[[Image:PatsMruczkowskiol.jpg|thumb|215px|Gene Mruczkowski at the Patriots 2006 Training Camp]]
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'''Gene Vincent Mruczkowski''' is a [[National Football League]] offensive lineman for the [[New England Patriots]]. He was born on June 6, 1980, and is "6-2" tall and weighs 305 pounds.
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'''Gene Vincent Mruczkowski''' is a [[National Football League]] offensive lineman. He was born on June 6, 1980, and is "6-2" tall and weighs 305 pounds.
== College Football Career ==
== College Football Career ==
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== NFL Career ==
== NFL Career ==
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Undrafted out of the [[University of Purdue]] Mruczkowski was signed by the [[New England Patriots]] as a free agent on May 16, 2003<ref>http://www.patriots.com/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=22818&pcid=47</ref>. He spent most of his rookie season on injury reserve with the Patriots and did not appear in any games. Filling in as a part time backup at tackle, guard, center and also a special teams player, Mruczkowski played in 17 games in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 he was inactive for all but one game. On March 21, 2007 the Patriots resigned him <ref>http://sportsline.com/nfl/story/10078727</ref>.
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Undrafted out of the [[University of Purdue]] Mruczkowski was signed by the [[New England Patriots]] as a free agent on May 16, 2003<ref>http://www.patriots.com/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=22818&pcid=47</ref>. He spent most of his rookie season on injury reserve with the Patriots and did not appear in any games. Filling in as a part time backup at tackle, guard, center and also a special teams player, Mruczkowski played in 17 games in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 he was inactive for all but one game. On March 21, 2007 the Patriots resigned him <ref>http://sportsline.com/nfl/story/10078727</ref> but he was released a few months later after the completion of the [[Patriots Training Camp|2007 Patriots training camp]]<ref>http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/2007/09/patriots_cuts_1.html</ref>.