Peyton Manning

In 2011, doctors performed a spinal fusion on Manning to repair a damaged nerve in his neck that had caused his throwing arm to weaken. It affected his career

Peyton Manning was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Olivia Williams and Archie Manning. His father is a former NFL quarterback.

He attended the Isidore Newman High School and there he was a part of their football team. He later enrolled himself at the University of Tennessee and his career with football continued there as well.

In his 4 year football career at the University, Manning passed for 11,201 yards, registered 863 completions, and connected for 89 touchdowns. He was so deep into the game that he used to watch game films to study his opponents.

In 1998, in the National Football League draft, the Indianapolis Colts picked up Manning. This was the franchise that was going through an elongated phase of hard luck and high losses and they selected Manning to save the team.

His rookie year was a mix of phases of brilliance and struggle as he faced some unexpected growing pains. Still, he managed to throw an NFL-leading 28 interceptions for a team that struggled to a 3-13 finish.

But the early struggles led to future success - over the next 13 years, Manning became unquestionably the game's best quarterback and the face of a high-powered Colts team that regularly contended for the NFL's top record.

Manning won his first MVP award in 2003, and later earned the same award three more times (2004, 2008 and 2009). This made him the first NFL player ever to achieve that merit.

He is the fastest player to pass for 50,000 career yards and 4,000 completions, in spite of the fact that for the first 10 years of his career, Manning was undermined by insinuations that he will never win a big game.

The most prominent achievement of Manning’s football career is considered to be his role as a quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, for fourteen years from 1998 to 2011. He was released by Colts in 2012 and joined Denver Broncos.

Manning has earned many awards like: AFC Offensive Player of the Year (seven times), NFL All-Rookie First Team, Fedex Express Player of the Year, Super Bowl MVP, Best Championship Performance ESPY and NFL Comeback Player of the Year, etc.