5 Former Patriots Most Likely to Make 2025 Hall of Fame Class
By Ryan Bunton
4. Logan Mankins
Mankins, a six-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler, was selected by the Patriots with the 32nd overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.
Although his career in New England came to an unceremonious end in Aug. 2014 when Mankins and Belichick butted heads due to Mankins' refusal to rework his contract.
Belichick took the unusual step of releasing a statement upon Mankins' departure, deeming him the "best guard I've ever coached". From a coach who's been around the game as much as Bill Belichick has, that is pretty high praise.
Mankins was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2014 in exchange for Tim Wright and a fourth-round pick. He would play the final two seasons of his career in Tampa Bay before retiring at only age 33.
Mankins' resume is littered with accolades, as he was named to the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team, the Patriots All-2000s, All-2010s, All-Dynasty, and 50th Anniversary teams.
Pro Football Reference provides a metric called the Pro Football Hall of Fame monitor, which is "designed to estimate a player's chances of making the Pro Football Hall of Fame using AV, Pro Bowls, All-Pros, championships, and various stat milestones." Among the guard position, the average score among guards that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame is a score of 106. Mankins' score is assessed at 79.15.
Mankins would be a wild-card selection to the Hall of Fame, but when Belichick calls someone the best guard he's ever coached, you listen.