EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Jets honored the late Nick Mangold with an on-field tribute earlier than the crew’s recreation towards the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.
Mangold’s spouse, Jennifer, and their 4 youngsters, Matthew, Eloise, Thomas and Charlotte, wore inexperienced and white No. 74 jerseys as they have been honored throughout the pregame coin toss at midfield at MetLife Stadium.
Mangold, a two-time All-Professional heart who helped lead the Jets to the AFC Championship Recreation twice in his 11 seasons with New York, died on Oct. 27 from issues of kidney illness. He was 41.
His demise got here lower than two weeks after he introduced on social media that he had kidney illness and wanted a transplant. He stated he did not have any family who have been capable of donate, so he went public with the request for a donor with kind O blood.
Mangold’s funeral was Tuesday and several other of his former teammates attended the service in Madison, New Jersey.
The Jets honored Mangold earlier than the singing of the nationwide anthem Sunday with a large No. 74 banner on the sphere and unfurled a big image of the previous heart within the stands behind one of many finish zones. A video tribute was performed and former left sort out D’Brickashaw Ferguson, who was drafted with Mangold within the first spherical in 2006, spoke briefly about his former teammate and good pal.
A number of followers within the stands wore No. 74 Mangold jerseys, and the Jets gave out white T-shirts with a drawing of Mangold’s face — hat backward and carrying sun shades — to followers. Jets tight finish Jeremy Ruckert, who went to Ohio State — Mangold’s alma mater — arrived on the stadium carrying a pink Buckeyes No. 55 jersey, Mangold’s quantity in school.
Mangold was chosen to the Professional Bowl seven instances. He helped lead New York inside one win of the Tremendous Bowl throughout each the 2009 and 2010 seasons. He retired in 2018 and was enshrined within the Jets’ ring of honor in 2022.
Mangold was amongst 52 modern-era gamers who not too long ago superior within the voting course of for subsequent 12 months’s Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame class.