Former Ohio State great retires from NFL

Former Ohio State standout Nick Mangold called it an NFL career Tuesday morning.

Mangold, the Centerville native, retired from the NFL after playing 11 seasons with the New York Jets. The Jets released Mangold in February of 2017, but the seven-time Pro Bowler found no interested teams and sat out the 2017 season.

Mangold started three years at center for the Buckeyes and was a first-team All-Big Ten performer in 2005. He then went on to be selected by the Jets in the first round as the No. 29 pick overall. Mangold started 164 games in 11 years with the Jets.

He shared the following retirement announcement on Twitter:

I DECLARE RETIREMENNNTTTTTTT!

I will be signing a one day deal with @nyjets next week so I can retire a Jet.

Thank you to all!

J! E! T! S! Jets! Jets! Jets! pic.twitter.com/f7j52ZdIy0

— Nick Mangold (@nickmangold) April 17, 2018

The Jets shared the following video via Twitter:

At 7:40 this morning (😏), @nickmangold called it a career.

Thank you, Nick. #74ever pic.twitter.com/RUwfjtYz5r

— New York Jets (@nyjets) April 17, 2018

Kevin Duffey

Kevin is a lifelong college football fan.