Background
He played college football at University of California, Los Los Angeles Nece is the son of former NFL Hall of Fame safety Ronnie Lott.
He played college football at University of California, Los Los Angeles Nece is the son of former NFL Hall of Fame safety Ronnie Lott.
Nece graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles) and was a four-year starter for the Bruins and finished his career with 281 career tackles (173 solo), with 22 tackles for loss and 10 sacks.
He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2002. Nece is a community activist involved in many charities throughout the Tampa Bay area. He is on the board of the Tampa Bay Sports Authority and Tampa"s Lowry Park Zoo.
In 2006 he created his own foundation "The Ryan Nece Foundation", funding programs for youth and families.
He started out in his redshirt year as a safety but converted to linebacker afterwards. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Nece tore his Anterior Cruciate Ligament in his rookie year, ending his season after being a stalwart special teams tackler throughout the season.
In 2003, Nece moved into the starting spot across star linebacker Derrick Brooks and finished the season with 70 tackles and one interception. Nece was released by the Buccaneers during final cuts on August 30, 2008 after which he retired.
Detroit Lions On August 31, 2008, Nece was signed by the Detroit Lions.
The move reunited him with Lions head coach Rod Marinelli, who was an assistant coach for the Buccaneers during Nece"s first four seasons in Tampa Bay. Nece was released by the Lions in the 2009 off-season. The United Football league announced on September 14, 2010 that Nece would be doing sideline reporting during live games on the Versus network.
He joined the Pac-12 Network as a sideline reporter and football analyst in 2012.
Ryan is married to Willa Ford.