Nick Mangold, former All-Pro center for the Jets, dies at 41
Nick Mangold spent his entire 11-year career with the New York Jets. Al Pereira / Getty Images
By Connor Ennis
Oct. 26, 2025Updated 12:34 pm EDT
Nick Mangold, the former All-Pro center for the Jets who spent all 11 of his NFL seasons with New York, has died, the team announced on Sunday. He was 41.
Mangold died on Saturday night from complications of kidney disease, according to the Jets. Less than two weeks ago, Mangold had publicly stated that he needed a kidney transplant and asked for help in finding a donor. He was diagnosed in 2006 with a genetic defect that has led to chronic kidney disease.
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Selected No. 29 by the Jets out of Ohio State in the 2006 NFL Draft, Mangold was a three-time All-Pro before retiring in 2016. He was a first-team All-Pro in 2009 and 2010, when he helped the Jets reach consecutive AFC Championship games. From 2008-2015, Mangold was named to seven Pro Bowls.
Former Jets coach Rex Ryan shared an emotional statement on ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown”: “It’s brutal. Such a great young man. I had the pleasure of coaching him for all six years with the Jets. I remember it was obvious I was going to get fired. My last game, Mangold’s injured, like injured, and he comes to me and says: ‘I’m playing this game.’ He wanted to play for me. That’s what I remember about this kid. He was awesome, and just way too young. I feel so bad for his wife and family.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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