Retiring left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson, who will be feted Thursday at One Jets Drive, outlasted a lot of people during his 10-year career with the New York Jets.
How many? Here's a sampling that includes the coaches he played under, the quarterbacks he protected and the fellow offensive linemen that started alongside him:
Head coaches (3): Eric Mangini, Rex Ryan, Todd Bowles.
Offensive line coaches (5): Tony Wise, Bill Callahan, Dave DeGuglielmo, Mike Devlin, Steve Marshall.
Quarterbacks (14, listed from most playing time to least): Mark Sanchez, Geno Smith, Chad Pennington, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Brett Favre, Kellen Clemens, Michael Vick, Greg McElroy, Matt Simms, Mark Brunell, Tim Tebow, Brad Smith, Jeremy Kerley (three Wildcat plays), Patrick Ramsey (two plays).
Offensive line starters (21, listed from most starts to fewest): Nick Mangold 156, Brandon Moore 112, Matt Slauson 48, Damien Woody 45, Willie Colon 38, Breno Giacomini 32, Austin Howard 32, Alan Faneca 32, Anthony Clement 32, Brian Winters 28, Wayne Hunter 21, James Carpenter 16, Pete Kendall 14, Adrien Clarke 14, Oday Aboushi 10, Vlad Ducasse 5, Norm Katnik 2, Will Montgomery 2, Colin Baxter 2, Wesley Johnson 1, Dalton Freeman 1.
