Peyton Manning - Wikipedia Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Manning in 2017 No. 18 Position : Quarterback Born : ( 1976 - 03 - 24 ) March 24, 1976 ( age 41 ) New Orleans, Louisiana Height : 6 ft 5 in ( 1.96 m ) Weight : 230 lb ( 104 kg ) Career information High school : New Orleans ( LA ) Newman College : Tennessee NFL Draft : 1998 / Round : 1 / Pick : 1 Career history Indianapolis Colts ( 1998 -- 2011 ) Denver Broncos ( 2012 -- 2015 ) Career highlights and awards 2 × Super Bowl champion ( XLI, 50 ) Super Bowl MVP ( XLI ) 14 × Pro Bowl ( 1999, 2000, 2002 -- 2010, 2012 -- 2014 ) 7 × First - team All - Pro ( 2003 -- 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 ) 3 × Second - team All - Pro ( 1999, 2000, 2006 ) 5 × NFL MVP ( 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013 ) 3 × Bert Bell Award ( 2003, 2004, 2013 ) 2 × NFL Offensive Player of the Year ( 2004, 2013 ) Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year ( 2013 ) NFL Comeback Player of the Year ( 2012 ) 3 × NFL passing yards leader ( 2000, 2003, 2013 ) 4 × NFL passing touchdowns leader ( 2000, 2004, 2006, 2013 ) 3 × NFL passer rating leader ( 2004 -- 2006 ) NFL 2000s All - Decade Team Indianapolis Colts No. 18 retired Maxwell Award ( 1997 ) Consensus All - American ( 1997 ) NFL records 71,940 passing yards, career 5,477 passing yards, season 539 passing touchdowns, career 55 passing touchdowns, season 7 touchdown passes in a game ( tied ) Career NFL statistics Passing attempts : 9,380 Passing completions : 6,125 Completion percentage : 65.3 TD -- INT : 539 -- 251 Passing yards : 71,940 Passer rating : 96.5 Player stats at NFL.com College Football Hall of Fame Peyton Williams Manning ( born March 24, 1976 ) is a former American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League ( NFL ), primarily with the Indianapolis Colts. Considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time due to his numerous career achievements, he spent 14 seasons with the Colts and was a member of the Denver Broncos in his last four seasons. Manning played college football for the University of Tennessee, leading the Tennessee Volunteers to the 1997 SEC Championship in his senior season. He is the second son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and older brother of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. Manning was selected by the Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. From 1998 to 2010, he improved the fortunes of the struggling Colts franchise and helped transform them into consistent playoff contenders. During his tenure as starting quarterback, Manning led the team to eight division championships, two AFC championships, and one Super Bowl title, the franchise 's first in over three decades, as well as their first since relocating to Indianapolis. After undergoing neck surgery that forced him to miss the entire 2011 season, Manning was released by the Colts and signed with the Broncos. Serving as the team 's starting quarterback from 2012 to 2015, he contributed to the Broncos reaching the top of their division each year and his playing career concluded with a victory in Super Bowl 50. Manning holds many NFL records, including passing yards ( 71,940 ), touchdown passes ( 539 ), AP MVP awards ( 5 ), Pro Bowl appearances ( 14 ), 4,000 - yard passing seasons ( 14 ), single - season passing yards ( 5,477 in 2013 ) and single - season passing touchdowns ( 55 in 2013 ). A two - time Super Bowl winner and the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLI, Manning is also the only quarterback to start the Super Bowl for two different franchises more than once each and the only starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl with two different franchises. At 39 years of age, Manning was the oldest quarterback to start in and win a Super Bowl, a feat matched the following year by Tom Brady. During a 2009 Monday Night Football game, Manning received the nickname `` The Sheriff '' from color commentator Jon Gruden due to his tendency to audible prior to the snap, and he was one of the most recognizable and parodied players in the NFL. Teams led by Manning typically utilized the hurry - up offense in place of the standard huddle. Contents 1 High school career 2 College career 2.1 1994 season 2.2 1995 season 2.3 1996 season 2.4 1997 season 2.5 Sexual harassment lawsuit 2.6 Post-collegiate honors 2.7 Statistics 3 Professional career 3.1 Overview 3.2 Indianapolis Colts 3.2. 1 1998 season : rookie season 3.2. 2 1999 -- 2001 seasons 3.2. 3 2002 season 3.2. 4 2003 season : first MVP 3.2. 5 2004 season : second MVP 3.2. 6 2005 season 3.2. 7 2006 season : First Super Bowl championship 3.2. 8 2007 season 3.2. 9 2008 season : third MVP 3.2. 10 2009 season : fourth MVP and second Super Bowl appearance 3.2. 11 2010 season 3.2. 12 2011 season : Lost season 3.3 Denver Broncos 3.3. 1 2012 season 3.3. 2 2013 season : fifth MVP and third Super Bowl appearance 3.3. 3 2014 season : NFL all - time leader in passing touchdowns 3.3. 4 2015 season : Final season and second Super Bowl championship 3.4 Retirement 3.5 `` The Manning Bowl '' 4 NFL career statistics 5 Career awards and records 5.1 NFL awards 5.2 NFL records 6 Personal life 6.1 Other work 6.2 Philanthropy 7 See also 8 References 9 External links High school career Manning attended Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana, and led their football team to a 34 -- 5 record during his three seasons as the 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. While at Newman, he began wearing the # 18 jersey in honor of his older brother Cooper, who was forced to give up football due to spinal stenosis. Younger brother Eli also wore the number when he became starting quarterback. Newman has since retired the # 18 jersey and it can be seen hanging in the school gym. Manning was among the most sought after high school players in the country and was recruited by about 60 colleges, led by Florida, Florida State, LSU, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, and his father 's alma mater, Ole Miss. College career Manning chose to play college football for the University of Tennessee Volunteers under head coach Phillip Fulmer. Many fans were surprised that he did not pick the Ole Miss Rebels, for whom his father Archie played, and Peyton 's parents received several angry phone calls and letters. 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. 1994 season As a freshman, Manning began the season as the third - string quarterback. In the season opener against UCLA, Manning was one of three quarterbacks to come off the bench after starter Jerry Colquitt suffered a season - ending injury on the seventh play of the game. However, Manning was not able to generate any offense and was pulled from the game. During the season 's fourth game, against Mississippi State, starter Todd Helton got injured and Manning took over. The Vols lost 24 -- 21, but Manning was named the team 's starter and remained so for the rest of his college career. In his first start, the following week against Washington State, the Vols won 10 -- 9. They won all but one of their remaining games, finishing the season 8 -- 4 with a 45 -- 23 victory over Virginia Tech in the 1994 Gator Bowl. 1995 season Manning and the Vols started off the 1995 season with victories over East Carolina and SEC rival Georgia, before heading off to Gainesville to face off against the rival Gators. Against Florida, he threw for 326 yards and two 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. This was the Vols ' only loss of the season, as they won their remaining eight regular season games, including a 41 -- 14 win over rival Alabama and then defeated Ohio State in the Citrus Bowl. The Vols ended the season ranked third and Manning came in sixth in Heisman Trophy voting. 1996 season The Vols opened the 1996 season ranked # 2 behind Nebraska and one of the favorites to win the National Championship. However, after winning their first two games against UNLV and UCLA, the Vols again lost to Florida by a score of 35 -- 29, with Manning throwing four interceptions. After winning their next four games, the Vols were upset by Memphis, despite Manning passing for 296 yards. 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 four touchdowns ; he was named the game 's MVP. Manning completed his degree in three years, a Bachelor of Arts in speech communication, and was projected to be the top overall pick in the NFL Draft, but returned to Tennessee for his senior year. 1997 season 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. 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 in the second quarter, Manning led the Vols to a 30 -- 29 comeback victory. Throwing for four touchdowns, he was named the game 's MVP, but injured himself in the process. The # 3 Vols were matched - up with # 2 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl ; if Tennessee won and top - ranked Michigan lost to Washington State in the Rose Bowl, the Vols would have won the national championship. However, the Vols ' defense could not stop Nebraska 's rushing attack, giving up over 400 rushing yards in a 42 -- 17 loss. 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. In 2005, Tennessee retired Manning 's number ( No. 16 ). One of the streets leading to Neyland Stadium has been renamed Peyton Manning Pass. While at the University of Tennessee, Manning excelled academically and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1997 and awarded the National Football Foundation National Scholar - Athlete Award. Sexual harassment lawsuit In 1996, while attending the University of Tennessee, Manning was accused of sexual harassment by female trainer Jamie Ann Naughright after he exposed his buttocks during a foot examination. Manning said that he was just pulling a prank by `` mooning '' another athlete in the room as Naughright bent over to examine him. Naughright settled with the university for $300,000 for its alleged failure in four incidents, and resigned from the school. She had initially made a list of 33 complaints about the school. Naughright filed a defamation lawsuit against Peyton Manning and three other parties in 2002. She claimed Peyton Manning disparaged her in a book he wrote with his father and author John Underwood. The lawsuit was settled after the court ruled there was sufficient evidence for it to be heard by a jury. