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Nassib was named a unanimous All-American and the Big Ten's Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year for 2015. Nassib reached 10 sacks in only six games to start the year.
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He became a starter for the first time his senior year in 2015. As a junior, he appeared in all 13 games and had seven tackles and one sack. After not playing his first two years, he played in 10 games as a sophomore in 2013, during coach Bill O'Brien's second and final season with the team. Nassib enrolled at Pennsylvania State University and made the Penn State Nittany Lions football team as a walk-on in 2011. As a senior, he was selected team captain in basketball, helping lead the Friars to a 24–7 record. Nassib also lettered twice in basketball as well as three times in track and field.
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He helped lead the team to a 7–4 record in his junior and senior years. He played as an offensive tackle and defensive end. He attended Malvern Preparatory School, a Catholic private school in Malvern, where he was a three-year letterman in football. Nassib was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He is also the first openly gay NFL player to play in a game. In 2021, Nassib became the first active NFL player to publicly come out as gay. Nassib was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 2016 NFL Draft, and has also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Las Vegas Raiders. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, earning unanimous All-American honors as a senior in 2015.