Indianapolis Colts Ravens 1998 Peyton Manning Rookie Season Year Ticket Stub.
Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons. Nicknamed "the Sheriff",[1] he spent 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and four with the Denver Broncos.[2] Manning is considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.[3][4][5][6][7][8] A member of the Manning football dynasty, he is the second son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and an older brother of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning. He played college football at Tennessee, where he won the Maxwell, Davey O'Brien, and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Awards as a senior en route to victory in the 1997 SEC Championship.
Peyton Manning
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Manning in 2021
No. 18
Position:
Quarterback
Personal information
Born:
March 24, 1976 (age 47)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:
230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:
Isidore Newman
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
College:
Tennessee (1994–1997)
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)
5× NFL Most Valuable Player (2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013)
2× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2004, 2013)
NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2012)
Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (2005)
7× First-team All-Pro (2003–2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013)
3× Second-team All-Pro (1999, 2000, 2006)
14× Pro Bowl (1999, 2000, 2002–2010, 2012–2014)
3× NFL passing yards leader (2000, 2003, 2013)
4× NFL passing touchdowns leader (2000, 2004, 2006, 2013)
3× NFL passer rating leader (2004–2006)
2× NFL completion percentage leader (2003, 2012)
NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
PFWA All-Rookie Team (1998)
Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor
Indianapolis Colts No. 18 retired
Denver Broncos Ring of Fame
Denver Broncos No. 18 honored
3× Bert Bell Award (2003, 2004, 2013)
Bart Starr Award (2015)
NFLPA Alan Page Community Award (2005)
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2013)
Maxwell Award (1997)
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (1997)
Davey O'Brien Award (1997)
William V. Campbell Trophy (1997)
SEC Player of the Year (1997)
Consensus All-American (1997)
First-team All-SEC (1997)
Second-team All-SEC (1996)
University of Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame
Tennessee Volunteers No. 16 retired
Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame (2021)
Indiana Sports Hall of Fame (2020)
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (2019)
Colorado Sports Hall of Fame (2018)
Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame (2019)
Tennessean of the Year (2016)
NFL records
Most passing touchdowns in a season: 55
Most passing yards in a season: 5,477
Most touchdown passes in a game: 7 (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 · PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
Manning was selected first overall in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Colts, where he served as their starting quarterback from 1998 to 2010. He helped transform the struggling Colts franchise into consistent playoff contenders, leading them to 11 playoff appearances, eight division titles, three AFC Championship Games, two Super Bowl appearances, and one championship title in Super Bowl XLI, the franchise's first in over three decades and first since relocating to Indianapolis.[9][10][11][12][13] Manning was also named Super Bowl MVP in the victory. After undergoing neck surgery that sidelined him for the 2011 season, Manning was released by the Colts and signed with the Broncos. Serving as the Broncos' starting quarterback from 2012 to 2015, he helped them clinch their division each season and reach two Super Bowls. Manning's career ended with a victory in Super Bowl 50, making him the first starting quarterback to win the Super Bowl for more than one franchise.[14]
Manning holds many NFL records, including MVP awards,[15] quarterback first-team All-Pro selections,[16] 4,000-yard passing seasons,[17][18] single-season passing yards,[19] and single-season passing touchdowns.[20] He is also third in career passing yards and passing touchdowns.[21][22] Helping lead both the Colts and Broncos to two Super Bowls each, Manning is the only quarterback to have multiple Super Bowl starts with more than one franchise. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021.