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New York Jets, Pro Bowl Center Nick Mangold Agree on Contract Extension
Pro Bowl center Nick Mangold signed a contract extension with the New York Jets, another long-term deal for an offensive line that helped the club lead the National Football League in rushing last season.
“Its official -- signed, sealed and delivered,” Mangold said in a press conference. “I could not be more excited to have that done.”
Coach Rex Ryan said earlier today that Mangold and the club had reached tentative agreement and that the deal would be signed within hours.
Financial terms weren’t disclosed. The New York Daily News said the deal makes Mangold the NFL’s highest-paid center, at $55 million over seven years, with $24 million guaranteed.
In July, the Jets and left tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson agreed on a six-year, $60 million extension. The Jets rushed for 2,756 yards last season, the most in the NFL.
Mangold was in the final year of a rookie contract that would have paid him $3.3 million this season. Unlike teammate Darrelle Revis, Mangold participated in training camp while awaiting the new deal.
The Jets took the 6-foot-4, 305-pound Mangold with the 29th pick in the 2006 draft.
To contact the reporter on this story: Eben Novy-Williams in New York enovywilliam@bloomberg.net.
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