Greg Mancz

Mancz started all 13 games at right guard in 2011.[1] He was named a First Team Freshman All-American by Yahoo! Sports and a Third Team Freshman All-American by Phil Steele.[9][1] He also garnered Honorable Mention Academic All-MAC accolades.[10][1] Mancz also won the Cohen Freshman of the Year Award, which is given to Toledo football's "Freshman of the Year".[11] He again started all 13 games in 2012, earning Third Team All-MAC and Academic All-MAC honors.[1][12][13]

In July 2013, he was named a nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, which recognizes college football players for their community service.[14][15][16] Mancz started 12 games in 2013, starting the first three games at right tackle before being moved back to right guard for the rest of the year.[1] He earned Second Team All-MAC and Academic All-MAC honors.[1][12][13] He won the team's offensive Unsung Hero Award.[17]

He moved to center for the 2014 season to replace the recently graduated Zac Kerin.[18][19][20] In July 2014, Mancz was named to the watch lists for both the Rimington Trophy, which is given to the best center in college football, and the Rotary Lombardi Award, which is awarded to the best lineman or linebacker in college football.[21][22][23] Also in July 2014, he was named a nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for the second year in a row.[24]

He started the first nine games of the regular season before missing the last three games due to a knee injury.[25][20][26] He then returned as a starter in the team's GoDaddy Bowl victory over Arkansas State.[25][27] The Rockets finished the year with a 9–4 record, including the bowl victory.[27] The Rockets offense led the MAC in scoring offense, total offense and rushing offense in 2014.[28][16]

He was named a Second Team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).[29][20][16] He was the only player from the MAC to be named to the FWAA All-American team that year and was also the first Toledo player to be named an All-American since Eric Page in 2011.[26][16] He also won the Vern Smith Leadership Award, which is given to the best player in the MAC.[20][16] He was the first offensive lineman to ever win the Vern Smith Leadership Award and the first Toledo player since Bruce Gradkowski in 2005 to win the award.[20][16] Mancz earned First Team All-MAC and Academic All-MAC honors as well.[20][13][16] He also won Toledo football's Jim Nicholson Award, which is given to "the player contributing the most toward the success of the team".[30] He was a team captain in 2014 and was also made a permanent team captain.[31][30][32]

Mancz was a finalist for the 2014 Wuerffel Trophy, which is given to the college football player "who combines outstanding community service with athletic and academic achievement".[33][34] He was also a semifinalist for the 2014 William V. Campbell Trophy, which is given to the best scholar-athlete in the nation.[35][36][16] In May 2015, he received the MAC's Medal of Excellence Award, which is given annually to one male and one female member from the graduating class of each school in the conference.[37]

Mancz accepted an invitation to play in the 2015 East-West Shrine Game as part of the West Team.[38][39] However, he did not play in the game as he suffered a shoulder injury during the second day of Shrine Game practices.[40][8]

Mancz signed with the Houston Texans on May 8, 2015, after going undrafted in the 2015 Draft.[45][16] He played in the first three games of the 2015 season but was inactive for the next five games.[46][47][48] In late October, he suffered a knee injury that required surgery.[40][47][49] He was placed on season-ending injured reserve on November 3, 2015.[50][45] He was taken off injured reserve on February 8, 2016.[45]

In August 2016, he became the team's starting center after a season-ending injury to Nick Martin.[51][52][53] He started all 16 games for the Texans in 2016. He also started the team's two playoff games.[54]

With Martin returning from injury in 2017, Mancz began the season as the team's primary backup along the interior of the offensive line.[55] During the Week 1 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on September 10, Mancz replaced starting left guard Xavier Su'a-Filo to begin the second half but was shifted to right guard after an injury to Jeff Allen.[56][55][57] Mancz then started the Week 2 game against the Cincinnati Bengals on September 14 at right guard. On September 18, Texans head coach Bill O'Brien stated that Mancz would remain the starting right guard even if Allen is healthy.[58] Mancz then started the Week 3 game against the New England Patriots on September 24.[57] Mancz missed the Week 4 game against the Tennessee Titans on October 1 due to a knee injury.[59][57]

On August 31, 2018, Mancz signed a two-year contract extension with the Texans through the 2020 season.[60]

On September 5, 2020, Mancz was released by the Texans and signed to the practice squad the next day.[61][62] He was elevated to the active roster on November 7, November 14, and November 21 for the team's weeks 9, 10, and 11 games against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns, and New England Patriots, and reverted to the practice squad after each game.[63][64][65] On January 2, 2021, Mancz was promoted to the active roster for week 17 against the Tennessee Titans. On January 7, 2021, Mancz was waived.[66]

On January 12, 2021, Mancz signed with the practice squad of the Baltimore Ravens.[67] On January 22, 2021 Mancz was promoted to the active roster. On January 30, 2021, Mancz signed a reserve/futures contract with the Ravens.[68]