This weekend, the football world was rocked by the sudden passing of former Ohio State and New York Jets center Nick Mangold . Mangold was dealing with kidney disease and went public with his condition earlier this month, asking for a kidney replacement. Kidney disease was something that Mangold had dealt with over the last 19 years, and he underwent dialysis weekly.

As a former football player, Nick Mangold seemed suitable for the Role, but he still wanted to raise awareness of kidney disease and the benefits of being a kidney donor. Mangold's former Ohio State teammate, All-American linebacker Bobby Carpenter, wrote a big tribute to Mangold on Albert Breer's “Monday Morning QB” notebook. He talked about how much he meant to the football world, but mainly what he meant to his family a

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