About Peyton

Early years…

Growing up in New Orleans, Peyton attended Isidore Newman High School and led his team to a 34-5 record during his three seasons as a starter. He passed for 7207 yards, completing 59.4% of his passes with 92 touchdowns. After his senior season, Peyton was named Gatorade Circle of Champions National Player of the Year and was the number one recruited quarterback in the nation.

College Years

Proud to be a Tennessee Volunteer, Peyton collected honors during his tenure at UT. He became the school’s all-time leading passer with 11,201 yards, 863 completions, and 89 touchdowns. He holds 42 NCAA, SEC, and Tennessee records, including 33 Tennessee single game, season, and career records. Peyton was 39-6 as a starter for Tennessee. As a freshman, he threw three touchdowns against South Carolina. As a sophomore, Peyton recorded his first 300-yard day against Georgia. Peyton’s first 400-yard game came as a junior against Florida, and as a senior he threw his first 500-yard game against Kentucky. In 380 passing attempts as a sophomore, Peyton threw just four interceptions, an NCAA single-season record. For his career, Peyton recorded the lowest interception percentage of all time, 2.39%, a mere 33 interceptions in 1381 attempts. By the end of his junior year, Peyton had already completed his degree, a BA in speech communications, and many suspected he would enter the NFL Draft, and likely be the top pick. Peyton elected to stay at UT for his senior year. He threw for 3819 yards and 36 touchdowns in 1997 and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors. Peyton was elected to the GTE Academic All-American team, won the prestigious Burger King Vincent Draddy Scholar-Athlete of the Year with a $100,000 endowed scholarship to the university, and was named the Maxwell Trophy winner for college football’s best player and the winner of the Davey O’Brien and Johnny Unitas awards as the nation’s best passer. Peyton also received the illustrious Sullivan Award, presented to the nation’s top amateur athlete based on character, leadership, athletic ability, and the ideals of amateurism.

NFL

Since joining the Indianapolis Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 draft, Peyton Manning has earned his place among the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks. He earned NFL MVP honors in 2003, 2004, 2008, and 2009, becoming the only player in NFL history to be named MVP four times. Peyton has made eleven Pro Bowl appearances and has been named to the Associated Press NFL All-Pro First Team five times, including three consecutive seasons from 2003-05.

Manning holds NFL records for consecutive seasons with over 4000 yards passing and the most total seasons with 4000 or more yards passing in a career. He is also the all-time Colts franchise leader in career wins, career passing yards, pass attempts, pas completions, and passing touchdowns.

On February 4, 2007, Manning led the Colts to a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI, being named MVP of the championship game. Manning led the Colts back to the Super Bowl three years later, falling short to the New Orleans Saints on February 7, 2010 in Super Bowl XLIV.

Career Highlights

Started 16 games for 13^th consecutive season in 2010 and earned 11^th career Pro Bowl selection (9^th consecutive selection)
Manning has completed more passes and thrown for more yards and touchdowns in a career-opening 13-year span than any NFL player
Manning ranks 3^rd in NFL career completions
Manning ranks 4^th in NFL career passing yards
Manning ranks 3^rd in NFL career touchdown passes
Manning ranks 4^th in QB starting wins and first in regular season starting wins by NFL QBs with 128 seasons in Super Bowl era
Manning is the only NFL player with 40,000+ passing yards (42,322) and 300+ passing touchdowns (314) in a decade (2000-2009), while 3,579 completions and 115 starting wins also ranks as the most in a single decade