Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for 18 seasons. He is the second son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and older brother of former quarterback Eli Manning. Manning played college football for the University of Tennessee, leading the Tennessee Volunteers to the 1997 SEC Championship Game in his senior season. He was selected by the Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. He spent 14 seasons with the Colts and four with the Denver Broncos.
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Peyton Williams Manning is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for 18 seasons. He is the second son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and older brother of former quarterback Eli Manning. Manning played college football for the University of Tennessee, leading the Tennessee Volunteers to the 1997 SEC Championship Game in his senior season. Manning was selected by the Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. He spent 14 seasons with the Colts and four with the Denver Broncos. Manning is the only starting quarterback to have multiple appearances and win the Super Bowl with more than one franchise. He holds many NFL records, including AP MVP awards, Pro Bowl appearances, 4,000-yard passing seasons, single-season passing yards, and single- season passing touchdowns. He is also tied with Sammy Baugh for the most first-team All-Pro selections for a quarterback and is third in career passing yards and passing touchdowns. He was named Gatorade Circle of Champions National Player-of-the-Year and Columbus Touchdown Club National Offensive Player of theYear in 1993. His high school team, Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana, led the Greenies football team to a 34–5 record during his three seasons as the starter. He began wearing the #18 jersey in honor of his older brother Cooper, who was forced to give up football due to spinal stenosis. His younger brother Eli also wore the number when he became starting quarterback.
Manning won 39 of 45 games as a starter, breaking the Southeastern Conference record for career wins. He became Tennessee’s all-time leading passer with 11,201 yards and 89 touchdowns and won 39 of 45 game as a starter. His father Archie Manning played for the Ole Miss Rebels, for whom his father played, and his parents received many angry phone calls and letters. Manning’s father Archie played for Ole Miss, for which his father also played. He has a son, Eli Manning, who also plays quarterback for the New York Giants and New York Jets. Manning has a daughter, Peyton Manning Jr., who was born on September 14, 2010. He had a son with former NFL star and current New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Michael Manning, and a daughter with former New York Mayor Cory Booker, Chelsea Manning, both of whom play for the San Francisco 49ers and New Jersey City. He also has an older brother, Eli, who plays for the Green Bay Packers and the New England Patriots. His brother Eli Manning is also a former NFL player, playing for the Giants and San Francisco Giants. He won the NFL MVP award in Super Bowl XLI, the franchise’s first in over three decades, and their first since relocating to Indianapolis. He helped lead the Colts to eight division championships, two AFC championships, and one Super Bowl title in Superbowl XLI. After undergoing neck surgery that sidelined him for the 2011 season, he served as the team’s starting quarterback from 2012 to 2015, he led them to two more AFC championships.
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