LOCALPhotos: Nick MangoldNick Mangold as a senior at Kettering Alter High School, when he committed to the Ohio State University football team in 2002 [File photo]The Columbus DispatchDuring an Ohio State football practice in 2002, #98 Joel Penton faced off against #55 Nick Mangold. [Chris Russell]The Columbus DispatchNick Mangold (55) and #77 Rob Sims (77) pose in Ohio Stadium during picture day in 2004. [Mike Munden]The Columbus DispatchPhoto day for freshman Nick Mangold was a hair pulling experience in 2002. He was entertaining his three-year-old sister Maggey Mangold during a lull in the action. [Chris Russell]The Columbus DispatchOhio State Buckeyes Maurice Clarett (13) uses teammate Nick Mangold (55) to clear the way and open up a hole in the first quarter against the Indiana Hoosiers at the Ohio Stadium, September 28, 2002. [Neal C. Lauron]The Columbus DispatchOhio State's Nick Mangold (55) congratulates teammate Troy Smith (10) after Smith scored his second touchdown against San Diego in the first half of their game at Ohio Stadium, September 17, 2005. [Neal C. Lauron]The Columbus DispatchNick Mangold in 2004 was the subject of a Tim May story about the long hair coming back in style. [Neal C. Lauron]The Columbus Dispatch5-year-old Maggie Mangold looks for her brother, Ohio State center Nick Mangold, as she is held by her grandmother Henri Mangold. Maggie is from Centerville, and Henri is from Dayton. They were at Ohio Stadium for OSU football picture day in 2004. [Mike Munden]The Columbus DispatchNick Mangold (55) during an Ohio State football practice at the Woody Hayes Practice field in August 2005 [Tim Revell]The Columbus DispatchOhio State quarterback Craig Krenzel (16) runs through a hole created by center Nick Mangold (55) in the game in 2003 against San Diego State. Mangold replaced Alex Stepanovich, who went out with an injury at half-time. [Fred Squillante]The Columbus DispatchOhio State's Santonio Holmes (4), Antonio Pittman (25), Kirk Barton (74), Nick Mangold (55), and Troy Smith (10), switch sides between the third and fourth quarter of their game against Iowa at Ohio Stadium, September 24, 2005. [Neal C. Lauron]The Columbus DispatchOhio State's senior team captains are celebrated at halftime at Ohio Stadium on Oct. 15, 2005, during the game against Michigan State. From left to right, Nick Mangold, Rob Sims, A. J. Hawk, and Nate Salley. [Fred Squillante]The Columbus DispatchOhio State head coach Jim Tressel congratulates Nick Mangold (55) in the center of the field during a senior celebration prior to their game against Northwestern at Ohio Stadium, November 12, 2005. [Mike Munden]The Columbus DispatchNew York Jets center Nick Mangold (74) and kicker Mike Nugent leave the field after beating the Oakland Raiders, 23-3, to make the playoffs during NFL football Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. [Bill Kostroun/The Associated Press]The Columbus DispatchOhio State seniors Nick Mangold (55) and Bobby Carpenter (42) pose for pictures near the end of the Northwestern game in Ohio Stadium. [Karl Kuntz]The Columbus DispatchNew York Jets offensive lineman Nick Mangold (74) takes a breather during an NFL game against the San Diego Chargers, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010 in San Diego. The Jets won the game, 17-14. [Greg Trott/The Associated Press]The Columbus DispatchSenior Bowl college football player Nick Mangold of Ohio State plays catch with patient Ethan Kerr, 2, during a visit to the University of South Alabama Children's and Women's Hospital on Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, in Mobile, Ala. [Mike Kittrell/Mobile Register]The Columbus DispatchNew York Jets center Nick Mangold, right, and Chris Ivory, left, look at the scoreboard during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in East Rutherford, N.J., on Dec. 13, 2015. [Julio Cortez/The Associated Press]The Columbus DispatchNew York Jets' quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, left, prepares to take the ball from center Nick Mangold during an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins at Wembley stadium in London on Oct. 4, 2016. [Matt Dunham/The Associated Press]The Columbus Dispatch