Exclusive | Mark Sanchezs former Jets teammate in shock over stabbing, arrest: Completely out of character

Former Jets center Nick Mangold was in his fourth season when Mark Sanchez was the rookie quarterback who led head coach Rex Ryan to the 2009 AFC Championship game, a 30-17 loss to the Colts in Indianapolis, the scene of the alleged crime this past Saturday.“I’ve known Mark since 2009, that’s 16 years, and he doesn’t have an aggressive bone in his body,” Mangold told the Post.“For something of this to happen, something obviously wasn’t right that night, and I hope they get to the bottom of it.”Mangold, who played with Sanchez through the 2012 season, texted Sanchez when he learned his former teammate had been stabbed but did not hear back.Sanchez, 38, was stabbed in the chest outside of a bar during an altercation with a 69-year-old grease truck driver at 12:30 AM on Saturday.

Sanchez, who was in Indianapolis to call the Colts-Raiders game for Fox, was arrested and charged while hospitalized on Saturday as authorities believe he was the aggressor.“It’s completely out of character,” Mangold said.

“The Mark I know wouldn’t do this.They obviously have video footage of him doing it, but it seems so out of character.”Sanchez has since been released from the hospital and was taken directly to jail.The charges against Sanchez were upgraded to a Level 5 felony battery of causing serious injury, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said on Monday morning....