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Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning during the 2007 season.
No. 18     Indianapolis Colts
Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: March 24, 1976 (1976-03-24) (age 33)
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Weight: 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
College: Tennessee
NFL Draft: 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Debuted in 1998 for the Indianapolis Colts
Career history
As player: Indianapolis Colts (1998–present)
Career highlights and awards
9× Pro Bowl selection (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) 4× First-team All-Pro selection (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008) 3× Second-team All-Pro selection (1999, 2000, 2006) 3× AP NFL MVP (2003, 2004, 2008) Indianapolis Colts All-time leader (Career Wins, Passing Touchdowns , Pass Attempts, Pass Completions and Passing Yards) Pro Bowl MVP (2005) Super Bowl MVP (XLI) Other awards and honors
Career NFL statistics as of 2009
Pass attempts	6,348
Pass completions	4,110
Percentage	64.7
TD-INT	354-174
Passing yards	48,799
QB Rating	95.2
Stats at NFL.com

Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. One of only two three-time NFL MVPs, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.¹ He was drafted by the Colts as the first overall pick in 1998² after a standout college football career with the Tennessee Volunteers. He is the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and the older brother of current New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.

Manning holds NFL records for consecutive seasons with over 4,000 yards passing and the most total seasons with 4,000 or more yards passing in a career.³⁴ Manning holds the highest career passer rating among active quarterbacks and his 95.2 rating puts him second all-time behind only Steve Young. He is the all-time leader in career wins, career passing yards, pass attempts, pass completions, and passing touchdowns for the Colts franchise.⁵

In 2009, he was listed by The Sporting News as the No. 1 player in the NFL today.⁶

Since the Colts drafted Manning in 1998, the team has the highest conversion rate on 3rd down (44.6%) and 4th down (61.1%) plays in the NFL. While leading the Colts to their Super Bowl XLI victory in 2006, Manning helped the team to an NFL record by converting 56.1% of its 3rd downs.⁷

An extremely marketable player outside of football, Manning has appeared in numerous commercials, was featured on the covers of the NFL Fever games for the Xbox, and hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live.⁸⁹¹⁰

High school career

Manning attended Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He led his team to a 34-5 record during three seasons as starter. He was named Gatorade Circle of Champions National Player-of-the-Year and Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club National Offensive Player-of-the-Year in 1993.

College career

Manning stunned many when he chose to attend the University of Tennessee instead of Ole Miss, his father's alma mater.¹¹ He became Tennessee's all-time leading passer with 11,201 yards and 89 touchdowns and won 39 of 45 games as a starter, breaking the Southeastern Conference (SEC) record for career wins.¹²¹³

As a freshman, Manning was the third-string quarterback, but injuries to Todd Helton and Jerry Colquitt forced him to take over the Mississippi State game, a 24–21 loss. In his first start, the following week against Washington State, the Vols won, 10–9, and the Vols won all but one of their remaining games, finishing the season 8–4 with a 45–23 victory over Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl.¹⁴¹⁵¹⁶

Manning and the Vols started off the 1995 season with victories over East Carolina and Georgia, before heading off to Gainesville to play the Gators.¹⁷ Against Florida, he threw for 326 yards and 2 touchdowns, leading the Vols to a 30–21 halftime lead. However, the Gators outscored the Vols 41–7 in the second half, winning 62–37.¹⁸ This would be the Vols' only loss of the season, as they won their remaining 8 regular season games, including a 41–14 win over Alabama and then defeated Ohio State in the Citrus Bowl.¹⁹²⁰ The Vols ended the season ranked third and Manning came in sixth in Heisman Trophy voting.²¹

The Vols opened the 1996 season ranked second behind Nebraska and one of the favorites to win the national championship.²² However, after winning their first two games against UNLV and UCLA, the Vols again lost to Florida, 35–29, with Manning throwing four interceptions.²³ After winning their next four games, the Vols were upset by Memphis, despite Manning passing for 296 yards.²⁴ The Vols won the remainder of their games, including a 48–28 win in the Citrus Bowl over Northwestern, a game in which Manning passed for 408 yards and 4 touchdowns; he was named the game's MVP.²⁵²⁶

Manning completed his degree in three years, and was projected to be the top overall pick in the NFL Draft, but returned to Tennessee for his senior year.²⁷ In his senior season, the Vols opened the season with victories against Texas Tech and UCLA, but for the third time in his career, Manning fell to Florida, 33–20.²⁸²⁹³⁰ The Vols won the rest of their regular season games, finishing 10–1, and advanced to the SEC Championship game against Auburn. Down 20–7, Manning led the Vols to a 30–29 victory. Throwing for 4 touchdowns, he was named the game's MVP, but injured himself in the process.³¹³² The 3rd-ranked Vols were matched-up with 2nd-ranked Nebraska in the Orange Bowl; if Tennessee won and top-ranked Michigan lost to Washington State in the Rose Bowl, the Vols would win the national championship.³³ However, the Vols' defense could not stop Nebraska's rushing attack, giving up over 400 rushing yards in a 42–17 loss.³⁴ As a senior, Manning won numerous awards; he was a consensus First-team All-American, the Maxwell Award winner, the Davey O'Brien Award winner, the Johnny Unitas Award winner, and the Best College Player ESPY Award winner, among others; however, he did not win the Heisman, finishing runner-up to Charles Woodson.³⁵³⁶³⁷ In 2005, Tennessee retired Manning's number (#16).³⁸ One of the streets leading to Neyland Stadium has been re-named Peyton Manning Pass.

Professional career

1998 season: Rookie Season

Manning was selected first overall in the 1998 draft by the Indianapolis Colts.² In his rookie season, he passed for 3,739 yards with 26 touchdowns, set five different NFL rookie records, including most touchdown passes in a season, and was named to the NFL All-Rookie First Team.³⁹⁴⁰⁴¹ Manning's first win came against fellow rookie quarterback Ryan Leaf, 17–12 over the Chargers.⁴² Weeks later, Manning faced off against Steve Young; he threw three touchdowns, tying a Colts rookie record, but the 49ers kicked a late field goal to win, 34–31.⁴³ In November against the Jets, Manning threw for three touchdowns in a 24–23 win; he was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for this performance. It was the first game-winning drive of Manning's career, as he hit Marcus Pollard with the game-winning TD pass.⁴⁰⁴⁴ Manning was certainly a bright spot in 1998 for the Colts, but he also threw a league high 28 interceptions and the team limped to a 3-13 record thanks mostly to a defense that surrendered more than 27 points per game. The Colts lost many close games, including five games in which they had led by double-digits at some point.⁴⁵⁴⁶

1999 season: First 4,000 Yard season

The Colts opened the 1999 season with a 31–14 victory over Buffalo, but gave up a 28–7 lead the following week against the Patriots and lost.⁴⁷⁴⁸ After defeating San Diego 27–19 in a game in which Manning threw for over 400 yards, and was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for they lost again, to Miami.⁴⁰⁴⁹⁵⁰ The Colts responded by winning 11 of their remaining 12 games, finishing 13–3 and the AFC East champions. The 10 game turnaround from the previous year set an NFL record.⁵¹ As the second seed in the AFC, the Colts earned a first round bye, and faced Tennessee in the play-offs. The Colts lost 19–16 to the Super Bowl bound Titans and Manning was limited to one touchdown run.⁵² Manning finished the year with 4,135 passing yards and 26 passing touchdowns, and was named both Second-team All-Pro and to the Pro Bowl, both firsts for him.³⁹⁵³ In the Pro Bowl, he passed for 270 yards with 2 touchdowns.⁵⁴

2000 season

The Colts started off the 2000 season inconsistent. Following an opening week victory against Kansas City, they blew a 21–0 lead against the Raiders.⁵⁵⁵⁶ The Colts responded with a Monday Night victory against Jacksonville, a 43–14 win in which Manning threw for 430 yards and 4 touchdowns; Manning was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for this performance.⁴⁰⁵⁷ The Colts won 4 of their next 5 games, including one against New England in which Manning posted the first perfect passer rating of his career, but then lost 4 of the 5 games following that. The Colts regained their momentum, winning their final 3 games, including a 31–10 win over Minnesota on Week 17. Manning threw for 4 touchdowns in the win and was again named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and the win gave the Colts a 10-6 record as well as a wild card spot in the play-offs.⁴⁰⁵⁸⁵⁹ In the wild card game, the Colts fell to the Dolphins, 23–17 in overtime. Manning passed for 194 yards and a touchdown in the loss.⁶⁰ He finished the season with 4,413 passing yards and 33 passing touchdowns and was named Second-team All-Pro and to the Pro Bowl.³⁹ At the Pro Bowl, Manning threw two touchdown passes.⁶¹⁶²

