Mario Manningham Mario Cashmere Manningham ( born May 25 , 1986 in Warren , Ohio ) iis an American football wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League . He was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft . After receiving few opportunities in his rookie year , Manningham caught 18 touchdown passes the following three seasons , as well as three postseason touchdowns during the Giants ' 2011 - 12 playoff run . Manningham won Super Bowl XLVI for the Giants , in which he caught a crucial 38 - yard pass with under four minutes remaining to set up the Giants ' game - winning drive . He played college football at Michigan . College career . In 2005 , as a freshman , Manningham recorded 27 receptions for 433 yards and six touchdown s , including the game - winning catch as time expired in the game against Penn State , handing the Nittany Lions their only loss that season . Manningham finished 2006 with a total 38 receptions 703 yards and nine touchdowns . He was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week two weeks in a row , first against Notre Dame and then against Wisconsin . During the sixth game of the season against Michigan State , Manningham injured his knee and underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on October 10 . Manningham made his first game appearance after the injury as a reserve wide receiver on November 4 against Ball State . Manningham had a total of 72 receptions for 1 , 174 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2007 . After the 2007 season , Manningham opted to forgo his eligibility for his senior year in 2008 and entered the NFL Draft . He finished his career at Michigan with 137 receptions for 2 , 310 yards and 27 touchdowns . Those marks placed him ninth , fifth , and fourth , respectively , in school history . Professional career . Pre - draft . Manningham had reportedly been removed from " multiple teams ' " draft boards due to alleged marijuana use in college . Mario denied testing positive initially , then sent a letter to all 32 teams admitting he lied . Manningham claims he failed two drug tests at Michigan . Bob McGinn of the " Milwaukee Journal - Sentinel " reported that Manningham scored a 6 out of 50 on the Wonderlic exam . This along with several other problems caused his draft value to drop . New York Giants . 2008 season . Manningham was selected in the third round ( 95th overall ) of the 2008 NFL Draft by the New York Giants . During rookie training camp , Manningham noted that he looked forward to playing with fellow former Michigan Wolverine Amani Toomer . Manningham signed a four - year deal worth up to $ 2 . 3 million . Manningham made his first reception on October 5 , 2008 in a game against the Seattle Seahawks which the Giants won by a score of 44 - 6 . 2009 season . Manningham has been working on his punt return abilities and competed for the punt returner spot in 2009 . Manningham kicked off the 2009 season by catching three passes for 58 yards and a touchdown en route to the Giants ' 23 - 17 win over the Washington Redskins . He followed this up by catching 10 passes for 150 yards and a juggling sliding catch for a touchdown in the Giants ' 33 - 31 win over the Dallas Cowboys . Manningham became the starting wide receiver opposite Steve Smith after fellow receiver Domenik Hixon was injured in a week 2 game against the Dallas Cowboys . 2011 season . On February 5 , 2012 , Manningham made a catch in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLVI to set up the win against the Patriots . Trailing by 2 points with 3 minutes 46 seconds remaining , the Giants started the winning drive . Eli Manning lofted a long pass down the left sideline to Mario Manningham , who kept his feet inbounds by inches with two defenders around him . The Giants went on to beat the New England Patriots 21 - 17 . Manningham ended the game with 5 catches for 73 yards . San Francisco 49ers . Manningham signed a two - year , $ 7 . 375 million contract with the San Francisco 49ers on March 22 , 2012 . On December 23 , 2012 , he tore his ACL and PCL in his left knee against division rival , the Seattle Seahawks . They lost 42 - 13 . The next day , the 49ers stated that Manningham would be out for the season .