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed due to confidentiality terms. Post-collegiate honors Manning was inducted into the Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016. He was also named the 2016 Tennessean of the Year by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Manning was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2017, his first year of eligibility for the honor, and will be inducted during a ceremony in December. He will join his father Archie in the hall, making them the first father and son duo to both be inducted as players. Statistics NCAA collegiate career statistics Tennessee Volunteers Season Passing Rushing Comp Att Yards Pct. TD Int QB rating Att Yards Avg TD 1994 89 144 1,141 61.8 11 6 145.2 21 - 26 - 1.2 1995 244 380 2,954 64.2 22 146.5 41 6 0.1 5 243 380 3,287 63.9 20 12 147.7 42 - 131 - 3.1 1997 287 477 3,819 60.2 36 11 147.7 49 - 30 - 0.6 NCAA Career Totals 863 1,381 11,201 62.5 89 33 147.1 153 - 181 - 1.2 12 Professional career Overview Manning was selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the first overall pick of the 1998 NFL Draft. He would start as a rookie and go on to play for the Colts for 13 full seasons before being sidelined by a neck injury, which cost him the entire 2011 season. After recovering from the injury, he was released by the Colts and joined the Denver Broncos for whom he played from the 2012 season through the 2015 season. Excluding the year lost to the neck injury, Manning played in 17 NFL seasons. Manning is often referred to as one of the greatest passing quarterbacks of all time. He was named the NFL 's most valuable player a record five times ( four times as a Colt, once as a Bronco ), was named to the Pro Bowl 14 times ( a record ) and named to the first team All - Pro seven times. As a starter up to the end of 2015 season, he had a career winning percentage of. 702 in the regular season. He holds the NFL record for career touchdown passes and career passing yards, achieved in 2014 and 2015 respectively. The most commonly cited criticism of Manning 's professional career is that despite great success and gaudy statistics during the regular season, he did not enjoy similar levels of success in the post-season. His career post-season record as a starter was a more modest 14 - 13, compared to his regular season record through the 2015 season which was 186 - 79. Manning won two Super Bowls ( Super Bowl XLI and Super Bowl 50 ) and played in two others ( Super Bowl XLIV and Super Bowl XLVIII ), being named MVP of XLI, while losing XLIV in an upset, and managing just one successful touchdown drive in each of XLVIII and 50. During the early part of Manning 's career, `` his record - breaking stats were written off because of the Colts ' postseason failures '' ; conversely he posted poor statistics in the 2015 regular season and Super Bowl 50, which would be his final season, but nonetheless won his second Super Bowl thanks to his team 's defense. Manning is also the only quarterback in NFL history to make the Super Bowl four times with four different head coaches ( Dungy, Caldwell, Fox, and Kubiak ). Indianapolis Colts 1998 season : rookie season Despite concerns about his arm strength and mobility, Manning was selected first overall in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. Although many considered Washington State quarterback Ryan Leaf his rival for the first selection in the draft, and Leaf 's quarterback rating was higher, all six experts Sports Illustrated consulted believed that Manning was superior. Five said that they would take him first in the draft ; Sid Gillman said of Manning, `` this is a pro quarterback ''. The Colts ' scouts initially favored Leaf, but the team 's management and coaches were gradually won over by Manning 's attitude, particularly as Manning showed up prepared to a scheduled interview meeting with the Colts ' staff while Leaf arrived late. Colts general manager Bill Polian who had the final say on the draft selection recalled Manning saying `` I 'll leave you with this thought. If you take me, I promise you we will win a championship. If you do n't, I promise I 'll come back and kick your ass. '' 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, most interceptions ( 28 ) in a rookie year, and was named to the NFL All - Rookie First Team. Manning 's first win came against fellow rookie Leaf, 17 -- 12 over the Chargers. Two 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. In November against the New York 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 threw the game - winning touchdown pass to Marcus Pollard. Manning was certainly a bright spot in the 1998 season for the Colts, but he also threw a league high 28 interceptions as the team struggled to a 3 -- 13 record with a defense that gave up 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. 1999 -- 2001 seasons 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. 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, they lost again, to Miami. The Colts responded by winning 11 of their remaining 12 games, finishing 13 -- 3 and the AFC East division. The 10 game turnaround from the previous year set an NFL record. As the second seed in the AFC, the Colts earned a first round bye, and faced Tennessee in the playoffs. The Colts lost 19 -- 16 to the Super Bowl bound Titans and Manning was limited to one touchdown run. 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. In the Pro Bowl, he passed for 270 yards with 2 touchdowns. The Colts started the 2000 season inconsistently. Following an opening week victory against Kansas City, they blew a 21 -- 0 lead against the Raiders. The Colts responded with a Monday Night Football 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. 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 playoffs. 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. 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. At the Pro Bowl, Manning threw two touchdown passes. Manning and the Colts introduced their now - signature no - huddle offense, and used it to great effect in a Week 1 rout of the Jets, 45 -- 24. Two weeks later ( Week 2 games were not played as scheduled due to the 9 / 11 attacks ) the Colts advanced to 2 -- 0 with a win over Buffalo, behind Manning 's 421 yards passing. He was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for this game. However, the Colts lost the following week to New England, and continued their slide, losing their following two games. The Colts briefly rebounded, winning two games, but then lost 7 of their last 9, including a 40 -- 21 home loss to the 49ers. After Manning threw a career - high four interceptions in that game, coach Jim Mora uttered his infamous `` Playoffs ? Do n't talk about playoffs. Are you kidding me. Playoffs ? I 'm just hoping we can win a game, another game '' press conference. Despite the 6 -- 10 record, Manning finished the season with 4,131 passing yards, 26 passing touchdowns, and 4 rushing touchdowns as the offense produced the second most points in the league. However, the defense allowed the most points and Jim Mora was fired after the season. 2002 season Before the 2002 season, Tony Dungy became Manning 's second head coach in the NFL. The Colts started off the 2002 season with a 4 -- 1 record, before a three - 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 passer rating for the second time in his career, giving them a 10 -- 6 record and a spot in the playoffs. However, the Colts were pummeled by the Jets in the Wild Card game, 41 -- 0, with Manning passing for only 137 yards. He finished the 2002 season with 4,200 passing yards and 27 passing touchdowns and was named to the Pro Bowl team. In the Pro Bowl, Manning completed five of eleven passes for 100 yards and a touchdown. 2003 season : first MVP The 2003 Colts began the season 5 -- 0, including a 55 -- 21 blowout of the Saints in which Manning recorded his third perfect passer rating game and threw six touchdown passes, earning him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors. On Monday Night Football against the defending champion Buccaneers, Manning and the Colts trailed 35 -- 14 in the final five minutes. After one short touchdown drive, the Colts recovered the onside kick. Manning threw a 28 - yard touchdown pass to Marvin Harrison on 4th & 6 to make it 35 -- 28. With 1 : 41 remaining, Manning got the ball back and drove the offense 85 yards for the game - tying touchdown. He set up the winning 29 - yard field goal in overtime for a stunning 38 -- 35 win. It was the only time in NFL history a team won a game after trailing by 21 points in the final 4 minutes of regulation. Manning passed for 386 yards in the game. After an overtime loss to Carolina, the Colts won all but three of their remaining games, finishing 12 -- 4. On November 30, the Colts hosted the 9 -- 2 New England Patriots in what would be the beginning of the NFL 's top rivalry of the 2000s. The Colts trailed 31 -- 10 late in the third quarter before Manning threw three touchdown passes in a span of six minutes to tie the game. Trailing 38 -- 34 in the final minutes, the Colts had three plays at the 1 - yard line to try and score the winning touchdown. Running back Edgerrin James was stopped on fourth down by linebacker Willie McGinest and the Patriots won. In a Week 14 win against Atlanta, Manning threw for five touchdowns and was named player of the week a second time. He also earned AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors for the month of October. In the Wild Card playoff round, Manning and the Colts defeated the Denver Broncos 41 -- 10 for his first playoff win. He passed for 377 yards and five touchdowns in the game, earning him a perfect passer rating, his second of the season and the fourth of his career. After the game, Manning was awarded Player of the Week honors for the third time that season. In the Divisional Round, Manning led the Colts to a 38 -- 31 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Neither team punted in the game. In the AFC Championship, Manning was shut down by the New England Patriots ' top - ranked 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 by a score of 24 -- 14. 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. Manning also received the ESPY Award for Best NFL Player. 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. He passed for 342 yards and three touchdowns in the Pro Bowl, a 55 -- 52 loss. 2004 season : second MVP Manning and the Colts line up against the Green Bay Packers in 2004 The 2004 Colts opened the season with a 27 -- 24 loss to the Patriots, after placekicker Mike Vanderjagt missed a game - tying field goal in the closing seconds of the game. The Colts won their next four games including a 45 -- 31 win over Green Bay in which Manning threw five 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. The Colts responded well, winning their next eight games before losing their final regular season game to Denver, a game in which Manning played only the first series. During the month of November, Manning was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week twice ; once for his five - touchdown performance in a 49 -- 14 blowout of Houston and once for his performance in a 41 -- 9 win at Detroit on Thanksgiving in which he threw six touchdowns in less than three quarters. Due to his performances in November, Manning earned AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors. He was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for a fourth time in the Week 16 game against San Diego where he led the Colts to a 34 -- 31 victory after trailing by fifteen in the fourth quarter. With the Colts facing a 4th & 4 at their own 26, Manning waved the punt team off the field and completed a 19 - yard pass to wide receiver Reggie Wayne for the first down. He finished the drive with a 21 - yard touchdown pass to Brandon Stokley, his 49th touchdown pass of the season, breaking Dan Marino 's record of 48. After the two - point conversion to tie, Manning got the ball first in overtime and set up the winning field goal. The Colts clinched the AFC 's third seed with the win. During the season, Manning threw for 4,557 yards, had a then record 121.1 passer rating and a then - record 49 touchdown passes while throwing only 10 interceptions. Manning 's 2004 season was voted the second greatest passing season of all time by ESPN in 2013. He achieved this despite the 2004 season being his only season of his career where he attempted less than 500 passes. His 9.9 % touchdown passing percentage is currently the highest in NFL history. His 49 touchdown passes is currently the third highest ever and his 121.1 passer rating is the second highest ever. 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. The Colts finished the season with a 12 -- 4 record and their second straight AFC South title. The Colts scored a franchise record 522 points. Three Colts receivers had 1,000 yard seasons with at least 10 touchdowns that season, also a record. Sports statistics cite Football Outsiders calculates that Manning had the best season ever by a quarterback, play - for - play, in 2004. In the Wild Card game against Denver, Manning passed for 458 yards and four touchdowns. However, the Colts ' 2004 season ended in Foxborough for a second straight season 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. Manning was named a Pro Bowl starter ; in the Pro Bowl, he threw three touchdowns in a 38 -- 27 victory and was named the game 's MVP. Manning was also a unanimous first - team All - Pro selection. 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 eight attempts, and his three touchdown passes earned him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors. 