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It appears Peyton Manning isn't the only perennial NFL Pro Bowler who will call it quits this week.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers guard Logan Mankins is retiring after 11 seasons in the league, a source told NFL Media's Ian Rapoport on Monday. ESPN's Adam Caplan also reported the news.
Mankins, who will turn 34 on Thursday, spent his last two seasons with the Bucs but will be best remembered for his role as an anchor on the New England Patriots' offensive line. The Patriots selected Mankins with the 32nd overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft, and the Fresno State product made an immediate impact, switching from his college position of tackle to start all 16 games at left guard in his rookie season.
Mankins started every game at left guard for New England during his first five seasons in the league, earning his first Pro Bowl appearance in 2007 after allowing just one sack during the team's undefeated regular season. He missed the first seven games of the Patriots' 2010 campaign while holding out for a new contract but returned to earn another spot in the Pro Bowl. In 2011, he tore his ACL during the first game of the season but went on to start in the next 15 games.
Mankins has been named to seven Pro Bowl, six of which came with New England, but never won a Super Bowl with the Patriots. The team traded him to the Buccaneers during the 2014 preseason in exchange for tight end Tim Wright and a fourth-round pick and went on to win a title in his absence.
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