daequan Hardy, DB Jack Henderson, RB Max Hurleman, RB Lew Nichols, G PIT transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
PIT transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20as of 2026-09-19

derived from filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) through the designation machine (scripts/lib/designation.mjs — one truth with reserve-status and club-state); pre-window history is not on a provisioned source and stays unknown

Suspensions / discipline

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)

Transactions
  • 2026-08-30 · PITWaived LB Julius Welschof, LB Jacoby Windmon, DB Devan Boykin, DB Sebastian Castro, DB D'Shawn Jamison, DB Doneiko Slaughter, DL Kyler Baugh, DL Anthony Goodlow, OL Steven Jones, OL Doug Nester, RB Lew Nichols, TE Lance
  • 2026-01-14 · PITSigned the following players to Reserve/Future Contracts: DT Kyler Baugh, WR Cole Burgess, WR John Rhys Plumlee, DE Anthony Goodlow, DE K.J. Henry, DB Daequan Hardy, DB Jack Henderson, RB Max Hurleman, RB Lew Nichols, G
PIT transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20as of 2026-09-19

window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19

filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source

Awards

0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started · career through 2025

nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present

Inspect · sources, membership and decision coverage

Availability · Practice and game designation not reported

Roster membership is separate from health, practice participation and game designation. Active does not confirm that a player will dress. Practice-squad players require promotion/elevation in a Scenario; other blocked memberships cannot enter an eligible lineup.

  • Lew Nichols · Active · observed · since 2026-10-17 · Roster eligible; game clearance unconfirmed. · Official roster

Lew Nichols · Decision coverage

One canonical person · current participant · 6 answered / 8 applicable questions · 0 do not apply.

Answered includes sourced values and bounded negatives. A future checkpoint is not overdue ingestion; an unresolved source is not proof of nonpublication.

Not sourced yet: 2

Evidence windows stay explicit. Historical awards, discipline and college links are outside this decision count.

  • Membership

    Answered · active

    Evidence window: 2026-10-26T19:09:33.940Z

    steelers.com / current roster sections
  • Lineup eligibility

    Answered · Roster eligible; game clearance is separate.

    Evidence window: 2026-10-26T19:09:33.940Z

    steelers.com / current roster sections
  • Listed role

    Answered · RB

    steelers.com / players-roster + depth chart
  • Recent usage / sample

    Answered · Started · PIT at BUF · one connected game / observation

    Evidence window: 2026-08-27

    NFL Game Summary
  • Production / sample

    Answered · rushing: att 7, yds 40, avg 5.7, lg 11, td 0 · receiving: tar 1, rec 1, yds 13, avg 13, lg 13, td 0 · one connected game: PIT at BUF

    Evidence window: 2026-08-27 · Preseason week 3

    NFL Game Summary
  • Practice participation

    Not sourced yet · The Week 8 source has no verified dated report here (no_table_observed). Publication and clearance are not inferred.

    Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.

  • Game designation

    Not sourced yet · The Week 8 source has no verified dated report here (no_table_observed). Publication and clearance are not inferred.

    Owner: Club report ingestion · Resolve or update this question.

  • Contract term

    Answered · Signed through 2026

    Evidence window: 2026-08-30

    Over The Cap