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, head coach 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. Manning finished the 2005 season with 3,747 passing yards, the first time he had thrown for under 4,000 yards since his rookie season in 1998, largely because 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. In the playoffs, the Pittsburgh Steelers visited the RCA Dome for the second AFC divisional playoff game of the 2005 season. In the fourth quarter with only a few minutes left in the game, Manning threw what looked to be the game - ending interception to safety Troy Polamalu, but the interception was overturned ( a call the NFL later admitted was incorrect ). The Colts went on to score, and got the ball back down three points near the end of the game. On fourth 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 running back 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 dove in front of Harper and tackled 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. Manning came in second in voting for the MVP award to running back Shaun Alexander ending his streak at two years. 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. 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. 2006 season : first Super Bowl Championship Manning and the 2006 Colts visit President George W. Bush at the White House. Manning opened the 2006 season against his brother Eli 's New York Giants on Sunday Night Football. It was the first NFL game with starting quarterbacks that were brothers, and Peyton 's team won 26 -- 21. Manning passed for 400 yards against the Texans in a 43 -- 24 victory, which earned him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors ( he also won the award for his 345 yards and four touchdown passes against the Redskins in Week 7 ). A second trip to New Jersey, this time to play the Jets, produced another Colts win. After taking the lead twice in the fourth quarter, Manning had to lead a third scoring drive, this time finishing with a one - yard quarterback sneak rushing touchdown in the last minute for a 31 -- 28 win. At Denver, Manning again led three scoring drives in the fourth quarter in a 34 -- 31 shootout win. He completed 32 - of - 39 passes for 345 yards and three touchdowns. Following a second straight season with a win at New England, then a home win against Buffalo, the Colts were the NFL 's last unbeaten team at 9 -- 0. Their first loss would come in Dallas. Plagued by a run defense that would allow over 100 yards in every game, the Colts were 11 -- 4 heading into their final game. Against Miami, Manning threw for 282 yards, two touchdowns and rushed for another touchdown. The Colts won 27 -- 22, were AFC South division champions, and clinched the third seed in the AFC playoffs. Manning was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week. He ended the regular season with 4,397 passing yards and a league - leading 31 touchdown passes. His passer rating ( 101.0 ) was the highest in the league for the third year in a row. Manning helped the offense set an NFL record for third down conversion rate in a season ( 56.1 % ). Despite three interceptions, Manning completed 30 out of 38 passes as the Colts beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card playoff game by a score of 23 -- 8. The following week they were limited to five field goals and no touchdowns, but defeated the Baltimore Ravens, 15 -- 6. In the AFC Championship game against the rival Patriots, the Colts trailed 14 -- 3 when Manning threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown by Asante Samuel to give New England a 21 -- 3 lead. Manning led the Colts to 32 points in the second half for a 38 -- 34 victory, the final score coming late in the fourth quarter as Manning led the Colts on an 80 - yard touchdown drive to take the lead for the first time in the game. He finished the game with 349 yards passing and two touchdowns ( 1 rushing ). The comeback was the largest deficit ever overcome in a conference championship. Completing 25 - of - 38 passes for 247 yards with a touchdown and one interception, Manning led the Colts to a 29 -- 17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI and was voted Super Bowl MVP. 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. '' For his role in the Colts ' championship run, Manning was awarded the ESPY for Best Championship Performance. 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. Following the Super Bowl win, Manning agreed to restructure his contract to save the Colts $8.2 million in salary cap space. 2007 season Manning during his tenure with the Indianapolis Colts 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 1 / 2 ''. Manning and Addai helped the Colts to a 13 -- 7 halftime 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. Manning did not bounce back from the loss well. Against the San Diego Chargers, he threw for a career - worst and franchise - record six 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. However, Vinatieri 's attempt missed and the Colts fell 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. The victory was Manning 's 100th. The Colts won their next five games, securing yet another AFC South title, as well as the AFC 's number two seed in the play - offs. 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. Manning finished the season with 4,040 passing yards, 31 touchdown passes, and a quarterback rating of 98.0. In the Divisional Round of the playoffs, Manning and the Colts lost to the Chargers, 28 -- 24. Manning helped the Colts to four 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. Peyton was widely viewed during Super Bowl XLII as he cheered on brother Eli and the New York Giants in their upset of the previously undefeated New England Patriots. Manning was named a Pro Bowl starter and passed for 147 yards and a touchdown in three series. 2008 season : third MVP On July 14, 2008, Manning had surgery to remove an infected bursa sac in his left knee. 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 the 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 second 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. Week 3 matched the Colts with division rival Jacksonville. Manning threw two interceptions in the game, including one that was returned for a touchdown by Rashean Mathis. Jacksonville rushed for 236 yards and held the ball for over 41 minutes. Still, trailing by six points late in the game, Manning led the Colts on a 77 - yard touchdown 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 a 1 -- 2 record. Manning in 2008 For the third week in a row, Manning used the fourth quarter to bring the Colts back from a 27 -- 10 deficit in the last five 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 five minutes. Manning threw a seven - yard touchdown pass on 4th & 6 to rookie tight end Tom Santi to make the deficit 27 -- 17. Houston quarterback Sage Rosenfels, starting for the injured Matt Schaub, then fumbled the ball on a scramble, and it was returned 68 yards for a touchdown by Gary Brackett. After another Rosenfels fumble, Manning threw the 5 - yard game - winning touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne. The Colts scored three touchdowns in 2 : 10. 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 the 1997 season. Manning was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the 17th time in his career for his effort of three touchdown passes and 271 yards passing. 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 game. The Colts suffered their largest margin of defeat, 34 -- 14, against the Green Bay Packers the following week. Manning threw two interceptions that were returned for touchdowns ( for the second time in his career ; the first was on September 30, 2001 against the New England Patriots ). The next week the Colts went into Tennessee on Monday Night Football to face the 6 -- 0 Titans. They led 14 -- 6 in the third 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 six seasons. At 3 -- 4, the Colts opened up November with their annual showdown against the New England Patriots on Sunday Night Football. 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. 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, who had the league 's highest ranked defense. They trailed 17 -- 7 in the second quarter before Manning found tight end Dallas Clark for a two - yard touchdown to end the half 17 -- 14. Down 20 -- 17 in the 4th quarter, Manning found running back Dominic Rhodes uncovered for a 17 - yard touchdown pass that would put the Colts up 24 -- 20 for the rest of the game. It was Manning 's fourth game - winning drive ( 35th of his career ) of the season. He completed 21 of 40 for 240 yards and three touchdowns ( the 50th game of his career with 3 + touchdown passes ). It was the first time the Colts have won in Pittsburgh since 1968 ( 12 straight losses before this win ). Against Houston, Manning passed for 320 yards and two touchdowns while leading five consecutive scoring drives in a 33 -- 27 victory, the third in a row for the Colts. Manning won AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season ( 18th time, career ). At San Diego, Manning threw for 255 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in a 23 -- 20 victory. The interception snapped a career - best streak of 140 pass attempts without an interception. After the Chargers rallied from a 10 - point deficit in the fourth quarter to tie the game, 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 this season. Manning passed for a season - low 125 yards at Cleveland, but the Colts won their 5th straight game, by a final of 10 -- 6. In a 35 -- 3 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals, Manning threw three touchdown passes while completing 26 - of - 32 passes for 277 yards. It marked the 11th straight season Manning had thrown at least 20 touchdown passes, the second longest streak ever. Against the 0 -- 13 Detroit Lions, the Colts found themselves in a 21 -- 21 game in the 4th quarter. Manning led his sixth game - winning drive of the season and the Colts pulled away 31 -- 21. It marked their seventh straight win, seventh straight season with 10 + wins, and they became the only team in NFL history to have a winning streak of at least seven games in five straight seasons. Manning completed 28 - of - 37 passes for 318 yards and one touchdown. 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 fourth quarter. Manning led his seventh fourth quarter win of the season and the Colts put the game away with a defensive touchdown for a 31 -- 24 victory to clinch a seventh consecutive playoff berth. Manning completed 29 - of - 34 passes ( 85.7 % ) for 364 yards and three touchdowns. It increased his NFL record streak of seasons with 25 touchdown passes to 11. Manning and the Colts tied an NFL record by winning three games in a season in which they trailed by at least 14 points. 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. 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 seven of his passes for 95 yards and a touchdown, extending his NFL record to nine seasons with 4,000 yards passing, and also extended the record to a sixth straight season he led the Colts to at least 12 wins. 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. However, the Chargers tied the game in the fourth quarter as kicker Nate Kaeding nailed a 22 - yard field goal. When San Diego won the overtime coin toss, they scored on the first possession, ending the Colts ' season. 