2001 season

During the 2001 season, Manning and the Colts introduced the league to their now-signature no-huddle offense, and used it to great effect in a Week 1 rout of the Jets, 45–24.⁶³ The next week, the Colts advanced to 2–0 with a win over Buffalo, behind Manning's 421 yards passing.⁶⁴ He was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for this game.⁴⁰ However, the Colts lost the following week to New England, and continued their slide losing their following two games.⁶⁵ The Colts briefly rebounded, winning two games, but then lost seven of their last nine, finishing the season 6–10.⁶⁶ Despite the poor record, Manning finished the season with 4,131 passing yards and 26 passing touchdowns.³⁹

2002 season

The Colts started off the 2002 season 4–1, before a 3 game losing streak sent them to 4–4. The Colts responded by winning all but two of their remaining games, including a 35–13 upset of the Eagles in which Manning had a perfect quarterback rating for the second time in his career, giving them a 10–6 record and a spot in the play-offs.⁶⁷ However, the Colts were pummeled by the Jets in the Wild Card game, 41–0, with Manning passing for only 137 yards.⁶⁸ He finished the year with 4,200 passing yards and 27 passing touchdowns and was named to the Pro Bowl team.³⁹ In the Pro Bowl, Manning completed five of eleven passes for 100 yards and a touchdown.⁶⁹

2003 season: First MVP

The 2003 Colts began the season 5–0, including a 55–21 blowout of the Saints in which Manning played his third perfect game, earning him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors.⁴⁰ After an overtime loss to Carolina, the Colts won all but three of their remaining games, finishing 12–4.⁷⁰ In a Week 14 win against Atlanta, Manning threw for five touchdowns and was named player of the week a second time.⁴⁰⁷¹ He also earned AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors for the month of October.⁴⁰ In the Wild Card playoff round Manning and the Colts defeated the Denver Broncos 41–10, his first playoff win. He passed for 377 yards and 5 touchdowns in the game, earning him a perfect passer rating, his second of the season and the fourth of his career.⁷² After the game, Manning was awarded Player of the Week honors for the third time that season.⁴⁰ In the divisional playoffs, Manning led the Colts to a 38–31 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.⁷³ In the AFC title game Manning was shut down by the New England Patriots defense and posted the third lowest passer rating of his career at 35.5. The Patriots defense intercepted Manning four times and sacked him another four, as the Colts lost the game 24–14.⁷⁴⁷⁵ During the season, Manning was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September and was named the AP NFL co-MVP along with Titans quarterback Steve McNair.⁴⁰⁷⁶ Manning also received the ESPY Award for Best NFL Player.³⁶ Manning led the league with 4,267 passing yards and threw 29 touchdowns; he was named First-team All-Pro and to the Pro Bowl.³⁹⁷⁷ He passed for 342 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Pro Bowl, a 55–52 loss.⁷⁸

2004 season: Second MVP

The 2004 Colts opened the season with a 27–24 loss to the Patriots, after Mike Vanderjagt missed a potentially game tying field goal in the closing seconds of the game.⁷⁹ The Colts won their next four games including a 45–31 win over Green Bay in which Manning threw 5 touchdowns, earning him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors, but then lost their next two games, to Jacksonville and Kansas City, despite Manning throwing for 840 yards combined in the two games.^40808182 The Colts responded well, winning their next 8 games before losing their final regular season game to Denver, a game in which Manning played only the first series.⁸³ During the month of November, Manning was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week twice; once for his 5 touchdown performance in a 49–14 blowout of Houston and once for his performance in a 41–9 win at Detroit in which he threw 6 touchdowns in less than three quarters.⁸⁴⁸⁵ Due to his performances in November, Manning earned AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors.⁴⁰ He was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for a fourth time in the week 16 game against San Diego⁴⁰ where he led the Colts to a 34–31 victory after trailing by fifteen in the fourth quarter.⁸⁶

During the season, Manning threw for 4,557 yards, had a record 121.1 quarterback rating and 49 touchdowns, which was also a record (since broken).,³⁹⁸⁷ He was selected as the 2004 NFL MVP drawing 49 of 50 votes, was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year and was named the Best NFL Player at the ESPY Awards for the second consecutive year; Manning also received the ESPY Award for Best Record-Breaking Performance for his 49 touchdown passes.³⁶⁷⁶ The Colts finished the season with a 12–4 record and their second straight AFC South title. They were the third seed in the AFC.⁸⁸ Three Colts receivers had 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns that season.

In the Wild Card game against Denver, Manning passed for 458 yards and 4 touchdowns.⁸⁹ However, the Colts' 2004 season ended in Foxborough for a second straight year with a 20–3 loss against New England, when Manning recorded a season-low passer rating of 69.3. It was Manning's seventh consecutive loss to the Patriots in Foxborough and the Colts' three points were their lowest single game point total since their opening game of the 2003 season.⁹⁰ Manning was named a Pro Bowl starter; in the Pro Bowl, he threw 3 touchdowns in a 38–27 victory and was named the game's MVP.⁹¹ Manning was also a unanimous First-team All-Pro selection.⁹²

2005 season

Manning at the 2006 Pro Bowl

In 2005, the Colts had a greatly improved defense over that of recent years. Combining this with their offense, they won their first 13 games, including a 40–21 rout of the two-time defending Super Bowl Champions, New England. This was Manning's first road win against the Patriots in 8 attempts, and his 3 touchdowns passes earned him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors.⁴⁰⁹³ By week 15, the Colts had a perfect 13–0 record, and had secured the AFC South and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. Nevertheless, Tony Dungy made the decision to play all of his regular starters against the Chargers. However, the Colts played a sub-par game against the Chargers and fell short of the win; the score was 26–17.⁹⁴ Manning finished the season with 3,747 passing yards, the first time he had thrown for under 4,000 yards since his rookie season of 1998, largely due to the fact that Manning sat out much of the final two games with the top AFC seed clinched. His quarterback rating of 104.1 was the highest in the league for the season.³⁹

In the playoffs, the Pittsburgh Steelers visited the RCA Dome for the second AFC divisional playoff game of the 2005 season. In the 4th quarter with only a few minutes left in the game, Manning threw what looked to be the game-ending interception to Troy Polamalu, but the interception was overturned (a call the NFL later admitted was incorrect).⁹⁵ The Colts went on to score, and were able to get the ball back down three points near the end of the game. On 4th down, Manning was sacked near his own goal line, and the game seemed to be over as the Steelers were one yard from a touchdown. On the next play, the ball was fumbled by Jerome Bettis and picked up by Colts defender Nick Harper who appeared to have a clear path down the sideline for what might have been the game-winning score. However, Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger managed to dive in front of Harper and tackle him by the leg, saving a touchdown. Then the Colts drove down the field to the Steelers 27 yard line, before Mike Vanderjagt missed a field goal as time ran out.⁹⁶

Manning came in second in voting for the MVP award to Shaun Alexander ending his streak at two years.⁹⁷ He was named the 2005 winner of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award and nominated for the FedEx Air Player of the Year Award, along with Tom Brady and Carson Palmer.⁹⁸ Manning was also named First-team All-Pro for the third consecutive year and named to the Pro Bowl squad; in the Pro Bowl, he threw one touchdown pass and three interceptions.⁹⁹¹⁰⁰

2006 Season: Super Bowl Run

Manning and the 2006 Colts visit President George W. Bush at the White House.

