Peyton Manning

Peyton Williams Manning ( born March 24, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American professional American football player at the position of quarterback. He plays for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League ( NFL), previously played 14 years for the Indianapolis Colts and won them the Super Bowl XLI. Manning is the son of Archie Manning and older brother of Eli Manning.

College

Peyton Manning played college football at the University of Tennessee, where he led the Volunteers with a 30:29 win over the Auburn Tigers in 1997 to the championship in the Southeastern Conference. The win came Tennessee ( as the No. 3 -seeded ) in the subsequent Orange Bowl. They lost to the ( seeded No. 2) University of Nebraska, in four years under Head Coach Tom Osborne won with this win their third national championship.

NFL

Indianapolis Colts

In 1998 he was selected as the first players from the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL Draft. In his first season in Indianapolis, he threw 26 touchdowns and passes for 3739 yards and turned so that two new rookie records.

In the 2004 season, he set an NFL record: He threw 49 touchdown passes and only ten interceptions in the regular season, breaking the 20 year old record of Dan Marino ( Miami Dolphins ).

On January 21, 2007, he succeeded with his team for the first time the way into the Super Bowl when the Colts despite a 18-point residue with the New England Patriots beat in the AFC Championship Game 38:34. Thus he managed to break into the NFL 's "Play -off curse" it after nine years. He led his team to finally win the Super Bowl XLI and was even awarded the Super Bowl MVP.

In the 2009 season, Manning was awarded for the fourth time with the NFL Most Valuable Player Award ( MVP) and became the sole record holder in this category. Another record he achieved in the same season, when he was in ten seasons passes, each over 4,000 yards threw the first quarterback. He also led his Colts to a total of 23 victories in series during the regular season, which succeeded no quarterback before him. However, the second part in the Super Bowl then ended with a 17:31 defeat against the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV.

From 1998 to 2011 he played for the Colts, who made it in 2004 with a $ 99.2 million contract to the highest paid player in the NFL history. In July 2011, Manning signed a doped with $ 90 million 5 - year contract. After Manning had until then not a single game in the NFL missed, it could not be used after a surgery on the cervical spine in the 2011 season.

On March 7, 2012 Manning was sacked at the Colts, crucial might have been a bonus of $ 28 million, which would have become due in March. At the official press conference it was announced that his number 18 is not assigned when the Colts.

Denver Broncos

After the Colts Manning had dismissed some of the teams of the NFL reported interest in his commitment, including the Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals and the Denver Broncos. After Manning had met with a few teams, he signed a doped with $ 96 million 5 - year contract with the Denver Broncos.

On September 9, 2012 at 31:19 Manning gave his Broncos victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers comeback. Besides passes for 253 yards space gain (at 19 successful in 26 attempts), he threw two touchdowns. On November 11, 2012 he succeeded for the sixth time in a row, at a minimum of 20 successful passes, a game with at least 70 % successful leaked passports. This was a new NFL record he shared until then, together with Brett Favre ( five games). Manning finished the regular season with 4,659 yards with 37 touchdowns space gain at eleven interceptions and led the Broncos as topgesetztes team in the AFC playoffs. There they were governed by the Baltimore Ravens after double extension with 35:38, where Manning underwent four turnovers.

After he had to suspend the 2011 season, Manning was awarded on February 2, 2013 members of the press as NFL Comeback Player of the Year. He beat off Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings through, which in turn won the award for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) against Manning.

In the season of 2013 Manning broke several NFL records. He threw 55 touchdowns during the regular season and won back the best performance from Tom Brady ( 50). The quarterback of the Patriots in 2007 had surpassed the record of the former playmaker of the Colts. Manning also scored 5,477 yards of space gain, surpassing Drew Brees ( 5,476 ). Among them was a seven - touchdown game on Matchday 1 against the reigning champion Baltimore Ravens, which Manning hired an NFL record. He also contributed significant role in ensuring that the first NFL team the Broncos scored more than 600 points.

Private

Peyton Manning is the son of former quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, Archie Manning and the older brother of quarterbacks the New York Giants, Eli Manning. Since March 17, 2001 Manning married his wife Ashley. Every summer he runs with his father and his brothers, Eli and Cooper Manning Passing Academy. Its goal is to improve the offense capabilities of quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends and running backs.

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