2009 season : fourth MVP and second Super Bowl appearance Manning and his teammates in a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Under new head coach Jim Caldwell, Manning started the 2009 season with a victory by throwing for 301 yards. In Week 2, Manning led his 29th fourth quarter comeback ( 38th game - winning drive ) by throwing for 303 yards and two touchdown 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. Manning was named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for the fourth time in his career in September. Against the Seattle Seahawks Manning passed for 353 yards and two touchdowns for his fourth consecutive 300 - yard passing game set a new franchise record. Against the Houston Texans in Week 9, he became the first quarterback to pass for over 40,000 yards in a decade. He threw a career - high 25 passes in the first 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 an NFL record through the first eight games of a season ). Three weeks later, against Houston, Manning claimed his 34th comeback win in the fourth quarter, tying him with John Elway and Johnny Unitas for the second most in NFL history. On Week 15 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Manning won his 23rd consecutive regular season game breaking Jim McMahon 's NFL record of 22 straight wins with the Chicago Bears from 1984 to 1987. At the end of the regular season Manning was awarded his fourth MVP, breaking the NFL record for most MVPs by a single player. He was also selected to the AP All - Pro team for the fifth time in his career. In the AFC Divisional Round against the Baltimore Ravens, Manning threw two touchdown passes late in the first half to build a 17 -- 3 halftime lead. He completed 30 passes for 246 yards in leading his eighth straight victory over the Ravens. In the AFC Championship against New York Jets, Manning overcame a 17 -- 6 deficit late in the second quarter to lead the Colts to 24 unanswered points in a 30 -- 17 win. The 11 - point comeback was the third largest in a championship game. Manning set a playoff record with his seventh 300 - yard passing game in the postseason. In Super Bowl XLIV against New Orleans Saints, Manning led the Colts to a 10 -- 0 lead after their two first quarter drives, throwing a touchdown pass to wide receiver Pierre Garçon to cap off a 96 - yard drive ( tied for longest in Super Bowl history ). After running just six plays in the second quarter, the Colts led 10 -- 6 at halftime. The Saints recovered an onside kick to start the second half and took their first lead, 13 -- 10. Manning led a go ahead touchdown drive to regain the lead. Leading 17 -- 16 at the start of the fourth quarter, placekicker Matt Stover missed a 51 - yard field goal for the Colts. The Saints scored the go ahead touchdown and two - point conversion to take a 24 -- 17 lead with 5 : 42 left. Manning took over and moved the Colts to the Saints ' 31 - yard line. Facing a 3rd & 5 with 3 : 24 left, his pass intended for Reggie Wayne was intercepted by Tracy Porter, who returned it 74 yards for a critical touchdown and a 31 -- 17 Saints lead. Manning drove the Colts down to the 5 - yard line in the last minute, but his 4th & goal pass was dropped by Reggie Wayne at the goal line. The Saints won their first Super Bowl in franchise history, dropping Manning to 9 -- 9 in the postseason and a 1 -- 1 record in the Super Bowl. Manning passed for 333 yards on 31 - of - 45 attempts passing, with one touchdown and one interception. 2010 season Manning during pregame against Denver in September 2010 In a season - opening loss in Houston, Manning set career highs with 57 pass attempts and 40 completions, throwing for three touchdowns and 433 yards, the fourth highest opening - weekend total ever. In his third game, Manning passed for 325 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions, marking the first time since 1960 a quarterback began a season with three consecutive games of at least three touchdown passes and zero interceptions. Against the Kansas City Chiefs, Manning failed to throw a touchdown for the first time in 2010, but led the Colts on a game - winning drive in the fourth quarter ( 45th of his career ) to hand the Chiefs their first loss of the season. In Week 6 against the Washington Redskins, he passed for 307 yards and two touchdowns. Including the playoffs, that was 68 career games with 300 + yards passing, moving him ahead of Dan Marino ( 67 ) for the most in NFL history. Week 9 against the Philadelphia Eagles marked his 200th consecutive regular season start. Against the New England Patriots, Manning passed for 396 yards, four touchdowns, and three interceptions, the second time Manning threw four touchdowns in a game that resulted in a loss. This broke a tie with Dan Marino for second-most all - time. The next week resulted in the largest margin of defeat at home in his NFL career, 36 -- 14 to the San Diego Chargers. Against the Tennessee Titans, he went over 4,000 yards passing for the 11th time in a season, and tied Dan Marino with his 63rd regular season game with 300 + yards passing. Manning was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for this game. The Colts ended up winning the AFC South for the seventh time in eight years, and Manning became the first quarterback in NFL history to lead his team to nine consecutive postseason berths ( 2002 -- 2010 ). It was the 208th consecutive regular season start of his career, breaking Gene Upshaw 's record. For the season, Manning finished with an NFL record 450 completions on 679 attempts ( third most in history ), and a career - high 4,700 yards passing. The season ended in a one - point defeat to the New York Jets in the playoffs. In 2010, he was chosen as the 14th - smartest athlete in sports by Sporting News. 2011 season : lost season To me, he 's the greatest of all time. He 's a friend of mine, and someone that I always watch and admire, because he always wants to improve, he always wants to get better, and he does n't settle for anything less than the best. So, when you watch the best and you 're able to learn from the best, hopefully that helps me get better. -- Tom Brady, on Peyton Manning in 2011. The Colts placed their franchise tag on Manning on February 15, 2011. On July 30, 2011, the Colts signed Manning to a 5 - year, $90 million contract after negotiations in which he made it clear that he did not need to be the highest - paid player in the NFL. After a May 23 neck surgery, Manning could not use the Colts ' facilities for practice and workouts due to the NFL lockout. Reluctant to have witnesses to his recovery, he used the Colorado Rockies baseball team 's trainers at Coors Field in Denver. Manning was unable to complete his throwing motion, and his arm strength had significantly diminished. Based on an MRI, doctors told him in the late summer that he needed spinal fusion surgery and that at his age they could not guarantee his return to the NFL. On September 7, the Colts officially ruled Manning out for the season opener against Houston, ending his consecutive starts streak of 208 games ( 227 including playoffs ) ; the team signed Kerry Collins out of retirement and named him interim starting quarterback. After seeking other opinions, Manning had the second surgery on September 8. Manning stated that while he did intend to play during the 2011 season, he would not `` fight '' the front office to stay off injured reserve if his roster spot was needed. Manning started practicing throwing footballs again in mid-December, with teammate Joseph Addai even claiming his passes looked `` game ready. '' Ultimately, Manning did not play a single game in the 2011 season, and the Colts went 2 -- 14 without him ; only the third season since Manning was a rookie that the Colts did not win at least 10 games. With the Colts having the first overall pick in the upcoming 2012 Draft ( which contained highly rated quarterback Andrew Luck out of Stanford ) and with Manning due a $28 million roster bonus, he was released on March 7, 2012. Earlier, the Colts had dismissed vice-chairman Bill Polian ( who in his previous capacity as general manager had drafted Manning ), general manager Chris Polian, and head coach Jim Caldwell, as a precursor to the rebuilding of the team. In an emotional press conference, Manning told Colts fans, `` Thank you for letting me be your quarterback. '' Upon his release, Colts owner Jim Irsay announced that no Colt will ever wear the No. 18 jersey again, and it was formally retired on March 18, 2016. Denver Broncos Manning at a scrimmage in Denver in August 2012 As one of the most highly sought - after free agents, Manning selected the Denver Broncos after meeting with John Elway, a retired Broncos Hall - of - Famer quarterback who was now the team 's Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager, and Broncos head coach John Fox. Manning reached an agreement with the Broncos on a five - year contract worth $96 million on March 20, 2012. Although the # 18 is retired in honor of quarterback Frank Tripucka, he gave Manning permission to wear it. 2012 season On August 9, 2012, Manning made his first appearance as a Bronco in a preseason game against the Chicago Bears, where he completed four of his seven passes for 44 yards, and was intercepted once by Bears safety Major Wright. Manning made his regular season debut as a Denver Bronco in the prime time game on the first Sunday of the 2012 season, against the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the game, Manning completed 19 - of - 26 passes for 253 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions. He posted a 129.2 QB rating in the 31 -- 19 win, and made history in the third quarter when he connected with wide receiver Demaryius Thomas on a 71 - yard touchdown pass. The touchdown was Manning 's first in the NFL with a team other than the Colts, and marked the 400th of his career, making him the third quarterback, after Dan Marino and Brett Favre, to accomplish the feat and the fastest of the three to reach that mark. Despite the preseason concerns about his recovery, by late October, ESPN stated that Manning `` has silenced the critics '' about his arm strength. Manning was later named to the 2013 Pro Bowl, his twelfth. Manning at the 2013 Pro Bowl The Broncos made the playoffs, but lost 38 -- 35 in double overtime to Baltimore, who went on to win Super Bowl XLVII that season. On February 2, 2013, Manning was awarded the AP National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award and was named a first - team All - Pro selection, in addition to finishing second in MVP voting. 2013 season : fifth MVP and third Super Bowl appearance On the opening game of the 2013 NFL season, Manning became one of only six players in NFL history to throw seven touchdowns in a game, doing so against the defending Super Bowl XLVII champions, the Baltimore Ravens. He added to this feat by not throwing an interception, tying Y.A. Tittle as one of the only two players to have a 7 : 0 touchdown to interception ratio in a single game ( although the Philadelphia Eagles ' Nick Foles later matched that feat in Week 9 of the same season against the Oakland Raiders ). Against the Oakland Raiders in Week 3, Manning broke the record for most touchdown passes in the first three games of a season after throwing 12, surpassing Tom Brady 's 2011 record. In Week 5, Manning threw his first interception of the season, in a win against the Dallas Cowboys. He was intercepted by cornerback Morris Claiborne. Two weeks later, Manning returned to Indianapolis for the first time in the regular season since being released by the Colts. In an emotional pregame ceremony, the Colts showed a tribute video to Manning. In Week 16 against the Houston Texans, Manning broke Brady 's record for most touchdown passes in a season with 51 on a 25 - yard touchdown pass to tight end Julius Thomas, he finished the regular season with 55 touchdown passes, in addition to throwing for a league - record 5,477 yards, breaking Drew Brees 's mark by one yard. His 450 completions are tied for second most all time. The Broncos scored an NFL record 606 points, becoming the first team ever to eclipse 600 points in a season. They had more 50 - point games in a season than any other team in NFL history, with three. Four Broncos receivers recorded at least ten touchdowns -- an NFL record -- and Manning set a season record with nine games with four or more touchdown passes. His 115.1 passer rating ranks fifth all time and he joined Tom Brady as the only two quarterbacks to achieve a passer rating of 110.0 or higher in more than one season. The Broncos went on to win their Divisional Round playoff game against the San