The Colts started the 2006 season 9–0, including victories against Houston and Washington in weeks 2 and 7 that earned Manning AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors, and a week 9 victory over New England.^40101102103 Manning was also named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week after a week 17 victory against Miami.¹⁰⁴ The Colts finished the season 12–4 and the AFC South Champions, and entered the play-offs as the number 3 seed.¹⁰⁵ Manning ended the regular season with 4,397 passing yards and a league-leading 31 touchdown passes. His quarterback rating (101.0) was the highest in the league for the third year in a row.³⁹

Manning's Colts defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the playoffs by a score of 23–8, then won their game against the Baltimore Ravens, 15–6.¹⁰⁶¹⁰⁷ In the AFC Championship game, the Colts trailed 21–3 before coming back to defeat the Patriots for the title by a score of 38–34. Late in the fourth quarter, Manning led an 80 yard touchdown drive to take the lead and finished with 349 passing yards and two touchdowns. The comeback was the largest deficit ever overcome in a conference championship.¹⁰⁸

Manning led the Colts to a 29–17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI and was voted the Super Bowl MVP.¹⁰⁹ Manning, who had been criticized for failing to win big games, exorcised his big-game demons with the win. "In years' past when our team's come up short, it's been disappointing," he told reporters. "Somehow we found a way to have learned from some of those losses and we've been a better team because of it."¹¹⁰ For his role in the Colts' championship run, Manning was awarded the ESPY for Best Championship Performance.¹¹¹ Manning was again named to the Pro Bowl and was also named Second-team All-Pro; in the Pro Bowl he played only two series, passing for 67 yards.^39112113 Following the Super Bowl win, Manning agreed to restructure his contract to save the Colts $8.2 million in salary cap space.¹¹⁴

2007 season

Manning's Colts opened the NFL season with 7 wins, pitting them against an undefeated Patriots squad in a match-up that was being called "Super Bowl 41.5". Manning and Addai helped the Colts to a 13–7 half-time lead, and an early fourth quarter touchdown upped the lead to 20–10. However, Brady led the Patriots to two late touchdowns, to hand Manning his first loss of the season, 24–20. Manning finished the game with 225 yards passing, including a passing touchdown. He also had a rushing touchdown.¹¹⁵

Manning did not bounce back from the loss well. Against the San Diego Chargers he threw for a career-worst and franchise-record 6 interceptions. Despite this, he was able to rally the Colts from a 23–0 deficit to 23–21, and gave Adam Vinatieri an opportunity to take the lead with a 29-yard field goal. Vinatieri's miss sunk the Colts to 7–2. Manning did not play particularly well against the Kansas City Chiefs either, throwing no touchdowns. However, he managed to lead the Colts on a late drive for a game-winning field goal, rushing for two yards on 4th and 1 in the process. Manning finished the game with 163 passing yards, allowing him to overtake 40,000 in his career.¹¹⁶ The victory was Manning's 100th.¹¹⁷ The Colts won their next 5 games, securing yet another AFC South title, as well as the AFC's number two seed in the play-offs.¹¹⁸ In the final game of the regular season, Manning played only two series before being replaced with back-up Jim Sorgi; the Colts lost the game to the Titans, 16–10.⁴ Manning finished the season with 4,040 passing yards, 31 touchdown passes, and a quarterback rating of 98.0.³⁹ In the divisional round of the playoffs, Manning and the Colts lost to the Chargers, 28–24. Manning helped the Colts to 4 different leads but could not lead a final touchdown drive for the win. Manning finished the game with 402 yards passing and 3 passing touchdowns.¹¹⁹ Peyton was widely viewed during Super Bowl XLII as he cheered on brother Eli and the New York Giants in their upset of the New England Patriots. Manning was named a Pro Bowl starter and passed for 147 yards and a touchdown in three series.¹²⁰

2008 season: Third MVP

On July 14, 2008, Manning had surgery to remove an infected bursa sac in his left knee.¹²¹ Manning, who had worn a knee brace due to problems since he was in college, sat out all four preseason games and missed most of training camp.

In the first regular season game at new Lucas Oil Stadium, the Colts lost 29–13 to the Chicago Bears. The following week they fell behind 15–0 to the Minnesota Vikings in the 2nd half before rallying to win the game on Adam Vinatieri's 47 yard field goal. Manning passed for 311 yards as the Colts avoided their first 0–2 start since Manning's rookie season.¹²²

Week 3 matched the Colts with division rival Jacksonville. Manning threw 2 interceptions in the game, including one that was returned for a TD by Rashean Mathis. Jacksonville rushed for 236 yards and held the ball for over 41 minutes. Still, trailing by 6 late in the game Manning led the Colts on a 77-yard TD drive to take a 21-20 lead. Jacksonville kicker Josh Scobee made a 51 yard field goal to win the game and drop the Colts to 1–2.¹²³

For the third week in a row, Manning used the 4th quarter to bring the Colts back from a 27–10 deficit in the last 5 minutes against the Houston Texans to a 31–27 victory. It was the first time an NFL team had won a game in regulation after trailing by 17 points in the last 5 minutes.¹²⁴ Manning threw a 7 yard TD pass on 4th & 6 to rookie tight end Tom Santi to make the deficit 27–17. Houston QB Sage Rosenfels, starting for the injured Matt Schaub, then fumbled the ball on a scramble, and it was returned 68 yards for a TD by Gary Brackett. After another Rosenfels fumble, Manning threw the 5-yard game-winning TD pass to Reggie Wayne. The Colts scored 3 TDs in 2:10.¹²⁵

On October 12 Manning led the Colts to a 31–3 blow out win at Lucas Oil Stadium against the Baltimore Ravens to avoid their first 0–3 start at home since 1997. The win moved Manning past Terry Bradshaw on the all-time wins list with 108. Manning was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the 17th time in his career for his effort of 3 TD passes and 271 yards passing.¹²⁶ It was revealed during the game by CBS commentators Jim Nantz and Phil Simms that Manning had a second surgery on his knee before the season started. Colts coach Tony Dungy confirmed this report the day after the Baltimore game.¹²⁷

The Colts suffered their largest margin of defeat, 34–14, in Green Bay the following week. Manning threw 2 interceptions that were returned for touchdowns (2nd time in career; 1st was 9/30/01 vs. New England Patriots).¹²⁸¹²⁹ The next week the Colts went into Tennessee on Monday Night Football to face the 6–0 Titans. They led 14–6 in the 3rd quarter, but Tennessee scored 25 unanswered for a 31–21 victory and almost assured the Colts they would not win the AFC South division title for the first time in 6 seasons.¹³⁰ At 3–4 the Colts opened up November with their annual showdown against the New England Patriots on Sunday Night Football. The game lacked the luster the rivalry has carried, as there was no Tom Brady, no undefeated season on the line, and neither team was in 1st place of their division. Still, the game was close all the way. Tied at 15 in the 4th quarter, Manning set up Adam Vinatieri for a 52 yard field goal that proved to be the winning points in an 18–15 victory. Manning completed 21 of 29 passes for 254 yards, 2 touchdowns and no interceptions.¹³¹ The Colts were 4–4 halfway through the season and still alive in the AFC playoff race.

In week 10 the Colts traveled to Pittsburgh to take on the 6–2 Steelers who had the league's #1 defense. They trailed 17–7 in the 2nd quarter before Manning found Dallas Clark for a 2-yard TD to end the half 17–14. Down 20-17 in the 4th quarter, Manning found Dominic Rhodes uncovered for a 17 yard TD pass that would put the Colts up 24-20 for the rest of the game. It was Manning's 4th game-winning drive (35th of his career) in the 4th quarter this season. He completed 21 of 40 for 240 yards and 3 touchdowns (the 50th game of his career with 3+ TD passes). It was the first time the Colts have won in Pittsburgh since 1968 (12 straight losses before this win).¹³² Against Houston, Manning passed for 320 yards and 2 TDs while leading 5 consecutive scoring drives in a 33-27 victory, the third in a row for the Colts.¹³³ Manning won AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the 2nd time this season (18th time, career)¹³⁴

At San Diego, Manning completed 32 of 44 for 255 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT in a 23-20 victory. The interception snapped his streak of 140 pass attempts without an interception, the longest streak of his career. After the Chargers rallied from a 10 point deficit in the 4th to tie the game at 20, Manning led the game-winning drive by completing a 14 yard pass to Marvin Harrison on 4th and inches at midfield. Adam Vinateri kicked the winning 51 yard field goal three plays later. It was Manning's 5th game-winning drive in the 4th quarter this season. The win snapped a 3-game losing streak to the Chargers.¹³⁵ Manning passed for a season-low 125 yards at Cleveland, but the Colts won their 5th straight game, by a final of 10–6.¹³⁶

