- Kris Mangum
NFL player
Color=Black
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DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1973|8|15
Birthplace=Magee, MS
Position=Tight end
College=Alabama
Mississippi
DraftedYear=1997
DraftedRound=7 / Pick 228
Stats=y
NFL=1672
years=1997-2006
teams=Carolina Panthers
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HOF=Kris Thomas Mangum (born
August 15 ,1973 inMagee, Mississippi ) is a formerAmerican football player who playedtight end for theCarolina Panthers of theNational Football League throughout his entire NFL career. He attended theUniversity of Mississippi . His father, John Mangum, Sr. and his brother,John Mangum , Jr. are both formerNFL players.High school career
Mangum caught 36 passes for 640 yards and eight
touchdown s and added 113 tackles, four sacks, twointerception s and twofumble recoveries as a senior.College career
He ended his
college football career ranked 14th all-time in receptions at Ole Miss, collecting 74 catches for 729 yards during three seasons, after transferring from theUniversity of Alabama following his freshman year. As a junior in 1995, he was an All-Southeastern Conference selection, while making nine starts. Mangum led the SEC with 36 catches for 391 yards and two touchdowns, the most receptions by a Rebels tight end sinceWesley Walls established the mark in 1988.In 1996 he was a finalist for the
Conerly Trophy .NFL career
Mangum spent much of his NFL career as a backup to former Panther tight end, and fellow Ole Miss alum, Wesley Walls. Upon his retirement, he was currently the longest tenured player on offense for the Panthers. He scored his first NFL
touchdown on a 15-yard reception against theKansas City Chiefs in 2000. Mangum produced career highs of 34 catches, 497 receiving yards and three touchdowns in 2004. In the 2006 season the Panthers only had 2 QBs on their roster and claimed that Kris Magnum would fill the role if both went down.After the
2006 NFL season , Mangum announced his retirement. On February 28, 2007, he officially retired from the NFL. In 2008 he took a position as a replacement tight ends coach at theUniversity of Southern Mississippi .
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