Diego Chargers by a score of 24 -- 17. In another postseason meeting between Manning and Brady, the Broncos defeated the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship by a score of 26 - 16. Manning became the third starting quarterback to reach the Super Bowl two different teams, after Craig Morton and Kurt Warner. In Super Bowl XLVIII, Manning 's Broncos lost to the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 43 -- 8. Manning was up against the Seahawks ' young starting quarterback Russell Wilson, who idolized Manning and attended one of Manning 's passing camps as a teenager, and later met Manning at a Broncos pre-draft interview. The Seahawks ' number one ranked defense proved too much for the Broncos ' number one ranked offense to overcome, while the Broncos ' defense also struggled due to injuries. The Broncos ' first play from scrimmage set the tone for the game. While Manning was stepping forward to call an audible, center Manny Ramirez snapped the ball too early and it flew past Manning 's head into the end zone, where running back Knowshon Moreno downed it for a safety. Manning set a Super Bowl record with 34 completions ( broken by Tom Brady the following year in Super Bowl XLIX ), but the record - setting offense did not record a first down until the second quarter, and did not score any points until the final seconds of the third quarter. While Manning threw one touchdown pass and one successful two - point conversion, he also threw two costly interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown. 2014 season : NFL all - time leader in passing touchdowns Manning ( left ) throwing his record - breaking touchdown pass # 509 to Demaryius Thomas, October 19, 2014 On August 28, 2014, Manning was fined $8,268 for taunting D.J. Swearinger during a preseason game against the Houston Texans. With the Broncos ' win in their opening game of the 2014 NFL season against the Colts, Manning became, along with Brett Favre, one of only two starting quarterbacks in NFL history who have beaten all 32 teams. On October 5, 2014, Manning threw his 500th career touchdown pass to Julius Thomas against the Arizona Cardinals, and also tied Dan Marino for the most 400 yard games by a quarterback. On October 19, 2014, against the San Francisco 49ers on NBC Sunday Night Football, Manning threw his 509th career touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas, passing Brett Favre to become the NFL 's all - time leader in passing touchdowns. By the end of the regular season, Manning would be selected to his 14th Pro Bowl appearance, tying him with Tony Gonzalez, Bruce Matthews, and Merlin Olsen for most Pro Bowl selections in a career. However, his season ended after the Broncos lost in the Divisional Round of the playoffs to his former team, the Colts, 24 -- 13. 2015 season : final season and second Super Bowl Championship Manning in Super Bowl 50 against the Carolina Panthers Manning in 2015 After much speculation, Manning announced in the offseason that he would return for his 18th season in the NFL. In the season opener against the Baltimore Ravens, Manning 's play seemed to have deteriorated, going 24 -- 40 for 175 yards and one interception, but a pick - 6 by cornerback Aqib Talib allowed the Broncos to win 19 -- 13. The Broncos got off to a dominant 7 -- 0 start to the season ; however, the streak ended in a loss at Indianapolis, losing 24 -- 27. During that winning streak, and the loss in Indianapolis, Manning played better, putting up over 250 yards in six of the seven games, and he scored nine touchdowns. However, he never had a game without an interception, bringing his 8 - game TD -- INT ratio to 9 -- 13, and the Broncos needed a hardworking defense to contribute for victories. In Week 10 against Kansas City, the game 's biggest highlight was Manning breaking Brett Favre 's record for career passing yards with a four - yard pass to running back Ronnie Hillman in the first quarter. Despite the accomplishment, however, Manning went 5 - for - 20 for 35 yards and four interceptions with a 0.0 passer rating before head coach Gary Kubiak benched him during the third quarter. Brock Osweiler filled in for Manning for the rest of the game as the Broncos would eventually lose 29 -- 13. A day later, sources said that Manning had suffered a bout of plantar fasciitis. It was later announced that this injury would keep him out of Week 11, marking the first time Peyton had missed a game in a season he played. Osweiler replaced Manning and performed well in a 17 -- 15 win over the Chicago Bears, leading to questions about whether Manning would retain his role when healthy in a Week 12 showdown against the New England Patriots. The next day, head coach Gary Kubiak, citing Manning 's injuries, announced that Osweiler would start against New England. On December 15, it was announced that Osweiler would make his fifth consecutive start, against the Pittsburgh Steelers, even though Manning had returned to practice and the Broncos had gone seven straight quarters without scoring a touchdown on offense. Overall, the Broncos went 4 -- 2 in six games without Manning, giving them an 11 -- 4 record heading into the final week of the regular season. On December 27, 2015, Al Jazeera America released a report conducted by the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit investigating professional athletes ' use of Performance - enhancing drugs ( PEDs ) which named Manning, among other prominent athletes, as having received illegal drugs from Charles Sly, a pharmacist who had worked at the Guyer Anti-Aging Clinic in Indianapolis during the fall of 2011. In July 2016, the NFL cleared Manning of the allegations and announced that it had found no evidence to support the claims. Manning was listed as active for the Week 17 regular season finale against the San Diego Chargers, but for the first time since his freshman year at college, he was listed as a backup. In the third quarter, with the Broncos down 13 -- 7, Manning entered the game in relief of Osweiler, who had been intercepted twice and fumbled once. The Broncos went on to beat the Chargers, 27 -- 20, and secure the top seed in the AFC. Despite the Broncos ' 12 -- 4 record ( and Manning 's 8 -- 2 record in games that he played in ), Manning had the worst season statistically of his career, as he threw a career - low nine touchdown passes and 17 interceptions in just 10 games, and posting a quarterback rating of 67.9, the lowest rating of his career, and first time he had a rating below 84 since his rookie season. Manning 's 59.8 completion percentage was the second lowest of his career, only behind his rookie season. Manning 's 17 interceptions were second to Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles, who threw 18 interceptions but started all 16 games. The Broncos, by virtue of having the AFC 's # 1 seed, earned home field advantage throughout the NFL playoffs. The Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Divisional Round to advance to the AFC Championship game to host the defending Super Bowl champions, the New England Patriots. It was the 17th, and ultimately final, meeting between Manning and his longtime rival Tom Brady. Despite a late comeback attempt from the Patriots, the Broncos won 20 -- 18 to advance to Super Bowl 50. Manning threw two touchdowns and no interceptions in the win. On February 7, 2016, the Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers 24 -- 10 in Super Bowl 50 as the Broncos ' defense shut down the heavily favored Panthers ' top - ranked offense and regular season MVP Cam Newton. Manning finished the game 13 - of - 23 for 141 yards with one interception while being sacked five times, scoring his only passing points with 3 : 08 left in the fourth quarter when he connected with wide receiver Bennie Fowler for a two - point conversion, which ended up being the final pass of his career. Manning became the oldest starting quarterback to both play in and win a Super Bowl. Manning also became the first quarterback to start two Super Bowls with multiple franchises, with different head coaches each time ( Dungy, Caldwell, Fox, and Kubiak ) and the first quarterback to lead two different franchises to a Super Bowl victory. The victory gave Manning his 200th overall win including regular season and playoffs, making him at the time the starting quarterback with the most combined regular season and postseason wins in NFL history, snapping a tie with Brett Favre. Retirement Manning announced his retirement, after 18 seasons, on March 7, 2016. Manning 's final words of his retirement speech were, `` I 've fought a good fight. I 've finished my football race and after 18 years, it 's time. God bless all of you and God bless football. '' After 18 seasons with the NFL, Manning received the 2016 ESPY Icon Award. He won nine total ESPY Awards during his career. On October 7, 2017 in a ceremony attended by hundreds of fans, the Colts unveiled a bronze statue of Manning outside its Lucas Oil Stadium. Manning was also inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor and became the first player to have his jersey retired by the Colts since the team moved to Indianapolis. `` The Manning Bowl '' Peyton and Eli Manning played against each other three times in their professional careers, not counting Pro Bowls or the preseason. These encounters were colloquially dubbed `` The Manning Bowl '', and Peyton 's teams ( twice with the Colts, once with the Broncos ) held a 3 -- 0 record over Eli 's team ( three games with the New York Giants ). The first Manning Bowl was held on September 10, 2006, and Peyton 's Colts defeated Eli 's Giants by a score of 26 -- 21. The second Manning Bowl was held on September 19, 2010, with Peyton and the Colts besting Eli 's team again by a score of 38 -- 14. The third and final Manning Bowl took place on September 15, 2013, and Peyton and the Broncos beat Eli 's Giants, 41 -- 23. NFL career statistics Legend Led the league NFL record Team won the Super Bowl AP NFL MVP Bold Career high Regular season Year Team GP GS Passing Rushing Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Y / A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD W -- L 1998 IND 16 16 326 575 56.7 3,739 6.5 26 28 71.2 15 62 4.1 0 3 - 13 1999 IND 16 16 331 533 62.1 4,135 7.8 26 15 90.7 35 73 2.1 13 - 3 2000 IND 16 16 357 571 62.5 4,413 7.7 33 15 94.7 37 116 3.1 10 - 6 2001 IND 16 16 343 547 62.7 4,131 7.6 26 23 84.1 35 157 4.5 6 - 10 2002 IND 16 16 392 591 66.3 4,200 7.1 27 19 88.8 38 148 3.9 10 - 6 2003 IND 16 16 379 566 67.0 4,267 7.5 29 10 99.0 28 26 0.9 0 12 - 4 IND 16 16 336 497 67.7 4,557 9.2 49 10 121.1 25 38 1.5 0 12 - 4 2005 IND 16 16 305 453 67.3 3,747 8.3 28 10 104.1 33 45 1.4 0 14 - 2 2006 IND 16 16 362 557 65.0 4,397 7.9 31 9 101.0 23 36 1.6 12 - 4 2007 IND 16 16 337 515 65.4 4,040 7.8 31 14 98.0 20 − 5 − 0.3 13 - 3 2008 IND 16 16 371 555 66.8 4,002 7.2 27 12 95.0 20 21 1.1 12 - 4 2009 IND 16 16 393 571 68.8 4,500 7.9 33 16 99.9 19 − 13 − 0.7 0 14 - 2 IND 16 16 450 679 66.3 4,700 6.9 33 17 91.9 18 18 1.0 0 10 - 6 2011 IND Did not play due to injury 2012 DEN 16 16 400 583 68.6 4,659 8.0 37 11 105.8 23 6 0.3 0 13 - 3 2013 DEN 16 16 450 659 68.3 5,477 8.3 55 10 115.1 32 − 31 − 1.0 13 - 3 2014 DEN 16 16 395 597 66.2 4,727 7.9 39 15 101.5 24 − 24 − 1.0 0 12 - 4 2015 DEN 10 9 198 331 59.8 2,249 6.8 9 17 67.9 6 − 6 − 1.0 0 7 - 2 Career 266 265 6,125 9,380 65.3 71,940 7.7 539 251 96.5 431 667 1.5 18 186 - 79 Postseason Year Team GP GS Passing Rushing Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Y / A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD W -- L 1999 IND 19 42 45.2 227 5.4 0 0 62.3 22 11 0 - 1 2000 IND 17 32 53.1 194 6.1 0 82.0 − 2 − 2 0 0 - 1 2002 IND 14 31 45.2 137 4.4 0 31.2 0 0 - 1 2003 IND 67 103 65.0 918 8.9 9 106.4 0.8 0 2 - 1 IND 54 75 72.0 696 9.3 107.4 7 3.5 1 - 1 2005 IND 22 38 57.9 290 7.6 0 90.9 -- -- -- 0 0 - 1 2006 IND 97 153 63.4 1,034 6.8 7 70.5 8 0.4 4 - 0 2007 IND 33 48 68.7 402 8.4 97.7 − 6 − 6 0 0 - 1 2008 IND 25 42 59.5 310 7.4 0 90.4 − 1 − 1 0 0 - 1 2009 IND 87 128 68.0 956 7.5 6 99.0 − 2 − 0.6 