In a 35-3 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals, Manning threw 3 TD passes while completing 26 of 32 passes for 277 yards. It marked the 11th straight season Manning had thrown at least 20 TD passes, the 2nd longest streak ever.¹³⁷ Against the 0–13 Detroit Lions, the Colts found themselves in a 21–21 game in the 4th quarter. Manning led his 6th game-winning drive of the season and the Colts pulled away 31-21. It marked their 7th straight win, 7th straight season with 10+ wins, and they became the only team in NFL history to have a winning streak of at least 7 games in 5 straight seasons. Manning completed 28 of 37 passes for 318 yards and 1 TD.¹³⁸

Needing a win to clinch the 5th seed in the playoffs, Manning had one of his best career performances in Jacksonville on Thursday Night Football. He completed his first 17 passes of the game. In addition to completing his last 6 against Detroit, Manning's 23 straight completions fell one shy of the NFL record (Donovan McNabb - 24). The Colts trailed 14-0 in the first half and 24-14 to start the 4th quarter. Manning led his 7th 4th quarter win of the season and the Colts put the game away with a defensive TD for a 31-24 victory to clinch a 7th consecutive playoff berth. Manning completed 29 of 34 passes (85.7%) for 364 yards and 3 TDs. It increased his NFL record streak of seasons with 25 TD passes to 11. Manning and the Colts tied a NFL record by winning 3 games in a season in which they trailed by at least 14 points.¹³⁹ For his efforts Manning won AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the third time in 2008. It was the 19th time he has won the award, passing Dan Marino for the most all-time since the award was originated in 1984.¹⁴⁰ He also was selected as the FedEx Air Player of the Week. With the playoff seed secured, Manning only played the opening drive in a shutout against the division-leading Titans in Week 17. He completed all 7 of his passes for 95 yards and a TD, extending his NFL record to nine seasons with 4000 yards passing, and also extended the record to a sixth straight season he led the Colts to at least 12 wins.¹⁴¹ At the end of the 2008 season, Manning was named NFL MVP for the 3rd time, tying Brett Favre for the most MVP awards in NFL history.

The day following the MVP award, the Colts played their 2007 nemesis, the Chargers, in their wild-card playoff game. Down 14-10 at the half, Manning put the Colts ahead 17-14 in the third quarter as he completed a 72-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Reggie Wayne. But the Chargers tied the game in the fourth quarter as kicker Nate Kaeding nailed a 22-yard field goal. When San Diego won the coin toss, they scored on the first possession, ending the Colts season.

2009 season

Week 1 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (W 14-12): Under new head coach Jim Caldwell, Manning started the 2009 season with a victory by throwing for 301 yards, marking his 48th career 300 yard passing game.¹⁴²

Week 2 at Miami Dolphins (W 27-23): On Monday Night Football, Manning led his 29th fourth quarter comeback (38th game-winning drive) by throwing for 303 yards and 2 TD passes, despite only having the ball for 14:53, the lowest time of possession for a winning team in the NFL since they began tracking the statistic in 1977. The win was Manning's 119th in the regular season, moving him past Johnny Unitas for 5th all time.¹⁴³

Week 3 at Arizona Cardinals (W 31-10): Manning passed for 379 yards and had 4 TD passes for the 18th time in his career (moving him ahead of Johnny Unitas into third on the NFL career list, behind Dan Marino's 21 and Brett Favre's 20) in his first ever NFL game played in Arizona. It was his 50th regular season game with 300 yards passing (third consecutive).¹⁴⁴ For his efforts in September, Manning was named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for the fourth time in his career.¹⁴⁵

Week 4 vs Seattle Seahawks (W 34-17): Manning passed for 353 yards and 2 TDs. His fourth consecutive 300-yard passing game set a new franchise record.¹⁴⁶

Week 5 at Tennessee Titans (W 31-9): Manning passed for 309 yards and 3 TDs. In the process he moved into sole possession of 3rd place in passing touchdowns (345) and 5th all-time in passing yards (47,273), surpassing Fran Tarkenton in both categories.¹⁴⁷

Week 7 at St. Louis Rams (W 42-6): Though only throwing for 235 yards (ending his streak of five consecutive 300-yard passing games; record is 6), Manning threw three TD passes and led the Colts to their 15th straight regular season win and set a franchise-record with an eighth straight road win. He also moved past Warren Moon for 4th all time in completions.¹⁴⁸

Week 8 vs. San Francisco 49ers (W 18-14): Held without a TD pass for the first time in 10 games, Manning threw for 347 yards and running back Joseph Addai threw the game-winning TD pass on a trick play to start the 4th quarter for Indy's 16th consecutive regular season win.¹⁴⁹

Week 9 vs. Houston Texans (W 20-17): Manning reached several milestones in leading the Colts to becoming the fourth team in NFL history with 17 straight regular-season wins. He moved past Fran Tarkenton for 4th all-time in wins with 125. He became the first quarterback to pass for over 40,000 yards in a decade. He threw a career-high 25 passes in the 1st quarter (most in any opening quarter since 1991), and had a career-high 40 pass attempts in the first half. He set a franchise record for most 300 yard passing games in a season with his seventh 300-yard effort of the season (also a NFL record through the first 8 games of a season ¹⁵⁰). He led his third 4th quarter comeback of the season (39th of his career).

Week 10 vs. New England Patriots (W 35-34): Trailing 31-14 early in the 4th quarter, Manning led the Colts on three touchdown drives for his 32nd 4th quarter comeback victory. He threw the 1-yard winning TD pass to Reggie Wayne with 13 seconds remaining. For the game, Manning had 4 TD passes and 327 yards passing, his eighth 300 yard passing game of the season. The 18 straight regular season wins are tied for the second longest streak in NFL history.¹⁵¹ He was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the 20th time for this game.

Week 11 at Baltimore Ravens (W 17-15): Manning fell one yard shy of reaching 300 yards passing in the 19th consecutive regular season win for the Colts (second longest streak in NFL history). For the first time in NFL history, a team won four straight games after trailing in the 4th quarter as Manning led the game-winning field goal drive.¹⁵² He surpassed 3000 yards passing for the 12th straight season.¹⁵³

Pre-snap routine

Manning's pre-snap routine has become one of the most recognizable scenes in the NFL.¹⁵⁴ Prior to each play in a football game, the offensive team generally huddles; however, Manning and the Colts skip the huddle, instead using a hurry-up offense with numerous audibles at the line of scrimmage.¹⁵⁴¹⁵⁵

Personal life

Manning was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He married his wife Ashley in Memphis on St. Patrick's Day in 2001. Ashley was introduced to him by her parents' next-door neighbor the summer before Manning's freshman year in college.¹⁵⁶

During the summer, Archie, Peyton, Eli, and Cooper run the Manning Passing Academy, a five day camp which aims to improve the offensive skills of quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends, and running backs.¹⁵⁷ In addition to the Mannings, the camp has included many prominent players from football as coaches, such as Colts wide receivers Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne.¹⁵⁸

Peyton, along with Archie, authored a book entitled Manning: A Father, His Sons, and a Football Legacy, which was released in 2000. The book covers Archie's and Cooper's lives and careers, and Peyton's life and career up to the time that the book was released, and examines football from both Archie's and Peyton's points-of-view.¹⁵⁹

Manning has donated over $8,000 to Republican politicians, among them Fred Thompson, Bob Corker, and former President George W. Bush.¹⁶⁰

Manning in popular culture

Manning has become the NFL's most marketable player, appearing in several television and printed advertisements for some of the NFL's biggest sponsors.⁸ Manning is recognized as a pitchman for the following companies: Sprint, Sony, MasterCard, Gatorade, DirecTV, H.H. Gregg, and the American Red Cross. Manning also was the spokesman for Xbox's NFL Fever games, and was featured on the covers of the games.⁹

Manning made an appearance on Satuday Night Live's sports extra in 2008 in which he was in a children's football scene, and a high school basketball scene. An ESPN This is SportsCenter ad from 2006 features the entire Manning family; parents Archie and Olivia, with their sons Peyton, Eli and Cooper, touring the SportCenter studios with Peyton and Eli engaging in horseplay behind everybody.

