Nick Mangold ready to be inducted into Jets Ring of Honor

The Jets are ready to welcome the first of three new members to their Ring of Honor Sunday with Nick Mangold.

Not only do the Jets have a chance to really bury the defending AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals and put them in an 0-3 hole, but they can also do it on the day they’ll be honoring an offensive lineman that did a lot of burying of his own during his time with Gang Green.

At halftime against the Bengals, the Jets will be honoring their former longtime center Nick Mangold by inducting him into the team’s Ring of Honor, the first of three player ceremonies this season for the Jets. They will also honor Darrelle Revis and D’Brickashaw Ferguson.

Mangold played his entire 11-year career with the Jets after being selected with the 29th overall pick of the 2006 NFL Draft. During his 11 seasons, Mangold was selected to the Pro Bowl seven times (2008-2011, 2013-2015) and was a two-time First-team All-Pro selection (2009, 2010).

Mangold started all 164 games he played in, played all 16 games in seven of his 11 seasons and played at least 14 games in every season except his final season, where he played eight. So in total, he played and started 164 out of a possible 176 games.

Mangold is back involved with the Jets, serving as their ambassador to the United Kingdom as part of the NFL’s International Home Marketing Area initiative.

Mangold is ready to be inducted in front of what he hopes is a raucous crowd.

“I’m hoping it’s rocking, coming off the crazy win that we had from the Browns, 1-1, coming in back home,” Mangold said. “I know on 9/11, the crowd was fantastic.”

5 things to know about new Jets Hall of Famer Winston Hill

Five things to know about the Jets’ new Hall of Famer Winston Hill, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

Jets great Winston Hill was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this week as part of the 2020 Centennial Class.

This class, which inducted 15 players, was created to celebrate the league’s 100th anniversary. Hill was honored posthumously, as he passed away in 2016 due to heart failure.

The Jets franchise isn’t exactly a storied one, but Hill helped cement one of the most iconic moments in team history. Now, he will finally be remembered with the game’s all-time greats.

Like the man he was responsible for protecting at left tackle, right tackle and center, Hill finished his career with the Los Angeles Rams in 1977 before calling it quits.

With that, let’s look back at the life of the newest Jet in the Hall of Fame.

Career Accolades

Winston Hill’s now Hall of Fame career was filled with accolades.

Hill was elected to four AFL All-Star teams and eventually four Pro Bowls following the AFL-NFL merger. Hill was also a three-time All-AFL recipient and a three-time NFL All-Pro.

A starter on the only championship team in franchise history, Hill was named to the Jets’ Ring of Honor in 2010.

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