0 2 - 1 IND 18 26 69.2 225 8.7 0 108.7 -- -- -- 0 0 - 1 2012 DEN 28 43 65.1 290 6.7 88.3 − 1 − 1 0 0 - 1 2013 DEN 91 128 71.1 910 7.1 5 94.2 − 2 − 0.7 0 2 - 1 2014 DEN 26 46 56.5 211 4.6 0 75.5 -- -- -- 0 0 - 1 2015 DEN 51 92 55.4 539 5.9 75.4 5 10 2.0 0 3 - 0 Career 27 27 649 1,027 63.2 7,339 7.1 40 25 87.4 32 34 1.1 14 - 13 Source : Career awards and records For a more detailed list, see List of career achievements by Peyton Manning. NFL Awards 5x NFL MVP ( 2003 ( shared with Steve McNair ), 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013 ) 2x NFL Offensive Player of the Year ( 2004, 2013 ) Best NFL Player ESPY Award ( 2004, 2005, 2014 ) 14 × Pro Bowl ( 1999 -- 2000, 2002 -- 2010, 2012 -- 2014 ) 7 × First - team All - Pro ( 2003 -- 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 ) 3 × Second - team All - Pro ( 1999, 2000, 2006 ) 2 × Bert Bell Award ( 2003, 2004 ) 8 × AFC Offensive Player of the Year Awards ( 1999, 2003 -- 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 ) 1998 NFL All - Rookie First Team 2004 Fedex Express Player of the Year Best Record - Breaking Performance ESPY Award ( 2005, 2014, 2015 ) 2005 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award 2005 Byron `` Whizzer '' White Humanitarian Award 2005 Pro Bowl MVP 2007 Super Bowl MVP 2007 Best Championship Performance ESPY Award 2012 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Additionally, Manning has been named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month a record eight times ( 9 / 2003, 11 / 2004, 10 / 2006, 9 / 2009, 9 / 2012, 10 / 2012, 9 / 2013, 12 / 2013 ) and Offensive Player of the Week a then - record 27 times ( since broken by Tom Brady ). NFL records For a more detailed list, see List of career achievements by Peyton Manning. Manning holds a number of individual career records : Most career passing yards : 71,940 Most career touchdown passes : 539 First quarterback to reach 200 career wins ( playoffs and regular season ) Most touchdown passes, season : 55 ( 2013 ) Most seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards : 14 ( 1999 -- 2004, 2006 -- 2010, 2012 -- 2014 ) Most passing yards, season : 5,477 ( 2013 ) Most games with 40 + pass attempts in a season : 10 ( 2010 ) Most consecutive seasons with at least 20 touchdown passes : 13 ( 1998 -- 2010 ) Most consecutive seasons with at least 25 touchdown passes : 13 ( 1998 -- 2010 ) Most games with a perfect passer rating, career : 4 ( includes 1 playoff game ) Most consecutive games started to open a career : 208 Most consecutive games with at least 2 touchdown passes : 13 ( games 1 -- 13, 2004 ) Most consecutive games with at least 4 touchdown passes : 5 ( games 7 -- 11, 2004 ) Most games with at least 4 touchdown passes, season : 8 ( 2013 ) Most regular season games with at least 4 touchdown passes, career : 25 Most games with at least 5 touchdown passes, career : 8 ( includes 1 playoff game ) Only QB with at least 6 touchdown passes in three games One of eight QBs with at least 7 touchdown passes in a game Highest career passing TDs / game average ( min. 150 TD passes ) : 2.046 TDs / game Highest completion percentage by a QB in one month in NFL history ( min. 75 attempts ) : 81.8 % ( December 2008 ) Most career games with a completion percentage of 70 % or higher ( min. 10 attempts ) : 66 Most consecutive regular season wins as a starter : 23 ( 2008 -- 2009 ) Most seasons with 10 + wins as a starter ( regular season only ) : 14 ( 1999 -- 2000, 2002 -- 2010, 2012 -- 2014 ) Most seasons with 12 + wins as a starter ( regular season only ) : 11 ( 1999, 2003 -- 2009, 2012 -- 2014 ) Only QB with seven straight seasons of 12 + wins as a starter ( 2003 -- 2009 ) Only QB to lead five consecutive 4th quarter comeback wins ( games 7 -- 11, 2009 ) 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 ) Most wins as a starting QB in a decade, regular season : 115 ( 2000s ) Most AP NFL MVP Awards : 5 ( 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013 ) Personal life Manning with a fan in 2006 Manning was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Olivia ( née Williams ) and former NFL quarterback Archie Manning. He is the brother of two - time Super Bowl Champion, Eli Manning. Some have described the Mannings as football 's `` royal family ''. Manning married his wife, Ashley, in Memphis on St. Patrick 's Day, 2001. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Ashley was introduced to him by her parents ' next - door neighbor the summer before Manning 's freshman year in college. Peyton and wife Ashley have twins, a son, Marshal Williams, and a daughter, Mosley Thompson, born on March 31, 2011. Manning is a Christian. At age 13, he said, `` I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since. '' Manning said his priorities ranked in order are ``... faith, family, friends, and football. '' Manning said he prays every night and before games and added, `` I hope ( and pray ) I do n't do too many things that displease Him before I get to Heaven myself. I believe, too, that life is much better and freer when you 're committed to God in that way. '' Manning reportedly memorized the Colts ' playbook within a week after being drafted, and in 2012 was able to precisely recall the details and timing of a specific play he had used at Tennessee 16 years earlier. During the summer, Archie, Peyton, Eli, and eldest sibling 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. 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. Manning, along with his father Archie, co-authored a book titled, 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 Manning 's life and career up to the time that the book was released, and examines football from both Archie 's and Manning 's points - of - view. Mark Kiszla, a sports columnist for the Denver Post, in a column about Manning 's future plans, said that Manning 's net worth `` is estimated to be in excess of $150 million '' and `` That 's not enough money to buy an NFL franchise by himself, although an ownership group that included Manning as president with a financial stake in the team would be led by a brilliant football mind. '' He has donated over $8,000 to Republican politicians, among them Fred Thompson, Bob Corker and former President George W. Bush. For the 2016 presidential race, Manning has contributed to the campaign of Jeb Bush. On October 26, 2012, Manning purchased 21 Papa John 's Pizza stores, all in Colorado. Other work Manning has been credited with helping to improve the image of the city of Indianapolis. A curator at the Indiana State Museum observed that `` There is no Super Bowl held here without Peyton. There is no Lucas Oil Stadium without Peyton. Without Peyton, the Colts would probably be in L.A. right now. '' He has become one of the NFL 's most marketable players, appearing in several television and printed advertisements for some of the NFL 's biggest sponsors. Manning hosted Saturday Night Live 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. He also appeared on SNL in 2008 and on the 2015 Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special. On May 27, 2007, Manning waved the green flag to begin the 91st Indianapolis 500. In 2009, Manning guest - voiced ( with his brothers, Eli and Cooper ) on an episode of The Simpsons called `` O Brother, Where Bart Thou ? '' in which Bart dreams of having a baby brother and sees such famous brothers as The Marx Brothers, The Blues Brothers, The Wright Brothers, The Mario Brothers, and The Manning Brothers. Manning hosted the 2017 ESPY Awards held on July 12, 2017. Manning also voiced the character ' Guapo ' in the 2017 motion picture, Ferdinand. Philanthropy Manning in 2013 Shortly after beginning his NFL career, Manning started his own charity called ' the Peyback Foundation '. The Peyback Foundation 's mission is to help disadvantaged kids, and focuses its efforts in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Indiana. For his work with this foundation, Manning received the Samuel S. Beard Award for Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards. 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. In 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. 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Smith 1991 : Walsh 1992 : Powlus 1993 : Manning 1994 : Huard 1995 : Couch 1996 : Minor 1997 : Curry 1998 : Lewis 1999 : Berlin 2000 : Mauer 2001 : Booker 2002 : Wright 2003 : Byers 2004 : Paulus 2005 : Mustain 2006 : Brantley 2007 : Barkley 2008 : Gilbert 2009 : Jones 2010 : Worley 2011 : Gray 2012 : Browne 2013 : Brown 2014 : Murray 2015 : Eason 2016 : Martell 2017 : Daniels Tennessee Volunteers starting quarterbacks Howard Ijams ( 1891 -- 1893 ) D.C. Chapman ( 1896 ) C.L. Bryan ( 1899 ) J.G. Logan ( 1900 ) Sax Crawford ( 1901 -- 1902 ) J.C. Loucks ( 1906 ) Chauncey Raulston ( 1909 ) Rufus Branch ( 1909 -- 1912 ) Red Rainey ( 1913 ) Bill May ( 1914 -- 1915 ) Buck Hatcher ( 1916 ) Willis McCabe ( 1919 ) Joe Evans ( 1920 ) Roe Campbell ( 1921 -- 1924 ) Jimmie Smith ( 1922 ) Billy Harkness ( 1924 -- 1926 ) Jimmy Elmore ( 1927 ) D. Vincent Tudor ( 1927 -- 1929 ) Roy Witt ( 1928 ) Bobby Dodd ( 1928 -- 1930 ) Deke Brackett ( 1931 -- 1932 ) Beattie Feathers ( 1933 ) Charles Vaughan ( 1934 ) Phil Dickens ( 1935 -- 1936 ) Walter Wood ( 1937 ) George Cafego ( 1938 -- 1939 ) Van Thompson ( 1940 ) Johnny Butler ( 1941 ) Jim Gaffney ( 1943 ) Buist Warren ( 1943 -- 1944 ) Walter Slater ( 1946 ) Art Galiffa ( 1964 -- 1966 ) Dewey Warren ( 1967 ) Bubba Wyche ( 1968 ) Bobby Scott ( 1969 -- 1970 ) Condredge Holloway ( 1973 -- 1974 ) Randy Wallace ( 1975 -- 1976 ) Pat Ryan ( 1977 ) Jimmy Streater ( 1978 -- 1979 ) Steve Alatorre ( 1980 -- 1981 ) Alan Cockrell ( 1981 -- 1983 ) Tony Robinson ( 1984 -- 1985 ) Jeff Francis ( 1987 -- 1988 ) Sterling Henton ( 1989 ) Andy Kelly ( 1989 -- 1991 ) Heath Shuler ( 1992 -- 1993 ) Jerry Colquitt ( 1994 ) Todd Helton ( 1994 ) Peyton Manning ( 1994 -- 1997 ) Tee Martin ( 1998 -- 1999 ) A.J. Suggs ( 2000 ) Casey Clausen ( 2000 -- 2003 ) Brent Schaeffer ( 2004 ) Rick Clausen ( 2004 -- 2005 ) Erik Ainge ( 2004 -- 2007 ) Jonathan Crompton ( 2006, 2008 -- 2009 ) Nick Stephens ( 2008 ) Matt Simms ( 2010 ) Tyler Bray ( 2010 -- 2012 ) Justin Worley ( 2013 -- 2014 ) Nathan Peterman ( 2013 -- 2014 ) Joshua Dobbs ( 2013 -- 2016 ) Quinten Dormady ( 2017 ) Jarrett Guarantano ( 2017 ) Will McBride ( 2017 ) Maxwell Award winners 1937 : Frank 1938 : O'Brien 1939 : Kinnick 1940 : Harmon 1941 : Dudley 1942 : Governali 1943 : Odell 1944 : G. Davis 1945 : Blanchard 1946 : Trippi 1947 : D. Walker 1948 : Bednarik 1949 : Hart 1950 : Bagnell 1951 : Kazmaier 1952 : Lattner 1953 : Lattner 1954 : Beagle 1955 : Cassady 1956 : McDonald 1957 : Reifsnyder 1958 : Dawkins 1959 : Lucas 1960 : Bellino 1961 : Ferguson 1962 : Baker 1963 : Staubach 1964 : Ressler 1965 : Nobis 1966 : Lynch 1967 : Beban 1968 : Simpson 1969 : Reid 1970 : Plunkett 1971 : Marinaro 1972 : Van Pelt 1973 : Cappelletti 1974 : Joachim 1975 : Griffin 1976 : Dorsett 1977 : Browner 1978 : Fusina 1979 : C. White 1980 : Green 1981 : Allen 1982 : H. Walker 1983 : Rozier 1984 : Flutie 1985 : Long 1986 : Testaverde 1987 : McPherson 1988 : Sanders 1989 : Thompson 1990 : Detmer 1991 : Howard 1992 : Torretta 1993 : Ward 1994 : Collins 1995 : George 1996 : Wuerffel 1997 : P. Manning 1998 : Williams 1999 : Dayne 2000 : Brees 2001 : Dorsey 2002 : Johnson 2003 : E. Manning 2004 : J. White 2005 : Young 2006 : Quinn 2007 : Tebow 2008 : Tebow 2009 : McCoy 2010 : Newton 2011 : Luck 2012 : Te'o 2013 : McCarron 2014 : Mariota 2015 : Henry 2016 : Jackson 2017 : Mayfield Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award winners 1987 : McPherson 1988 : Peete 1989 : Rice 1990 : Erickson 1991 : Weldon 1992 : Torretta 1993 : Ward 1994 : Barker 1995 : Frazier 1996 : Wuerffel 1997 : P. Manning 1998 : McNown 1999 : Redman 2000 : Weinke 2001 : Carr 2002 : Palmer 2003 : E. Manning 2004 : White 2005 : Leinart 2006 : Quinn 2007 : Ryan 2008 : Harrell 2009 : McCoy 2010 : Tolzien 2011 : Luck 2012 : Klein 2013 : McCarron 2014 : Mariota 2015 : Cook 2016 : Watson 2017 : Rudolph Davey O'Brien Award winners 1981 : McMahon 1982 : Blackledge 1983 : S. Young 1984 : Flutie 1985 : Long 1986 : Testaverde 1987 : McPherson 1988 : Aikman 1989 : Ware 1990 : Detmer 1991 : Detmer 1992 : Torretta 1993 : Ward 1994 : Collins 1995 : Wuerffel 1996 : Wuerffel 1997 : Manning 1998 : Bishop 1999 : Hamilton 2000 : Weinke 2001 : Crouch 2002 : Banks 2003 : White 2004 : White 2005 : V. Young 2006 : Smith 2007 : Tebow 2008 : Bradford 2009 : McCoy 2010 : Newton 2011 : Griffin III 2012 : Manziel 2013 : Winston 2014 : Mariota 2015 : Watson 2016 : Watson 2017 : Mayfield James E. Sullivan Award winners 1930 : Jones 1931 : Berlinger 1932 : Bausch 1933 : Cunningham 1934 : Bonthron 1935 : Little 1936 : Morris 1937 : Budge 1938 : Lash 1939 : Burk 1940 : Rice 1941 : MacMitchell 1942 : Warmerdam 1943 : Dodds 1944 : Curtis 1945 : Blanchard 1946 : Tucker 1947 : Kelly Jr. 1948 : Mathias 1949 : Button 1950 : Wilt 1951 : Richards 1952 : Ashenfelter 1953 : Lee 1954 : Whitfield 1955 : Dillard 1956 : McCormick 1957 : Morrow 1958 : Davis 1959 : O'Brien 1960 : R. 