James Nyamwaya signs with the Massachusetts Pirates
Defensive lineman James Nyamwaya signed with the Massachusetts Pirates of the Indoor Football League. The Pirates recently moved and play their home games at the Tsongas Center in Lowell.
The 6-5, 305-pound Andover native transferred to Merrimack from Curry College in 2022. During the 2022 season, he appeared in 10 games for the Warriors and recorded 27 tackles (20 solo) and 5.5 sacks, as well as a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
Nyamwaya joined the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent after the 2023 NFL Draft and stayed with the team through training camp. He appeared in all of Pittsburgh's preseason games before he was cut on August 26.