Peyton Manning

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Recent Role:
Himself on SportsCenter
Gender:
Male
Born:
3-24-1976
Birthplace:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Birth Name:
Peyton William Manning
Peyton Manning is an NFL quarterback, who currently plays for the Indianapolis Colts. In 2007, he led the Colts to their first Super Bowl win since the 1970 season. This put a stop to the criticism he had been getting because of the team's lack of Super Bowl rings. Peyton was named the Super Bowl MVP. The win also earned him an ESPY award (his fourth).







Since his rookie year, Peyton has had more than 25 touchdown passes per season. He currently holds the record for most consecutive seasons with at least 25 TD passes - 10 seasons. Peyton's 2004







More stats earned him the highest passer rating in a season in the NFL, another record to his name. His overall rating rating ranks him as the second best of all time. Peyton has been to the Pro Bowl 8 times. He is known for his audibles, choosing to skip huddles and instead calling a play according to how he reads the defense at the line.




Peyton comes from a family of football players. He is the son of Archie Manning, a former NFL quarterback for the New Orleans Saints. His younger brother Eli currently plays quarterback for the New York Giants. Peyton & Eli made history by being the first brothers to play starting QBs on opposing teams in the NFL. They won back-to-back Super Bowls & SB MVP awards, too. Peyton's older brother, Cooper, was a wide receiver before a spinal condition ended his football career. Every summer, his dad, brothers & he hold a camp called the Manning Passing Academy. His mother's name is Olivia.




Peyton married Ashley Thompson on March 17, 2001 (St. Patrick's Day). They are involved in numerous charitable organizations, including Peyton's own PeyBack Foundation. He played football, baseball & basketball at Isidore Newman High School. Peyton played college football for the University of Tennessee. He wears the # 18 jersey for the Colts.

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    6.5 Fair
    Great player. hide show

    Manning is agreat player, but he should stop doing all of those annoying commercials and save his energy for football. I think that had he not put so many commercials out on the air, he would not seem as annoying to me, but I must say that as a player, he's a good quarterback and probably one of the best to ever play football. Overall, he needs to stick to what he does best, which is trying to win more than one Superbowl, beating the Patriots, and racking numbers for when he needs to try to get in the hall. Thank you.

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    Peyton Manning is the quaterback for the Indianapolis Colts. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is the son of New Orleans Saint, Archie Manning. He went to college at the University of Tennessee, and was second in the Heisman voting to Ryan Leaf. He was drafted, again, second to Ryan Leaf. He won the NFL MVP in 2003 (along with Steve McNair), 2004, and 2008. He won his first Super Bowl in 2007 against the Chicago Bears and was named MVP as well. He has also appeared on SNL. His younger brother, Eli, plays quaterback for the New York Giants. Peyton Manning is one of the leagues best quaterbacks, and will surely go down as one of the best to ever play the game.

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    10 Perfect
    He is the best quarterback in the NFL, and he will break all of Favre's records eventually. Class act on and off the field. hide show

    Peyton Manning is the best quarterback in the NFL, and he is one of the best people in professional sports. True he has had a great receiving core his entire career, but he can take over a game at any time. He has made all-pro defensive players look like amateurs, and he consistently puts up tremendous numbers. When he beat the Broncos in 2006, it was one of the best quarterback performances I've ever seen. He was down big at half, yet he remained calm and methodically picked apart our defense. Even without his Superbowl victory he would be a sure hall of famer. He was funny on SNL and he is always great on the field. Classy guy and a great quarterback.

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    10 Perfect
    Not just a great quarterback, but all around great guy. hide show

    After winning the superbowl, Peyton Manning did something great I didn't expect. He took a pay cut to give the Colts more cap room for the offseason. That act only shows Manning isn't in the game for money or fame, but be the best he can be. I'm in awe of how he can take the criticism of past years when the team failed to make it to the superbowl. Year after year people would say, "Manning is a choke artist." "He ca't win the big games." Personally I never blamed him alone for the failure of an entire team, but now that he has made it to the superbowl no one can say he chokes in the big games. He finally won the biggest game ever.

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    9.5 Superb
    Manning is one of the best QB's of all time. hide show

    Peyton Manning is one of the best QB's in the game today.
    He has great season stats and has paased for 4,000 yards in most of his great seasons. Although Manning hasen't won a superbowl, I think he is going to win one eventually. Manning needs to win the superbowl so the critics will get of his back and let him play. There have been others who haven't won it yet in Major sports, and yet they are the one's that are critized. Manning will be in the Hall of Fame nevertheless so deal with it.

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