Patrick Mannelly
Mannelly in 2008.
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| Position: | Long snapper/Center | ||||
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| Date of birth: | April 18, 1975 | ||||
| Place of birth: | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Atlanta (GA) Marist | ||||
| College: | Duke | ||||
| NFL Draft: | 1998 / Round: 6 / Pick: 189 | ||||
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| Games played: | 245 |
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Patrick Mannelly (born April 18, 1975) is a former American football long snapper. He played college football at Duke and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. Mannelly played with the Bears for 16 years before retiring in 2014. Mannelly was also a midday sports talk host in Chicago on 670 The Score.
Mannelly attended Marist 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 School in 1993.
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. In Mannelly's final college game he went up against Mel Tucker; 15 years later Tucker would join Mannelly at the Chicago Bears and became the Bears defensive coordinator.
The Bears drafted Mannelly in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. On September 27, 2010, 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. Additionally, many of Mannelly's teammates considered him one of the NFL's unsung heroes. In a 2011 game against the San Diego Chargers, Mannelly ruptured his ACL, and was placed on injured reserve. In 2012, Mannelly broke the record for most seasons with the Bears with 15. On December 24, 2012, Mannelly signed a one-year deal with the Bears.
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