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 : M. 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 : S. Johnson 2009 : Palmeiro - Winters 2010 : Lysacek 2011 : Rodriguez 2012 : Franklin 2013 : Urschel 2014 : Elliott 2015 : Stewart & Reynolds 2016 : Carlini 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 2009 : Tebow 2010 : Acho 2011 : Rodriguez 2012 : Jones 2013 : Urschel 2014 : Helton 2015 : Darlington 2016 : Terrell 2017 : Kiser Southeastern Conference Football Player of the Year Overall 1933 : Feathers 1934 : Howell 1935 : Geny 1936 : Gilbert 1937 : Hinkle 1938 : Cafego 1939 : Kavanaugh & Foxx 1940 : Elrod 1941 : Jenkins 1942 : Sinkwich 1943 1944 : McWilliams 1945 : Gilmer 1946 : Trippi 1947 : Connerly 1948 : Rauch 1949 : Tidwell 1950 : Parilli 1951 : Wade 1952 : Parker 1953 : Parker 1954 : A. Davis 1955 : Majors 1956 : Majors 1957 : Michaels 1958 : Cannon 1959 : Cannon 1960 : Gibbs 1961 : Trammell 1962 : Stovall 1963 : Sidle 1964 : Frederickson 1965 : Sloan 1966 : Spurrier 1967 : Goodridge 1968 : Scott 1969 : A. Manning 1970 : Sullivan 1971 : Musso 1972 : T. Davis 1973 : Collins 1974 : Felker 1975 : DuBose 1976 : Goff 1977 : C. Alexander 1978 : McClendon 1979 : Cribbs 1980 : Walker 1981 : Walker 1982 : Walker 1983 : White 1984 : Bell 1985 : Jackson 1986 : Bennett 1987 : W. Davis 1988 : Rocker 1989 : E. Smith 1990 : Matthews 1991 : Matthews 1992 : Hearst 1993 : Shuler 1994 : Barker 1995 : Wuerffel 1996 : Wuerffel 1997 : P. Manning 1998 : Couch 1999 : S. Alexander 2000 : R. Johnson 2001 : Grossman Offensive 2002 : Pinner 2003 : E. Manning 2004 : Campbell 2005 : Cutler 2006 : McFadden 2007 : McFadden 2008 : Tebow 2009 : Tebow & Ingram 2010 : Newton 2011 : Richardson 2012 : Manziel 2013 : Mason 2014 : Cooper 2015 : Henry 2016 : Hurts 2017 : K. Johnson Defensive 2002 : Pollack 2003 : Lavalais 2004 : Pollack 2005 : Ryans 2006 : Willis 2007 : Dorsey 2008 : Er. Berry 2009 : McClain 2010 : Fairley 2011 : Claiborne & Mathieu 2012 : Clowney & J. Jones 2013 : Mosley & Sam 2014 : Ray 2015 : Ragland 2016 : Allen 2017 : R. Smith Special Teams 2004 : Williams 2005 : Green 2006 : Vaughn 2007 : F. Jones 2008 : James 2009 : Arenas 2010 : Peterson 2011 : Adams 2012 : Sturgis & Sanders 2013 : C. Jones 2014 : Murphy 2015 : Ev. Berry 2016 : Carlson 2017 : Carlson Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Year Male 1976 : Glance 1977 : Seivers 1978 : Givens 1979 : King 1980 : Macy 1981 : Gaines 1982 : Belue 1983 : Walker 1984 : Hoage 1985 : Clark 1986 : B. Jackson 1987 : Bennett 1988 : Perdue 1989 : D. Thomas 1990 : Kessler 1991 : O'Neal 1992 : O'Neal 1993 : Mashburn 1994 : Williamson 1995 : Helton 1996 : Wuerffel 1997 : Wuerffel 1998 : Manning 1999 : Couch 2000 : Bouknight 2001 : Boeker 2002 : W. Davis 2003 : Cragg 2004 : Cragg 2005 : Lochte 2006 : Carter 2007 : Price 2008 : Tebow 2009 : Tebow 2010 : Ingram 2011 : Smith 2012 : A. Davis 2013 : Manziel 2014 : Reed 2015 : Benintendi 2016 : Lawson 2017 : Rooker Female 1984 : Caulkins 1985 : Hauschild 1986 : Gillom 1987 : Leatherwood 1988 : Torres 1989 : Gordon 1990 : Foster 1991 : Charles 1992 : Goetze 1993 : Haislett 1994 : Haislett 1995 : Hansen 1996 : Roundtree 1997 : Johnson 1998 : Holdsclaw 1999 : Holdsclaw 2000 : Kowal 2001 : Yoder 2002 : Pickens 2003 : L. Thomas 2004 : Rice 2005 : Coventry 2006 : Augustus 2007 : Abbott 2008 : Parker 2009 : Kupets 2010 : S. Jackson 2011 : Hoffman 2012 : Pancake 2013 : Schmitt 2014 : Rogers 2015 : Haeger 2016 : Sloan 2017 : Williams 1997 College Football All - America Team consensus selections Offense QB Peyton Manning RB Ricky Williams RB Curtis Enis WR Randy Moss WR Jacquez Green TE Alonzo Mayes OL Aaron Taylor OL Alan Faneca OL Kyle Turley OL Chad Overhauser C Olin Kreutz Defense DL Grant Wistrom DL Andre Wadsworth DL Greg Ellis DL Jason Peter LB Andy Katzenmoyer LB Sam Cowart LB Anthony Simmons LB Brian Simmons DB Charles Woodson DB Dré Bly DB Fred Weary DB Brian Lee Special teams P Chad Kessler PK Martín Gramática KR Tim Dwight Division I Football Academic All - America Team Members of the Year 1991 : Vardell 1992 : Hansen 1993 : Ruddy 1994 : Zatechka 1995 : Wuerffel 1996 : Wuerffel 1997 : Manning 1998 : Stinchcomb 1999 : Pennington 2000 : Brees 2001 : Johnson 2002 : Kingsbury 2003 : Krenzel 2004 : Smith 2005 : Hartigan 2006 : Posluszny 2007 : Cramer 2008 : Tebow 2009 : Tebow 2010 : McElroy 2011 : Luck 2012 : Jones 2013 : Ikard 2014 : Zenner 2015 : Wentz 2016 : McCaffrey 2017 : Walls Division I Academic All - America Team Members of the Year ( all sports ) 1987 -- 88 : M. Smith 1988 -- 89 : Martin 1989 -- 90 : Kessler 1990 -- 91 : Parker 1991 -- 92 : Vardell 1992 -- 93 : Hansen 1993 -- 94 : Erikson 1994 -- 95 : Lobo 1994 -- 95 : Zatechka 1995 -- 96 : Fuller 1996 -- 97 : Wuerffel 1997 -- 98 : Manning 1998 -- 99 : Stinchcomb 1999 -- 2000 : Pennington 2000 -- 01 : Riley 2001 -- 02 : Dales 2002 -- 03 : Kulikowski 2003 -- 04 : Okafor 2004 -- 05 : A. Smith 2005 -- 06 : Sinclair 2006 -- 07 : Pavan 2007 -- 08 : Pavan 2008 -- 09 : Rupp 2009 -- 10 : Schluntz 2010 -- 11 : Moore 2011 -- 12 : Pancake 2012 -- 13 : Jones 2013 -- 14 : Jacob 2014 -- 15 : Brown 2015 -- 16 : Wentz 2016 -- 17 : Gibson National Football League Draft number one overall picks Berwanger Francis C. Davis Aldrich Cafego Harmon Dudley Sinkwich Bertelli Trippi Dancewicz Fenimore Gilmer Bednarik Hart Rote Wade Babcock B. 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 Bradford Newton Luck Fisher Clowney Winston Goff M. Garrett 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 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 Hughes Castonzo Luck Werner Dorsett Kelly Hooker Indianapolis Colts 1998 NFL draft selections Peyton Manning Jerome Pathon E.G. Green Steve McKinney Antony Jordan Aaron Taylor Corey Gaines Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award winners 1957 : J. Brown 1958 : J. Brown 1959 : Unitas 1960 : Van Brocklin 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 2009 : Manning 2010 : Brady 2011 : Rodgers 2012 : Peterson 2013 : Manning 2014 : Rodgers 2015 : Newton 2016 : Ryan Bert Bell Award winners 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 2009 : Brees 2010 : Vick 2011 : Rodgers 2012 : Peterson 2013 : Manning 2014 : Watt 2015 : Newton 2016 : Ryan Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award winners 1972 : Brown 1973 : Simpson 1974 : Stabler 1975 : Tarkenton 1976 : Jones 1977 : Payton 1978 : Campbell 1979 : Campbell 1980 : Campbell 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 1994 : Sanders 1995 : Favre 1996 : Davis 1997 : Sanders 1998 : Davis 1999 : Faulk 2000 : Faulk 2001 : Faulk 2002 : Holmes 2003 : Lewis 2004 : Manning 2005 : Alexander 2006 : Tomlinson 2007 : Brady 2008 : Brees 2009 : Johnson 2010 : Brady 2011 : Brees 2012 : Peterson 2013 : Manning 2014 : Murray 2015 : Newton 2016 : Ryan Walter Payton NFL 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 : P. Manning 2006 : Brees & Tomlinson 2007 : Taylor 2008 : Warner 2009 : Waters 2010 : Williams 2011 : Birk 2012 : Witten 2013 : Tillman 2014 : Davis 2015 : Boldin 2016 : Fitzgerald & E. Manning `` Whizzer '' White NFL Man of the Year Award winners 1967 : Starr 1968 : W. Davis 1969 : Meador 1970 : Sayers 1971 : Alexander 1972 : May 1973 : Russell 1974 : Little 1975 : Bleier 1976 : Hart 1977 : Alzado 1978 : A. Manning 1979 : Staubach 1980 : Upshaw 1981 : Houston 1982 : Harris 1983 : Dieken 1984 : Benirschke 1985 : Williams 1986 : Moore 1987 : Martin 1988 : Cherry 1989 : Singletary 1990 : Newsome 1991 : Kenn 1992 : R. White 1993 : Lowery 1994 : Kelso 1995 : Thomas 1996 : Brooks 1997 : Zorich 1998 : Nickerson 1999 : Carter 2000 : Pelfrey 2001 : McCrary 2002 : Brunell 2003 : Vincent 2004 : Brooks 2005 : P. Manning 2006 : McNair 2007 : Lynch 2008 : Dunn 2009 : Dawkins 2010 : Asomugha 2011 : Richardson 2012 : Brees 2013 : Batch 2014 : Boldin 2015 : Greenway 2016 : T. Davis Associated Press NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award winners 1963 : Martin 1964 : Moore 1965 : Brodie 1966 : Bass 1967 - 1997 : No award given 1998 : Flutie 1999 : Young 2000 : Johnson 2001 : Hearst 2002 : Maddox 2003 : Kitna 2004 : Brees 2005 : Bruschi & Smith 2006 : Pennington 2007 : Ellis 2008 : Pennington 2009 : Brady 2010 : Vick 2011 : Stafford 2012 : Manning 2013 : Rivers 2014 : Gronkowski 2015 : Berry 2016 : Nelson Bart Starr Award winners 1989 : Largent 1990 : Munoz 1991 : Singletary 1992 : White 1993 : Byrd 1994 : Moon 1995 : Carter 1996 : J. Slater 1997 : Green 1998 : Fryar & Jones 1999 : Robinson 2000 : Williams 2001 : Matthews 2002 : Woodson 2003 : Dilfer 2004 : Brooks 2005 : Vincent 2006 : Martin 2007 : Lynch 2008 : Tomlinson 2009 : Dunn 2010 : Warner 2011 : Brees 2012 : Fletcher 2013 : Witten 2014 : Rodgers 2015 : Manning 2016 : Davis 2017 : M. Slater FedEx Air and Ground Players of the Year Air 2003 : Manning 2004 : Manning 2005 : Palmer 2006 : Brees 2007 : Favre 2008 : Brees 2009 : Brees 2010 : Rodgers 2011 : Brees 2012 : Manning 2013 : Manning 2014 : Rodgers 2015 : Palmer Ground 2003 : Green 2004 : Martin 2005 : Alexander 2006 : Tomlinson 2007 : Taylor 2008 : Peterson 2009 : Johnson 2010 : Charles 2011 : McCoy 2012 : Peterson 2013 : McCoy 2014 : Bell 2015 : Peterson 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 Freddy 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 96 Johnathan Goddard 97 Corey Simon 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 Denver Broncos Super Bowl 50 champions 4 Britton Colquitt 8 Brandon McManus 10 Emmanuel Sanders 11 Jordan Norwood 12 Andre Caldwell 13 Trevor Siemian 14 Cody Latimer 15 Kyle Williams 16 Bennie Fowler III 17 Brock Osweiler 18 Peyton Manning 20 Josh Bush 21 Aqib Talib 22 C.J. Anderson 23 Ronnie Hillman 25 Chris Harris Jr. 26 Darian Stewart 29 Bradley Roby 30 David Bruton 31 Omar Bolden 32 Ryan Murphy 33 Shiloh Keo 35 Kapri Bibbs 36 Kayvon Webster 37 Lorenzo Doss 39 Taurean Nixon 40 Juwan Thompson 43 T.J. Ward 46 Aaron Brewer 48 Shaquil Barrett 50 Zaire Anderson 51 Todd Davis 52 Corey Nelson 53 James Ferentz 54 Brandon Marshall 55 Lerentee McCray 56 Shane Ray 58 Von Miller ( MVP ) 59 Danny Trevathan 61 Matt Paradis 62 Dillon Day 65 Louis Vasquez 66 Kyle Roberts 67 Sam Brenner 68 Ryan Harris 69 Evan Mathis 70 Robert Myers 73 Max Garcia 74 Ty Sambrailo 75 Cameron Jefferson 76 Tyler Polumbus 78 Ryan Clady 79 Michael Schofield 80 Vernon Davis 81 Owen Daniels 82 Jeff Heuerman 84 Nick Kasa 85 Virgil Green 87 Jordan Taylor 88 Demaryius Thomas 90 Antonio Smith 91 Kenny Anunike 92 Sylvester Williams 94 DeMarcus Ware 95 Derek Wolfe 96 Vance Walker 97 Malik Jackson 98 Darius Kilgo 99 George Uko Head coach : Gary Kubiak Coaches : Clancy Barone Chris Beake Samson Brown Brian Callahan Tony Coaxum James Cregg Joe DeCamillis Rick Dennison Mike Eubanks Chris Gould Reggie Herring Greg Knapp Bill Kollar Anthony Lomando Dennis Love Marc Lubick Fred Pagac Brian Pariani Wade Phillips Luke Richesson Eric Studesville Tyke Tolbert Joe Woods Super Bowl champion starting quarterbacks I : Starr II : Starr III : Namath IV : Dawson V : Unitas VI : Staubach VII : Griese VIII : Griese IX : Bradshaw X : Bradshaw XI : Stabler XII : Staubach XIII : Bradshaw XIV : Bradshaw XV : Plunkett XVI : Montana XVII : Theismann XVIII : Plunkett XIX : Montana XX : McMahon XXI : Simms XXII : Williams XXIII : Montana XXIV : Montana XXV : Hostetler XXVI : Rypien XXVII : Aikman XXVIII : Aikman XXIX : Young XXX : Aikman XXXI : Favre XXXII : Elway XXXIII : Elway XXXIV : Warner XXXV : Dilfer XXXVI : Brady XXXVII : Johnson XXXVIII : Brady XXXIX : Brady XL : Roethlisberger XLI : P. Manning XLII : E. Manning XLIII : Roethlisberger XLIV : Brees XLV : Rodgers XLVI : E. Manning XLVII : Flacco XLVIII : Wilson XLIX : Brady 50 : P. Manning LI : Brady 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 : E. 