He was also featured in one of a series of DirecTV commercials where celebrities are seen in their element, then suddenly begin addressing the viewer. In his commercial they parodied his pre-snap audible routine and known delay in calling for the ball by having him pitch NFL Sunday Ticket instead of changing the play during a blowout game against the Tennessee Titans. Manning also appears in advertisements for St. Mary's Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Manning also hosted Saturday Night Live with musical guest Carrie Underwood on March 24, 2007, his 31st birthday. The episode earned the show's highest household rating in more than 10 months in the metered markets.¹⁰ During his opening, he alluded to his most-marketable status by joking that he had accomplished two of his life goals: his team, the Colts, winning a Super Bowl and his appearance on over half of America's television commercials. He has also won "Favorite Male Athlete" for the Kids Choice Awards.¹⁶¹ On May 27, 2007 Manning waved the green flag to begin the 91st Indianapolis 500.¹⁶²

In an upcoming Simpsons episode Jealous that Lisa has a sister (Maggie), Bart fantasizes having a brother of his own. The episopde will guest star Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, and Cooper Manning and also The Smothers Brothers¹⁶³

Charitable works

Shortly after beginning his NFL career, Manning started his own charity, the Peyback Foundation. The Peyback Foundation's mission is to help disadvantaged kids, and focuses its efforts in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Indiana.¹⁶⁴

Manning poses with a fan in 2006

Manning, along with his brother Eli, volunteered their assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Among the tasks performed, the Mannings assisted in the delivery of 30,000 pounds of water, Gatorade, baby formula, diapers, and pillows to the people of New Orleans.¹⁶⁵

On September, 2007, St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis renamed its children's hospital to "Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent." Manning and his wife made a donation of an undisclosed amount to St. Vincent's and have had a relationship with the hospital since his arrival in Indianapolis.¹⁶⁶¹⁶⁷

Career awards and records

Major high school awards

• 1992, 1993 Louisiana Class 2A MVP¹⁶⁸
• 1993 Gatorade Circle of Champions Award¹⁶⁸
• 1993 Atlanta TD Club's Bobby Dodd Award¹⁶⁸
• 1993 New Orleans Quarterback Club Player of the Year¹⁶⁸
• 1993 Columbus, Ohio Touchdown Club Offensive Player of the Year¹⁶⁸
• 1993 Gatorade High School Player of the Year (National)¹⁶⁹

College awards

NFL awards

• NFL MVP (2003 (shared with Steve McNair), 2004, 2008)⁷⁶
• Best NFL Player ESPY Award(2004,³⁶ 2005¹⁷³)
• 9× Pro Bowl Selection (1999–2000, 2002–2008)⁴¹
• 4× First-team All-Pro (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008)⁷⁷⁹²⁹⁹
• 3× Second-team All-Pro (1999, 2000, 2006)^5361112
• Bert Bell Award (2003, 2004)¹⁷⁴
• 1998 NFL All-Rookie First Team⁴¹
• 2004 AFC Offensive Player of the Year⁷⁶
• 2004 Fedex Express Player of the Year¹⁷⁵
• 2005 Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award¹⁷³
• 2005 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award¹⁷⁴
• 2005 Byron “Whizzer” White Humanitarian Award⁴¹
• 2005 Pro Bowl MVP⁷⁶
• 2007 Super Bowl MVP¹⁰⁹
• 2007 Best Championship Performance ESPY Award¹¹¹

Additionally, Manning has been named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month four times (9/2003, 11/2004, 10/2006, 9/2009) and Offensive Player of the Week on 20 occasions (19 AFC, 1 NFL/playoff).⁴⁰

College records

Tennessee Volunteers records

SEC records

• Lowest interception percentage (season): 1.05% (1995)¹⁷⁶
• Highest completion percentage (career): 62.49%¹³
• Lowest interception percentage (career): 2.39%¹³
• Most 300+ passing yard games (career): 18¹³

NFL records

Career (individual)

Manning holds a number of individual career records:

• Highest passer rating, season: 121.1 (2004)¹⁷⁷
• Most seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards: 9 (1999–2004, 2006–2008)¹⁷⁸
• Most consecutive seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards: 6 (1999–2004)³
• Most consecutive seasons with at least 20 touchdown passes: 12 (1998-2009; current, tied with Brett Favre) ⁴¹
• Most consecutive seasons with at least 25 touchdown passes: 11 (1998–2008; current)¹⁷⁸
• Most games with a perfect passer rating, career: 4 (includes 1 playoff game)⁸⁹
• Most consecutive games started to open a career by a quarterback (current): 186¹⁷⁹
• Most consecutive games with at least 2 touchdown passes: 13 (games 1–13, 2004)¹⁸⁰
• Most consecutive games with at least 4 touchdown passes: 5 (games 7–11, 2004)¹⁷⁷
• Most games with at least 4 touchdown passes (season, 2004): 6 (tied with 1984 Marino)¹⁷⁷
• Most games with at least 5 touchdown passes, career: 7 (includes 1 playoff game)¹⁸¹
• One of only seven QB's with at least 6 touchdown passes in two games (tied with Sammy Baugh, Y.A. Tittle, Daryle Lamonica, Tom Brady, Charley Johnson and George Blanda)¹⁸²
• Highest career TDs/game average for any QB with at least 150 TDs: 1.89 TDs/game⁴¹
• Highest career completions/game average (min. 100 games played): 22.0¹⁸³
• Most consecutive games with a passer rating over 100: 9 (games 5–13 of 2004 season; record tied by Carson Palmer, 2004–05 and Tom Brady, 2006–07)¹⁸⁴
• Highest completion percentage by a QB in one month in NFL history (min. 75 attempts): 81.8% (December 2008) ⁴¹
• Most career games with a completion percentage of 70% or higher (min. 10 attempts): 55¹⁸⁵
• Most seasons with 10+ wins as a starter (regular season only): 10 (1999-2000, 2002-2009)
• Most seasons with 12+ wins as a starter (regular season only): 7 (1999, 2003–2008)
• Only QB with at least 12 wins as a starter in 6 consecutive seasons (2003–2008)¹⁸⁶
• Only QB with eight straight seasons of 10+ wins as a starter (2002-2009)⁴¹
• First QB to defeat the other 31 teams in the regular season (Tom Brady did this later the same day, and Brett Favre did it the following week)¹⁸⁷

Playoff records

• Most 300+ yard passing games: 6 (tied with Joe Montana)¹⁸⁸
• Most 400+ yard passing games: 2 (tied with Dan Marino)¹⁸⁹
• Most yards passing, 1st half of game: 360 vs. Denver Broncos, 1/9/05¹⁹⁰
• Led the biggest comeback in conference championship game history (18 pts), 1/21/07 vs. New England¹⁹¹
• One of only four QB's to post a perfect 158.3 rating in a game (Don Meredith, Terry Bradshaw, Dave Krieg)¹⁹²
• One of only three QB's to complete 30 or more passes in 2 playoff games (Warren Moon, Tom Brady)¹⁹³
• Most consecutive games with 20+ completions: 7 (tied w/Tom Brady)

Rookie records

• Most passing attempts: 575¹⁹⁴
• Most completions: 326¹⁷⁷
• Most passing yards: 3,739¹⁷⁷
• Most touchdown passes: 26¹⁷⁷
• Most consecutive games with a touchdown pass (games 4–16): 13¹⁹⁴

With Marvin Harrison

Manning and Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison hold a number of QB-WR tandem records:

• Most completions (career): 971¹⁹⁵
• Most passing/receiving yards (career): 13,090¹⁹⁵
• Most passing/receiving touchdowns (career): 110⁴¹¹⁹⁵

Pro Bowl records

• Most passing attempts (career): 150¹⁰⁰
• Most passing attempts (game): 41 (2004)¹⁹⁶
• Most completions (career): 92¹⁰⁰
• Most completions (game): 22 (2004)¹⁹⁶
• Most passing yards (career): 1,278¹⁰⁰
• Most passing yards (game): 342 (2004)¹⁹⁶
• Most passing touchdowns (career): 13¹⁰⁰

