25 Facts About Logan Mankins

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Logan Lee Mankins was born on March 10,1982 and is a former American football guard who played eleven seasons in the National Football League, primarily with the New England Patriots.

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Logan Mankins spent his final two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Logan Mankins had appeared in two Super Bowls, but had lost twice.

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Logan Mankins attended Mariposa High School in Mariposa, California, where he was an All-League performer and the team MVP.

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Logan Mankins was named to the first-team Freshman All-American team by the Sporting News.

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Logan Mankins was a first-team All-Western Athletic Conference selection and recorded a school record 82 knockdown blocks on the season.

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Logan Mankins was the first offensive lineman in school history to win the team's MVP award.

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Logan Mankins was drafted with the final pick of the first round, 32nd overall, in the 2005 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots.

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Logan Mankins started all 16 games for the Patriots in 2005.

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Logan Mankins would go on to be named to Pro Football Weekly's 2005 All-Rookie team.

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In 2006, Logan Mankins again started all 16 games for the Patriots.

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Logan Mankins scored his first NFL touchdown in the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts when he recovered a Laurence Maroney fumble in the end zone.

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Logan Mankins was named to the Patriots' 50th anniversary team in August 2009.

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Logan Mankins continued with his streak of consecutive starts, playing in every game for the Patriots again and protecting Brady to just 16 sacks.

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The Patriots did so, and Logan Mankins, who was looking for a long-term contract, reacted by publicly asking for a trade.

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Logan Mankins remained unsigned through the team's training camp, preseason, and the start of the regular season.

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Logan Mankins did not have to report until Week 12 in order to be on the roster for the necessary six games to earn his sixth accrued season of free agency credit.

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Logan Mankins started the final nine games of the season for the Patriots.

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Logan Mankins is one of the only players known to have played a season with a torn ACL and reportedly kept the injury to himself, not reporting it.

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Logan Mankins only became aware of how serious the injury was after he tore the MCL in his left knee, during the divisional round playoff game vs the Denver Broncos.

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In 2013, Logan Mankins was fined $10,000 for clipping as he blocked Pittsburgh Steeler nose tackle Steve McLendon.

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Logan Mankins was penalized on the play which occurred in the first quarter.

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Logan Mankins was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on August 26,2014 for tight end Tim Wright and a 4th round draft pick in the 2015 NFL Draft after refusing to take a pay cut.

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Shortly after the season, Logan Mankins retired on March 7,2016.

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Logan Mankins's son, Case, is a high school football player at Bishop Feehan High School.