Nick Mangold seeks kidney donor

Former New York Jets halfway Nick Mangold says helium needs a kidney transplant.

This quality disquieted NFL fans who retrieve Mangold's performances with nostalgia.

Mangold is simply a two-time NFL All-Pro enactment - the champion successful a fixed play - and 1 of the astir beloved players among Jets fans.

Nick is 41 years old. He spent his full NFL vocation with the Jets (from 2006 to 2016). He is simply a seven-time Pro Bowler, and was erstwhile a subordinate of the league's 2nd champion team.

Before entering the NFL, helium became the champion of the NCAA contention with the Ohio State Buckeyes successful 2002, and successful his past play successful assemblage helium was the champion subordinate successful his position.

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Mangold announced connected societal media that helium is suffering from an unwellness and needs a kidney transplant.

"I ever knew this time would come, but I thought I'd person much time. Even though this is simply a pugnacious time, I'm staying affirmative and focused connected the roadworthy ahead. I'm looking guardant to amended days and getting backmost to afloat spot soon. See you soon astatine MetLife Stadium and the Horseshoe," said Mangold.

After an awesome assemblage career, Nick was selected successful the archetypal circular of the draft. He impressed successful the NFL arsenic well, which is wherefore helium became a subordinate of the Jets' "Ring of Honor" successful 2022.

He revealed that helium was diagnosed with a familial upset successful 2006 that led to chronic kidney problems. He is presently connected dialysis portion waiting for a transplant. He said that nary of his relatives could beryllium his donor, truthful helium publically appealed for a humor radical O donor.

"I americium profoundly grateful to anyone who would see donating," Mangold said.

During his career, Nick was 1 of the champion centers successful the NFL. Over 11 NFL seasons, Mangold started each 164 games helium played.

The bulk expressed their enactment for the fashionable subordinate done societal media, wishing him to triumph this battle.