Peyton Manning

**Peyton Williams Manning** (born March 24, 1976) is an American football retired professional quarterback. He played college football at University of Tennessee and a total of 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Manning was with the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons and his last 4 seasons was with the Denver Broncos. Many people think that Peyton Manning is one of the best quarterbacks in National Football League history. He joined the team in 1998 when he was drafted ahead of Ryan Leaf, who was a bust. Peyton is the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and the older brother of former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.

Manning has been in many television commercials. He has represented Papa Johns and Nationwide. He has also had his picture on the covers of some video games for the Xbox, and was on an episode of _Saturday Night Live_. Manning has also made a lot donations to charities and he has his own charitable group, called the Peyback foundation.

On February 4, 2007, Manning led the Indianapolis Colts to a victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI. He was called the Most Valuable Player of that game. Manning was released by the Colts after missing all of the 2011 season with a neck injury. He signed with the Denver Broncos. Manning is also famous for his yelling and pointing before the snap while making last-second changes.

Peyton's father Archie Manning and brother Eli Manning have also played quarterback, but Peyton is the most successful.

Peyton Manning became the second quarterback after Brett Favre to beat the other 32 teams, after the Denver Broncos defeated the Indianapolis Colts (Manning's former team), in their season opener. He is one of the 3 quarterbacks who defeated the other 31 teams after Tom Brady and Brett Favre.

On March 7, 2016, Manning announced that he was retiring from professional football. He is currently calling games with his brother Eli on ESPN.

## References

- Peyton Manning picks Denver Broncos

## Infobox (nfl biography)

- **name**: Peyton Manning
- **image**: Peyton Manning throwing.jpg
- **number**: 18
- **position**: Quarterback
- **birth place**: New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 5
- **weight lbs**: 230
- **high school**: Isidore Newman School, Isidore Newman
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
- **college**: Tennessee Volunteers football, Tennessee
- **draftyear**: 1998
- **draftround**: 1
- **draftpick**: List of first overall National Football League draft picks, 1
- **pastteams**: * Indianapolis Colts (–)
* Denver Broncos (–)
- **highlights**: * 2× Super Bowl champion (Super Bowl XLI, XLI, Super Bowl 50, 50)
* Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award, Super Bowl MVP  (Super Bowl XLI, XLI)
* 14× Pro Bowl (2000 Pro Bowl, 1999–2001 Pro Bowl, 2000, 2003 Pro Bowl, 2002–2011 Pro Bowl, 2010, 2013 Pro Bowl, 2012–2015 Pro Bowl, 2014)
* 7× First-team All-Pro (2003 All-Pro Team, 2003–2005 All-Pro Team, 2005, 2008 All-Pro Team, 2008, 2009 All-Pro Team, 2009, 2012 All-Pro Team, 2012, 2013 All-Pro Team, 2013)
* 3× Second-team All-Pro (1999 All-Pro Team, 1999, 2000 All-Pro Team, 2000, 2006 All-Pro Team, 2006)
* 5× National Football League Most Valuable Player Award, NFL MVP (2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013)
* Pro Bowl MVP (2005 Pro Bowl, 2004)
* 3× Bert Bell Award (2003, 2004, 2013)
* 2× Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award, NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2004, 2013)
* Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year, _Sports Illustrated_ Sportsman of the Year (2013)
* National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award, NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2012)
* 3× List of National Football League annual passing yards leaders, NFL passing yards leader (2000, 2003, 2013)
* 4× List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders, NFL passing touchdowns leader (2000, 2004, 2006, 2013)
* 3× List of National Football League annual passer rating leaders, NFL passer rating leader (2004–2006)
* National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team, NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
* Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor
* Indianapolis Colts#Retired numbers, Indianapolis Colts No. 18 retired
* Maxwell Award (1997)
* Consensus College Football All-America Team, All-American (1997 College Football All-America Team, 1997)
* Tennessee Volunteers#Retired numbers, Tennessee Volunteers No. 16 retired
;NFL records
* Most Passing Touchdowns in a Season: 55
* Most Passing Yards in a Season: List of NFL quarterbacks with 5,000 passing yards in a season, 5,477
* Most Regular Season MVPs: 5
* Most Career Game Winning Drives: 54
* Most Career Comebacks: 43
* Most First-Team All Pros at QB: 7 (tied)
* Most Pro Bowl Selections: 14 (tied)
* List of NFL quarterbacks with seven touchdown passes in a game, Most Touchdown Passes in a Game: 7 (tied)
- **statlabel1**: Passing attempts
- **statvalue1**: 9,380
- **statlabel2**: Completion (American football), Passing completions
- **statvalue2**: 6,125
- **statlabel3**: Completion percentage
- **statvalue3**: 65.3
- **statlabel4**: Touchdown, TD–Interception, INT
- **statvalue4**: 539–251
- **statlabel5**: Passing yards
- **statvalue5**: 71,940
- **statlabel6**: Passer rating
- **statvalue6**: 96.5
- **nfl**: MAN515097
- **pfr**: MannPe00
- **collegehof**: 2412