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 XLIV : Brees XLV : Rodgers XLVI : E. Manning XLVII : Flacco XLVIII : M. Smith XLIX : Brady 50 : Miller LI : Brady 2003 AP NFL All - Pro Team Offense : QB Peyton Manning RB Priest Holmes RB Jamal Lewis WR Torry Holt WR Randy Moss TE Tony Gonzalez OT Jonathan Ogden OT Orlando Pace OT Willie Roaf G Steve Hutchinson G Will Shields C Tom Nalen Defense : DE Leonard Little DE Michael Strahan DT Kris Jenkins DT Richard Seymour OLB Keith Bulluck OLB Julian Peterson ILB Ray Lewis ILB Zach Thomas CB Ty Law CB Chris McAllister S Rodney Harrison S Roy Williams Special teams P Shane Lechler PK Mike Vanderjagt KR Dante Hall 2004 AP NFL All - Pro Team Offense : QB Peyton Manning RB Curtis Martin RB LaDainian Tomlinson FB William Henderson WR Muhsin Muhammad WR Terrell Owens TE Antonio Gates OT Willie Anderson OT Walter Jones OT Willie Roaf G Alan Faneca G Brian Waters C Jeff Hartings Defense : DE Dwight Freeney DE Julius Peppers DT Richard Seymour DT Kevin Williams OLB Derrick Brooks OLB Takeo Spikes ILB James Farrior ILB Ray Lewis CB Champ Bailey CB Ronde Barber CB Lito Sheppard S Brian Dawkins S Ed Reed Special teams P Shane Lechler PK Adam Vinatieri KR Eddie Drummond 2005 AP NFL All - Pro Team Offense : QB Peyton Manning RB Shaun Alexander RB Tiki Barber FB Mack Strong WR Chad Johnson WR Steve Smith TE Antonio Gates OT Willie Anderson OT Walter Jones G Alan Faneca G Steve Hutchinson C Jeff Saturday Defense : DE Dwight Freeney DE Osi Umenyiora DT Richard Seymour DT Jamal Williams OLB Lance Briggs OLB Derrick Brooks ILB Brian Urlacher ILB Al Wilson CB Champ Bailey CB Ronde Barber S Troy Polamalu S Bob Sanders Special teams P Brian Moorman PK Neil Rackers KR Jerome Mathis 2008 AP NFL All - Pro Team Offense : QB Peyton Manning RB Adrian Peterson RB Michael Turner FB Le'Ron McClain WR Andre Johnson WR Larry Fitzgerald TE Tony Gonzalez OT Jordan Gross OT Michael Roos G Steve Hutchinson G Chris Snee C Kevin Mawae Defense : DE Jared Allen DE Justin Tuck DT Albert Haynesworth DT Kevin Williams OLB James Harrison OLB DeMarcus Ware ILB Ray Lewis ILB Jon Beason CB Nnamdi Asomugha CB Cortland Finnegan FS Ed Reed SS Troy Polamalu Special teams : P Shane Lechler PK Stephen Gostkowski KR Leon Washington 2009 AP NFL All - Pro Team Offense : QB Peyton Manning RB Adrian Peterson RB Chris Johnson FB Leonard Weaver WR Andre Johnson WR Wes Welker TE Dallas Clark OT Ryan Clady OT Joe Thomas G Steve Hutchinson G Jahri Evans C Nick Mangold Defense : DE Jared Allen DE Dwight Freeney DT Kevin Williams DT Jeremiah Ratliff OLB Elvis Dumervil OLB DeMarcus Ware ILB Patrick Willis ILB Ray Lewis CB Charles Woodson CB Darrelle Revis FS Darren Sharper SS Adrian Wilson Special teams : P Shane Lechler PK Nate Kaeding KR Josh Cribbs 2012 AP NFL All - Pro First Team Offense : QB Peyton Manning RB Adrian Peterson RB Marshawn Lynch FB Vonta Leach WR Calvin Johnson WR Brandon Marshall TE Tony Gonzalez OT Duane Brown OT Ryan Clady G Mike Iupati G Jahri Evans C Max Unger Defense : DE J.J. Watt DE Cameron Wake DT Geno Atkins DT Vince Wilfork OLB Von Miller OLB Aldon Smith ILB Patrick Willis ILB NaVorro Bowman CB Richard Sherman CB Charles Tillman FS Earl Thomas SS Dashon Goldson Special teams : P Andy Lee PK Blair Walsh KR Jacoby Jones ST Matthew Slater 2013 AP NFL All - Pro First Team Offense : QB Peyton Manning RB LeSean McCoy RB Jamaal Charles FB Mike Tolbert WR Calvin Johnson WR Josh Gordon TE Jimmy Graham OT Joe Thomas OT Jason Peters G Louis Vasquez G Evan Mathis C Ryan Kalil Defense : DE J.J. Watt DE Robert Quinn DT Gerald McCoy DT Ndamukong Suh OLB Robert Mathis OLB Lavonte David ILB Luke Kuechly ILB NaVorro Bowman CB Richard Sherman CB Patrick Peterson FS Earl Thomas SS Eric Berry Special Teams : P Johnny Hekker PK Justin Tucker KR Cordarrelle Patterson NFL annual passing yards leaders 1932 : Herber 1933 : Newman 1934 : Herber 1935 : Danowski 1936 : Herber 1937 : Baugh 1938 : Parker 1939 : O'Brien 1940 : Baugh 1941 : Isbell 1942 : Isbell 1943 : Luckman 1944 : Comp 1945 : Luckman 1946 : Luckman 1947 : Baugh 1948 : Baugh 1949 : Lujack 1950 : Layne 1951 : Layne 1952 : Graham 1953 : Graham 1954 : Van Brocklin 1955 : Finks 1956 : Rote 1957 : Unitas 1958 : Wade 1959 : Unitas 1960 : Unitas 1961 : Jurgensen 1962 : Jurgensen 1963 : Unitas 1964 : Johnson 1965 : Brodie 1966 : Jurgensen 1967 : Jurgensen 1968 : Brodie 1969 : Jurgensen 1970 : Brodie 1971 : Hadl 1972 : Namath 1973 : Gabriel 1974 : Anderson 1975 : Anderson 1976 : Jones 1977 : Ferguson 1978 : Tarkenton 1979 : Fouts 1980 : Fouts 1981 : Fouts 1982 : Fouts 1983 : Dickey 1984 : Marino 1985 : Marino 1986 : Marino 1987 : Lomax 1988 : Marino 1989 : Majkowski 1990 : Moon 1991 : Moon 1992 : Marino 1993 : Elway 1994 : Bledsoe 1995 : Favre 1996 : Brunell 1997 : George 1998 : Favre 1999 : Beuerlein 2000 : Manning 2001 : Warner 2002 : Gannon 2003 : Manning 2004 : Culpepper 2005 : Brady 2006 : Brees 2007 : Brady 2008 : Brees 2009 : Schaub 2010 : Rivers 2011 : Brees 2012 : Brees 2013 : Manning 2014 : Brees & Roethlisberger 2015 : Brees 2016 : Brees 2017 : Brady NFL annual passing touchdowns leaders 1932 : Herber 1933 : Newman 1934 : Herber 1935 : Danowski 1936 : Herber 1937 : Masterson 1938 : Monnett 1939 : Filchock 1940 : Baugh 1941 : Isbell 1942 : Isbell 1943 : Luckman 1944 : Filchock 1945 : Luckman & Waterfield 1946 : Luckman & Waterfield 1947 : Baugh 1948 : Thompson 1949 : Lujack 1950 : Ratterman 1951 : Layne 1952 : Finks & Graham 1953 : Thomason 1954 : Burk 1955 : Tittle & Rote 1956 : Rote 1957 : Unitas 1958 : Unitas 1959 : Unitas 1960 : Unitas 1961 : Jurgensen 1962 : Tittle 1963 : Tittle 1964 : Ryan 1965 : Brodie 1966 : Ryan 1967 : Jurgensen 1968 : Morrall 1969 : Gabriel 1970 : Brodie 1971 : Hadl 1972 : Kilmer & Namath 1973 : Gabriel & Staubach 1974 : Stabler 1975 : Tarkenton & Ferguson 1976 : Stabler 1977 : Griese 1978 : Bradshaw 1979 : Grogan & Sipe 1980 : Bartkowski 1981 : Fouts 1982 : Fouts, Bradshaw, Montana 1983 : Dickey 1984 : Marino 1985 : Marino 1986 : Marino 1987 : Montana 1988 : Everett 1989 : Everett 1990 : Moon 1991 : Kelly 1992 : Young 1993 : Young 1994 : Young 1995 : Favre 1996 : Favre 1997 : Favre 1998 : Young 1999 : Warner 2000 : Manning & Culpepper 2001 : Warner 2002 : Brady 2003 : Favre 2004 : Manning 2005 : Palmer 2006 : Manning 2007 : Brady 2008 : Brees & Rivers 2009 : Brees 2010 : Brady 2011 : Brees 2012 : Brees 2013 : Manning 2014 : Luck 2015 : Brady 2016 : Rodgers 2017 : Wilson NFL quarterbacks with a perfect passer rating game Ray Mallouf Sammy Baugh Len Dawson Y.A. Tittle Frank Ryan Sonny Jurgensen Joe Namath Johnny Unitas Don Meredith Craig Morton ( 2 ) Fran Tarkenton Daryle Lamonica Dick Shiner Bob Lee James Harris Ken Anderson Jim Hart Dan Fouts Scott Hunter Terry Bradshaw Steve Grogan Brian Sipe Bob Griese Vince Evans Dave Krieg ( 2 ) Steve Bartkowski Ken O'Brien ( 2 ) Steve Young Joe Montana Rich Gannon Bobby Hebert Mick Buck Drew Bledsoe Craig Erickson Chris Chandler Jeff Blake Kurt Warner ( 3 ) Peyton Manning ( 4 ) Doug Flutie Kerry Collins Chad Pennington Trent Green Ben Roethlisberger ( 3 ) Donovan McNabb Tom Brady ( 2 ) Eli Manning Drew Brees Robert Griffin III Nick Foles Alex Smith Geno Smith Marcus Mariota Ryan Tannehill Kirk Cousins Names in bold are still active NFL Top 100 No. 1 players Brady ( 2011 ) Rodgers ( 2012 ) Peterson ( 2013 ) Manning ( 2014 ) Watt ( 2015 ) Newton ( 2016 ) Brady ( 2017 ) Top 100 lists 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Related NFL Network Lindsay Rhodes National Football League NFL 's 2000s All - Decade Team Tom Brady Peyton Manning LaDainian Tomlinson Edgerrin James Jamal Lewis Shaun Alexander Lorenzo Neal Tony Richardson Randy Moss Marvin Harrison Terrell Owens Torry Holt Tony Gonzalez Antonio Gates Walter Jones Jonathan Ogden Orlando Pace Willie Roaf Alan Faneca Steve Hutchinson Will Shields Larry Allen Kevin Mawae Olin Kreutz Dwight Freeney Michael Strahan Jason Taylor Julius Peppers Richard Seymour Warren Sapp Kevin Williams La'Roi Glover Ray Lewis Derrick Brooks Brian Urlacher Joey Porter Zach Thomas DeMarcus Ware Champ Bailey Charles Woodson Ty Law Ronde Barber Ed Reed Brian Dawkins Troy Polamalu Darren Sharper Adam Vinatieri David Akers Shane Lechler Brian Moorman Josh Cribbs Dante Hall Devin Hester Bill Belichick Tony Dungy Indianapolis Colts Founded in 1953 Played in Baltimore ( 1953 -- 83 ) Based and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana Franchise History in Baltimore relocation to Indianapolis in Indianapolis Players Quarterbacks Coaches Seasons Draft First - round draft picks Ring of Honor Stadiums Memorial Stadium RCA Dome Lucas Oil Stadium Culture Carroll Rosenbloom Robert Irsay Jim Irsay 12th Man AAFC Colts Baltimore Colts Marching Band The Band That Would n't Die Blue Cheerleaders Lore The Greatest Game Ever Played Ghost to the Post 1995 AFC Championship Game Deflategate Rivalries New England Patriots Brady -- Manning rivalry Division championships ( 16 ) 1968 1970 1976 1977 1999 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2013 2014 Conference championships ( 7 ) 1958 1959 1964 1968 1970 2006 2009 League championships ( 4 ) 1958 1959 1970 ( V ) 2006 ( XLI ) does not include 1968 NFL championship Retired numbers 18 19 22 24 70 77 82 89 Media Broadcasters WFNI - AM Bob Lamey Jim Sorgi Current league affiliations League : National Football League Conference : American Football Conference Division : South Division Seasons ( 65 ) 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Championship seasons in bold Indianapolis Colts retired numbers 18 Peyton Manning 19 Johnny Unitas 22 Buddy Young 24 Lenny Moore 70 Art Donovan 77 Jim Parker 82 Raymond Berry 89 Gino Marchetti Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year 1954 : Roger Bannister 1955 : Johnny Podres 1956 : Bobby Morrow 1957 : Stan Musial 1958 : Rafer Johnson 1959 : Ingemar Johansson 1960 : Arnold Palmer 1961 : Jerry Lucas 1962 : Terry Baker 1963 : Pete Rozelle 1964 : Ken Venturi 1965 : Sandy Koufax 1966 : Jim Ryun 1967 : Carl Yastrzemski 1968 : Bill Russell 1969 : Tom Seaver 1970 : Bobby Orr 1971 : Lee Trevino 1972 : Billie Jean King & John Wooden 1973 : Jackie Stewart 1974 : Muhammad Ali 1975 : Pete Rose 1976 : Chris Evert 1977 : Steve Cauthen 1978 : Jack Nicklaus 1979 : Terry Bradshaw & Willie Stargell 1980 : U.S. Olympic Hockey Team 1981 : Sugar Ray Leonard 1982 : Wayne Gretzky 1983 : Mary Decker 1984 : Edwin Moses & Mary Lou Retton 1985 : Kareem Abdul - Jabbar 1986 : Joe Paterno 1987 : Bob Bourne, Judi Brown King, Kipchoge Keino, Dale Murphy, Chip Rives, Patty Sheehan, Rory Sparrow, & Reggie Williams 1988 : Orel Hershiser 1989 : Greg LeMond 1990 : Joe Montana 1991 : Michael Jordan 1992 : Arthur Ashe 1993 : Don Shula 1994 : Bonnie Blair & Johann Olav Koss 1995 : Cal Ripken Jr. 1996 : Tiger Woods 1997 : Dean Smith 1998 : Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa 1999 : U.S. Women 's Soccer Team 2000 : Tiger Woods 2001 : Curt Schilling & Randy Johnson 2002 : Lance Armstrong 2003 : David Robinson & Tim Duncan 2004 : Boston Red Sox 2005 : Tom Brady 2006 : Dwyane Wade 2007 : Brett Favre 2008 : Michael Phelps 2009 : Derek Jeter 2010 : Drew Brees 2011 : Mike Krzyzewski & Pat Summitt 2012 : LeBron James 2013 : Peyton Manning 2014 : Madison Bumgarner 2015 : Serena Williams 2016 : LeBron James 2017 : José Altuve & J.J. 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Question: how many times peyton been to super bowl
Answer: four