Colts franchise records

NFL career statistics

All statistics from Pro Football Reference,³⁹ CBS Sportsline,²⁰¹ and ESPN²⁰²

Regular season Year Team Games Starts Wins Passing Rushing QB Rating Comp Att Pct Yds YPA TD Int Att Yds Avg TD 1998 IND 16 16 3 326 575† 56.7 3,739 6.5 26 28† 15 62 4.1 0 71.2 1999 IND 16 16 13 331 533 62.1 4,135 7.8 26 15 35 73 2.1 2 90.7 2000 IND 16 16 10 357† 571 62.5 4,413† 7.7 33† 15 37 116 3.1 1 94.7 2001 IND 16 16 6 343 547 62.7 4,131 7.6 26 23 35 157 4.5 4 84.1 2002 IND 16 16 10 392 591 66.3 4,200 7.1 27 19 38 148 3.9 2 93.7 2003 IND 16 16 12 379† 566 67.0† 4,267† 7.5 29 10 28 26 0.9 0 99.0 2004 IND 16 16 12 336 497 67.7 4,557 9.2† 49† 10 25 38 1.5 0 121.1† 2005 IND 16 16 14 305 453 67.3 3,747 8.3 28 10 33 45 1.4 0 104.1† 2006 IND 16 16 12 362 557 65.0 4,397 7.9 31† 9 23 36 1.6 4 101.0† 2007 IND 16 16 13 337 515 65.4 4,040 7.8 31 14 20 -5 -0.3 3 98.0 2008 IND 16 16 12 371 555 66.8 4,002 7.2 27 12 20 21 1.1 1 95.0 2009 IND 10 10 10 271 388 69.8 3,171 8.2 21 9 10 -3 -0.3 0 102.7 Career 185 185 126 4,110 6,348 64.7 48,799 7.7 354 174 319 714 2.2 17 95.2 † League Leader † NFL Record Post-season Year Team Games Wins Passing Rushing QB Rating Comp Att Pct Yds YPA TD Int Att Yds Avg TD 1999 IND 1 0 19 42 45.2 227 5.4 0 0 2 22 11 1 62.3 2000 IND 1 0 17 32 53.1 194 6.1 1 0 1 -2 -2 0 82.0 2002 IND 1 0 14 31 45.2 137 4.4 0 2 1 2 2 0 31.2 2003 IND 3 2 67 103 65.0 918 8.9 9 4 4 3 0.8 0 106.4 2004 IND 2 1 54 75 72.0 696 9.3 4 2 2 7 3.5 1 107.4 2005 IND 1 0 22 38 57.9 290 7.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 90.9 2006 IND 4 4 97 153 63.4 1,034 6.8 3 7 8 3 0.4 1 70.5 2007 IND 1 0 33 48 68.7 402 8.4 3 2 1 -6 -6 0 97.7 2008 IND 1 0 25 42 59.5 310 7.4 1 0 1 -1 -1 0 90.4 Career 15 7 348 564 61.7 4,208 7.5 22 17 20 28 1.4 3 84.6 Position on passing statistics leaderboards Manning is currently on pace to break the career records in every major statistical category for a quarterback, including most career passing touchdowns, most career completions, and most career passing yards.203 Manning is currently ranked in the top ten in all of these categories: Touchdown Passes: 354 (3rd)204 Passes Completed: 4,110 (4th)205 Passing Yards: 48,799 (5th)206 Passer Rating: 95.2 (2nd)207 Passing Yards per Game: 262.4 (1st)208 Completion Percentage: 64.7% (3rd)209 (Updated November 23, 2009) See also List of NFL first overall draft choices List of NFL passing completions leaders List of NFL passing touchdowns leaders List of NFL passing yardage leaders List of NFL consecutive starts by a quarterback List of NFL starting quarterback wins List of NFL starting quarterback playoff records List of NFL quarterbacks who have passed for 400 or more yards in a game List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating References ^ "Manning joins Favre as 3-time MVP". 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Retrieved 2008-07-19.  ^ "Player Game Finder Query Results", Pro-Football-Reference.com ^ a b "Peyton Manning's NFL and Colts' Records". peytonmanning18.com. http://www.peytonmanning18.com/prohighlights.html. Retrieved 2007-01-15.  ^ a b c "Manning Meter - Peyton Manning Passing Database". http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS0301. Retrieved 2007-12-02.  ^ a b c "Pro Bowl Records", Pro Bowl Online.com ^ "Player Game Finder Query Results", Pro-Football-Reference.com ^ "Colts wipe out early deficit with potent Peyton-led attack". ESPN.com. 2007-11-22. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=271122001. Retrieved 2007-12-25.  ^ "Manning throws for 4 TDs, Addai runs for 3 more in rout". ESPN.com. 2007-12-09. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=271209033. Retrieved 2007-12-31.  ^ "Manning's late fumble seals deal for undefeated Patriots". ESPN.com. 2007-11-04. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=271104011. Retrieved 2007-12-31.  ^ "CBS.Sportsline.com - Peyton Manning Statistics". CBS Sportsline. http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/players/playerpage/12531. Retrieved 2007-12-10.  ^ "ESPN.com - Peyton Manning Statistics". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/stats?playerId=1428. Retrieved 2007-12-31.  ^ "Indy Star - Manning Meter". The Indianapolis Star. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS0301. Retrieved 2007-12-21.  ^ Drinen, Doug. "Pro Football Reference - Career Passing Touchdowns Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_td_career.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-21.  ^ Drinen, Doug. "Pro Football Reference - Career Passes Completed Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_cmp_career.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-21.  ^ Drinen, Doug. "Pro Football Reference - Career Passing Yards Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_yds_career.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-21.  ^ Drinen, Doug. "Career Passer Rating Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_rating_career.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-28.  ^ Drinen, Doug. "Career Passing Yards per Game Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_yds_per_g_career.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-28.  ^ Drinen, Doug. "Career Pass Completion % Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_cmp_perc_career.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-28.  External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Peyton Manning Official Website Indianapolis Colts bio Peyton Manning at the Internet Movie Database Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • ESPN • CBS Sports • Yahoo! 