Patrick Mannelly
 Mannelly warming up before a 2008 regular season game |
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No. 65 Chicago Bears
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| Tackle / Long snapper | |||
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Personal information
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| Date of birth: April 18, 1975 | |||
| Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia | |||
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Career information
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| College: Duke | |||
| NFL Draft: 1998 / Round: 6 / Pick: 189 | |||
| Debuted in 1998 for the Chicago Bears | |||
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Career history
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| Roster status: Injured reserve | |||
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Career highlights and awards
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Career NFL statistics as of week 11, 2011
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| Games played | 215 | ||
| Stats at NFL.com | |||
Patrick Mannelly (born April 18, 1975) is an American football long snapper for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He was originally selected with the 36th pick of the sixth round of the 1998 NFL Draft out of Duke University.
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[edit] High school years
Mannelly attended Marist High School in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was a good student and a letterman in football and basketball. In football, he was invited to the Georgia-Florida All-Star game after his senior season. Mannelly graduated from Marist High School in 1993.
[edit] College career
Mannelly attended Duke University and was a four-year starter at longsnapper and a two-year starter on the offensive line. He missed a majority of senior year due to a mysterious hip injury. [1]
[edit] Professional career
The Bears drafted Mannelly in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He has played in 200 games with the Bears over his twelve year career. Currently, Mannelly is the longest tenured player on the team's current roster, [2] and on September 27, 2010 NFL Season, Mannelly broke Steve McMichael's Chicago Bears record for most games played as a Bear, with 192. In 2006, kicker Robbie Gould claimed that Mannelly played a pivotal part of his productive season, and praised him in his Pro Bowl acceptance speech. [3] Additionally, many of Mannelly's teammates consider him one of the NFL's unsung heroes.[4] In a 2011 game against the San Diego Chargers, Mannelly ruptured his ACL, and was placed on injured reserve.
[edit] Personal life
Mannelly was born to Jay and Patty Mannelly. His brother, Bernard, played college football for Notre Dame. He is married to Tamara John, the daughter of former Major League Baseball pitcher Tommy John. The couple has one daughter who was born on Christmas Eve 2005. Mannelly is also a spokesperson for the American Lung Association's Athletes and Asthma program. [5]