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Crouch  | 2002: B. Banks  | 2003: J. White  | 2004: J. White  | 2005: V. Young  | 2006: T. Smith  | 2007: T. Tebow  | 2008: S. Bradford v • d • e College Football Quarterback of the Year 1991: Weldon  | 1992: Mirer  | 1993: Ward  | 1994: Collins  | 1995: Frazier  | 1996: Wuerffel  | 1997: Manning  | 1998: Couch  | 1999: Hamilton  | 2000: Heupel  | 2001: Dorsey  | 2002: Dorsey  | 2003: White  | 2004: Leinart  | 2005: Leinart  | 2006: Smith  | 2007: Tebow  | 2008: Bradford v • d • e Sullivan Award winners 1930:  Jones | 1931: Bernard Berlinger | 1932: Bausch | 1933: Cunningham | 1934: William Bonthron | 1935: Little | 1936: Morris | 1937: Budge | 1938: Lash | 1939: Burk | 1940: J. Gregory Rice | 1941: T. Leslie MacMitchell | 1942: Warmerdam | 1943: Gilbert R. Dodds | 1944: Curtis | 1945: Blanchard | 1946: Y. Arnold Tucker | 1947: Kelly | 1948: Mathias | 1949: Button | 1950: Fred Wilt | 1951: Richards | 1952: Ashenfelter | 1953: Lee | 1954: Whitfield | 1955: Dillard | 1956: McCormick | 1957: Morrow | 1958: Davis | 1959: O'Brien | 1960: Johnson | 1961: Rudolph | 1962: Beatty | 1963: Pennel | 1964:  Schollander | 1965: Bradley | 1966: Ryun | 1967: Matson | 1968: Meyer | 1969: Toomey | 1970: Kinsella | 1971: Spitz | 1972: Shorter | 1973: Walton | 1974: Wohlhuter | 1975: Shaw | 1976: Jenner | 1977: Naber | 1978: Caulkins | 1979: Thomas | 1980: Heiden | 1981: Lewis | 1982: Decker | 1983: Moses | 1984: Louganis | 1985: Benoit | 1986: Joyner-Kersee | 1987: Abbott | 1988: Griffith-Joyner | 1989: Evans | 1990: Smith | 1991: Powell | 1992: Blair | 1993: Ward | 1994: Jansen | 1995: Baumgartner | 1996: Johnson | 1997: Manning | 1998: Holdsclaw | 1999: C. Miller & K. Miller | 2000: Gardner | 2001: Kwan | 2002: Hughes | 2003: Phelps | 2004: Hamm | 2005: Redick | 2006: Long | 2007: Tebow | 2008: Johnson v • d • e William V. Campbell Trophy winners 1990: Howard  | 1991: Culpepper  | 1992: Hansen  | 1993: Burns  | 1994: Zatechka  | 1995: Hoying  | 1996: Wuerffel  | 1997: Manning  | 1998: Stinchcomb  | 1999: Pennington  | 2000: Vanden Bosch  | 2001: Gonzalez  | 2002: Roberts  | 2003: Krenzel  | 2004: Muñoz  | 2005: Niswanger  | 2006: Leonard  | 2007: Griffin  | 2008: Mack v • d • e Tennessee Volunteers starting quarterbacks Galiffa • Warren • Wyche • Scott • Holloway • Wallace • Ryan • Streater • Alatorre • Cockrell • Robinson • Francis • Kelly • Shuler • Colquitt • Helton • Manning • Martin • Suggs • C. Clausen • Schaeffer • R. Clausen • Ainge • Crompton v • d • e National Football League number one overall Draft picks Berwanger • Francis • C. Davis • Aldrich • Cafego • Harmon • Dudley • Sinkwich • Bertelli • Trippi • Dancewicz • Fenimore • Gilmer • Bednarik • Hart • Rote • Wade • Babcock • Garrett • Shaw • Glick • Hornung • Hill • Duncan • Cannon • Mason • E. Davis • Baker • Parks • Frederickson • Nobis • Bu. Smith • Yary • Simpson • Bradshaw • Plunkett • Patulski • Matuszak • Jones • Bartkowski • Selmon • Bell • Campbell • Cousineau • B. Sims • Rogers • K. Sims • Elway • Fryar • Br. Smith • Jackson • Testaverde • Bruce • Aikman • George • Maryland • Emtman • Bledsoe • Wilkinson • Carter • Johnson • Pace • P. Manning • Couch • Brown • Vick • Carr • Palmer • E. Manning • A. Smith • Williams • Russell • Long • Stafford v • d • e 1998 NFL Draft First Round Selections Peyton Manning · Ryan Leaf · Andre Wadsworth · Charles Woodson · Curtis Enis · Grant Wistrom · Kyle Turley · Greg Ellis · Fred Taylor · Duane Starks · Tra Thomas · Keith Brooking · Takeo Spikes · Jason Peter · Anthony Simmons · Kevin Dyson · Brian Simmons · Robert Edwards · Vonnie Holliday · Terry Fair · Randy Moss · Tebucky Jones · Mo Collins · Shaun Williams · Donovin Darius · Alan Faneca · Victor Riley · R. W. McQuarters · John Avery · Marcus Nash Draft Years 70  • 71  • 72  • 73  • 74  • 75  • 76  • 77  • 78  • 79  • 80  • 81  • 82  • 83  • 84  • 85  • 86  • 87  • 88  • 89  • 90  • 91  • 92  • 93  • 94  • 95  • 96  • 97  • 98  • 99  • 00  • 01  • 02  • 03  • 04  • 05  • 06  • 07  • 08  • 09 v • d • e Indianapolis Colts 1998 NFL Draft selections Peyton Manning • Jerome Pathon • E. G. Green • Steve McKinney • Antony Jordan • Aaron Taylor • Corey Gaines v • d • e Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts first-round draft picks Vessels • Davidson • Shaw • Ameche • Moore • Parker • Lyles • Burkett • Mix • Matte • Harris • Vogel • Woodson • Curtis • Ball • Smith • Detwiler • Williams • Hinton • Bulaich • McCauley • Dunlap • Drougas • Jones • Ehrmann • Dutton • Carr • Huff • Novak • Burke • McCall • Krauss • Dickey • Hatchett • McMillan • Thompson • Cooks • Schlichter • Elway • Coleman • Solt • Bickett • Hand • Bennett • Rison • George • Emtman • Coryatt • Dawkins • Faulk • Alberts • Ellis Johnson • Harrison • Glenn • Manning • James • Morris • Wayne • Freeney • Clark • Jackson • Addai • Gonzalez • Brown v • d • e Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl XLI Champions 4 Adam Vinatieri | 10 Terrence Wilkins | 11 Ricky Proehl | 12 Jim Sorgi | 17 Hunter Smith | 18 Peyton Manning (MVP) | 20 Mike Doss | 21 Bob Sanders | 23 James Mungro | 25 Nick Harper | 26 Kelvin Hayden | 27 Tim Jennings | 28 Marlin Jackson | 29 Joseph Addai | 30 DeDe Dorsey | 33 Dominic Rhodes | 34 T. J. Rushing | 36 Dexter Reid | 41 Antoine Bethea | 42 Jason David | 43 Matt Giordano | 44 Dallas Clark | 47 Jerome Collins | 48 Justin Snow | 50 Rocky Boiman | 51 Gilbert Gardner | 53 Keith O'Neil | 54 Freddie Keiaho | 56 Tyjuan Hagler | 57 Dylan Gandy | 58 Gary Brackett | 59 Cato June | 61 Dan Klecko | 63 Jeff Saturday | 64 Bo Schobel | 65 Ryan Lilja | 69 Matt Ulrich | 71 Ryan Diem | 73 Jake Scott | 74 Charlie Johnson | 76 Dan Federkeil | 78 Tarik Glenn | 79 Raheem Brock | 81 Bryan Fletcher | 83 Brandon Stokley | 84 John Standeford | 85 Aaron Moorehead | 86 Ben Utecht | 87 Reggie Wayne | 88 Marvin Harrison | 91 Josh Thomas | 92 Anthony McFarland | 93 Dwight Freeney | 94 Rob Morris | 95 Darrell Reid | 98 Robert Mathis | 99 Ryan LaCasse Head Coach: Tony Dungy Coaches: Jim Caldwell | Clyde Christensen | Leslie Frazier | Gene Huey | Ron Meeks | Pete Metzelaars | Tom Moore | Howard Mudd | Mike Murphy | Russ Purnell | Diron Reynolds | John Teerlinck | Ricky Thomas | Alan Williams v • d • e Super Bowl MVP Award I: Starr | II: Starr | III: Namath | IV: Dawson | V: Howley | VI: Staubach | VII: Scott | VIII: Csonka | IX: Harris | X: Swann | XI: Biletnikoff | XII : Martin & White | XIII: Bradshaw | XIV: Bradshaw | XV: Plunkett | XVI: Montana | XVII: Riggins | XVIII: Allen | XIX: Montana | XX: Dent | XXI: Simms | XXII: Williams | XXIII: Rice | XXIV: Montana | XXV: Anderson | XXVI: Rypien | XXVII: Aikman | XXVIII: Smith | XXIX: Young | XXX: Brown | XXXI: Howard | XXXII: Davis | XXXIII: Elway | XXXIV: Warner | XXXV: Lewis | XXXVI: Brady | XXXVII: Jackson | XXXVIII: Brady | XXXIX: Branch | XL: Ward | XLI: P. Manning | XLII: E. Manning | XLIII: Holmes v • d • e NFL MVP Award from the Associated Press 1957: J. Brown | 1958: J. Brown | 1959: Unitas | 1960: Not Awarded | 1961: Hornung | 1962: J. Taylor | 1963: Tittle | 1964: Unitas | 1965: J. Brown | 1966: Starr | 1967: Unitas | 1968: Morrall | 1969: Gabriel | 1970: Brodie | 1971: Page | 1972: L. Brown | 1973: Simpson | 1974: Stabler | 1975: Tarkenton 1976: Jones | 1977: Payton | 1978: Bradshaw | 1979: Campbell | 1980: Sipe | 1981: Anderson | 1982: Moseley | 1983: Theismann | 1984: Marino | 1985: Allen | 1986: L. Taylor | 1987: Elway | 1988: Esiason | 1989: Montana | 1990: Montana | 1991: Thomas | 1992: Young | 1993: Smith | 1994: Young | 1995: Favre | 1996: Favre | 1997: Favre & Sanders | 1998: Davis | 1999: Warner | 2000: Faulk | 2001: Warner | 2002: Gannon | 2003: Manning & McNair | 2004: Manning | 2005: Alexander | 2006: Tomlinson | 2007: Brady | 2008: Manning v • d • e NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award from the Associated Press 1972: Brown • 1973: Simpson • 1974: Stabler • 1975: Tarkenton • 1976: Jones • 1977: Payton • 1978: Campbell • 1979: Campbell (x2) • 1980: Campbell (x3) • 1981: Anderson • 1982: Fouts • 1983: Theismann • 1984: Marino • 1985: Allen • 1986: Dickerson • 1987: Rice • 1988: Craig • 1989: Montana • 1990: Moon • 1991: Thomas • 1992: Young • 1993: Rice (x2) • 1994: Sanders • 1995: Favre • 1996: Davis • 1997: Sanders (x2) • 1998: Davis (x2) • 1999: Faulk • 2000: Faulk (x2) • 2001: Faulk (x3) • 2002: Holmes • 2003: Lewis • 2004: Manning • 2005: Alexander • 2006: Tomlinson • 2007: Brady • 2008: Brees v • d • e Bert Bell Award 1959: Unitas | 1960: Van Brocklin | 1961: Hornung | 1962: Robustelli | 1963: J. Brown | 1964: Unitas | 1965: Retzlaff | 1966: Meredith | 1967: Unitas | 1968: Kelly | 1969: Gabriel | 1970: Blanda | 1971: Staubach | 1972: L. Brown | 1973: Simpson | 1974: Olsen | 1975: Tarkenton | 1976: Stabler | 1977: Griese | 1978: Bradshaw | 1979: Campbell | 1980: Jaworski | 1981: Anderson | 1982: Theismann | 1983: Riggins | 1984: Marino | 1985: Payton | 1986: Taylor | 1987: Rice | 1988: Cunningham | 1989: Montana | 1990: Cunningham | 1991: Sanders | 1992: Young | 1993: Smith | 1994: Young | 1995: Favre | 1996: Favre | 1997: Sanders | 1998: Cunningham | 1999: Warner | 2000: Gannon | 2001: Faulk | 2002: Gannon | 2003: Manning | 2004: Manning | 2005: Alexander | 2006: Tomlinson | 2007: Brady | 2008: Peterson v • d • e Walter Payton Man of the Year Award 1970: Unitas · 1971: Hadl · 1972: Lanier · 1973: Dawson · 1974: Blanda · 1975: Anderson · 1976: Harris · 1977: Payton · 1978: Staubach · 1979: Greene · 1980: Carmichael · 1981: Swann · 1982: Theismann · 1983: Benirschke · 1984: Lyons · 1985: Stephenson · 1986: Williams · 1987: Duerson · 1988: Largent · 1989: Moon · 1990: Singletary · 1991: Muñoz · 1992: Elway · 1993: Thomas · 1994: Seau · 1995: Esiason · 1996: Green · 1997: Aikman · 1998: Marino · 1999: Carter · 2000: Flanigan & Brooks · 2001: Bettis · 2002: Vincent · 2003: Shields · 2004: Dunn · 2005: Manning · 2006: Brees & Tomlinson · 2007: Taylor · 2008: Warner v • d • e Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts starting quarterbacks Shaw • Unitas • Cuozzo • Morrall • Jones • Troup • Landry • Schlichter • Pagel • Hogeboom • Kiel • Chandler • Trudeau • George • Majkowski • Erickson • Justin • Harbaugh • Holcomb • Manning v • d • e 2000 Pro Bowl AFC Starters Offense QB Peyton Manning | RB Edgerrin James | FB Sam Gash | WR Marvin Harrison | WR Jimmy Smith | TE Tony Gonzalez OT Jonathan Ogden | OT Tony Boselli | G Ruben Brown | G Bruce Matthews | C Kevin Mawae Defense DE Tony Brackens | DE Jevon Kearse | DT Trevor Pryce | DT Darrell Russell OLB Peter Boulware | OLB Kevin Hardy | ILB Ray Lewis CB Sam Madison | CB Charles Woodson | FS Carnell Lake | SS Lawyer Milloy Special Teams P Tom Tupa | PK Olindo Mare | KR Tremain Mack | ST Detron Smith v • d • e 2005 Pro Bowl AFC Starters Offense QB Peyton Manning | RB Curtis Martin | FB Tony Richardson | WR Marvin Harrison | WR Chad Johnson | TE Tony Gonzalez OT Jonathan Ogden | OT Willie Anderson | G Alan Faneca | G Will Shields | C Kevin Mawae Defense DE Dwight Freeney | DE Jason Taylor | DT Sam Adams | DT Marcus Stroud OLB Terrell Suggs | OLB Takeo Spikes | ILB James Farrior CB Champ Bailey | CB Tory James | FS John Lynch | SS Ed Reed Special Teams P Shane Lechler | PK Adam Vinatieri | KR Terrence McGee | ST Larry Izzo v • d • e 2006 Pro Bowl AFC Starters Offense QB Peyton Manning | RB Edgerrin James | FB Lorenzo Neal | WR Marvin Harrison | WR Chad Johnson | TE Antonio Gates OT Willie Anderson | OT Willie Roaf | G Alan Faneca | G Will Shields | C Jeff Saturday Defense DE Dwight Freeney | DE Jason Taylor | DT Jamal Williams | DT Marcus Stroud OLB Cato June | OLB Shawne Merriman | ILB Al Wilson CB Champ Bailey | CB Deltha O'Neal | FS Bob Sanders | SS Troy Polamalu Special Teams P Brian Moorman | PK Shayne Graham | KR Jerome Mathis | ST Hanik Milligan v • d • e 2007 Pro Bowl AFC Starters Offense QB Peyton Manning | RB LaDainian Tomlinson | FB Lorenzo Neal | WR Andre Johnson | WR Chad Johnson | TE Antonio Gates OT Willie Anderson | OT Jonathan Ogden | G Alan Faneca | G Will Shields | C Jeff Saturday Defense DE Jason Taylor | DE Aaron Schobel | DT Richard Seymour | DT Jamal Williams OLB Adalius Thomas | OLB Shawne Merriman | ILB Al Wilson CB Champ Bailey | CB Rashean Mathis | FS Ed Reed | SS Troy Polamalu Special Teams P Brian Moorman | PK Nate Kaeding | KR Justin Miller | ST Kassim Osgood v • d • e 2009 Pro Bowl AFC Starters Offense QB Peyton Manning | RB Thomas Jones | FB Le'Ron McClain | WR Andre Johnson | WR Brandon Marshall | TE Tony Gonzalez OT Joe Thomas | OT Jason Peters | G Alan Faneca | G Kris Dielman | C Kevin Mawae Defense DE Mario Williams | DE Dwight Freeney | DT Albert Haynesworth | DT Kris Jenkins OLB James Harrison | OLB Joey Porter | ILB Ray Lewis CB Nnamdi Asomugha | CB Cortland Finnegan | FS Ed Reed | SS Troy Polamalu Special Teams P Shane Lechler | PK Stephen Gostkowski | KR Leon Washington | ST Brendon Ayanbadejo v • d • e Current starting quarterbacks in the National Football League (as of Week 11 of the 2009 season)     AFC East Fitzpatrick (Buffalo) Henne (Miami) Brady (New England) Sanchez (NY Jets) NFC East Romo (Dallas) E. Manning (NY Giants) McNabb (Philadelphia) Campbell (Washington) AFC North Flacco (Baltimore) Palmer (Cincinnati) Quinn (Cleveland) Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh) NFC North Cutler (Chicago) Stafford (Detroit) Rodgers (Green Bay) Favre (Minnesota) AFC South Schaub (Houston) P. Manning (Indianapolis) Garrard (Jacksonville) Young (Tennessee) NFC South Ryan (Atlanta) Delhomme (Carolina) Brees (New Orleans) Freeman (Tampa Bay) AFC West Simms (Denver) Cassel (Kansas City) Gradkowski (Oakland) Rivers (San Diego) NFC West Warner (Arizona) Bulger (St. Louis) Smith (San Francisco) Hasselbeck (Seattle) Persondata NAME Manning, Peyton Williams ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American athlete DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1976 PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans, Louisiana, United States DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH