Karriere
College Career
Four-year starter ... saw action in 48 games with 45 starts ... set 33 school records, 8 SEC records and two NCAA marks ... set SEC career records for wins as starting quarterback (39-6), completions (863), passing yards (11,201), total offense (11,020), completion percentage (62.49%), interception percentage (2.39%) and 300+ outings (18) ... set NCAA records for lowest career int. pct. (2.39%; 33 of 1,381 atts.) and lowest single-season int. pct. (1.05%; 4 of 380 atts. in 1995) ... ranked 3rd in NCAA history in passing yards and total offense, 5th in completions 4th in TDs (89), 8th in attempts (1,381) and 11th in career QB rating (147.11) ... posted 26-4 record as starter in SEC games ... was three-time Academic All-America honoree ... started 13 games as senior and helped team to SEC Championship, and 11-2 record ... set SEC seasonal record for total offense (3,789) while setting school marks for seasonal completions (287), attempts (477), yards (3,819) and TDs (36) ... posted nine 300+ outings ... named MVP of SEC Championship Game after totaling 25-43-373, 4 TDs/2 ints., with 73t and 46t passes, in 30-29 win over Auburn ... named CNN/SI National Player-of-the-Week and SEC Offensive Player-of-the-Week after 25-35-523, 5 TDs, with 66t, 59t and 50t strikes, in 59-31 win at Kentucky ... set school record with 12 consecutive completions ... was 35-53-399, 4 TDs passing with 1t rush vs. Southern Miss ... won Sullivan Award for nation’s top amateur athlete based on character, leadership, athletic ability and the ideals of amateurism, only 4th collegiate football player honored in award’s then 69-year history ... won Maxwell Award for College Football Player-of-the-Year ... was Heisman Trophy runner-up ... was Football News National Offensive Player-of-the-Year ... won Davey O’Brien Award for top QB ... won Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award for top senior QB ... AP, Football News, Walter Camp, FWAA, and AFCA All-America 1st-team ... AP and Football News SEC Player-of-the-Year ... AP, Football News and Coaches All-SEC ... National Football Foundation, NASDAQ and American Honda National Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... GTE Academic All-America 1st-team ... SEC and AFCA “Football Good Works Team” for community service ... Academic All-SEC ... started 12 games as junior and helped team to 10-2 record ... was 243-380-3,287, 20 TDs/12 ints ... had five 300+ outings ... named MVP of 48-28 Citrus Bowl win over Northwestern after posting 27-39-408, 4 TDs passing ... set school single-game records for completions and attempts with 37-65-492, 4 TDs vs. Florida ... named SEC Offensive Player-of-the-Week twice: 31-41-371, 2 TDs at Georgia and 27-36-362, 2 TDs at South Carolina ... AP, Football News All-America 3rd-team ... AP, Football News, Coaches All-SEC 2nd-team ... GTE Academic All-America 2nd-team ... American Honda and CFA Scholar-Athlete Team ... Academic All-SEC ... started 12 games as sophomore and led team to 11-1 record ... was 244-380-2,954, 22 TDs/4 ints. passing ... added five rushing TDs ... had four 300+ outings ... named Sporting News National Player-of-the-Week and SEC Offensive Player-of-the-Week after 35-46-384, 4 TDs/1 int., with 55t pass, at Arkansas ... had 70t pass, 1t rush and had school record streak of 132 consecutive passes without int. end at Kentucky ... was 20-35-182, 1 TD, with 47t strike, in 20-14 Citrus Bowl win over Ohio State ... AP All-America third-team ... Coaches All-SEC first-team ... AP All-SEC secnd-team ... GTE Academic All-America secnd-team ... Academic All-SEC ... saw action in 11 games as freshman with eight starts ... started final eight games ... totaled 89-144-1,141, 11 TDs/6 ints. passing with one rushing TD ... posted 7-1 record as starter ... was 12-19-189, 1 TD in 45-23 Gator Bowl victory over Virginia Tech ... named SEC Freshman-of-the-Year ... graduated cum laude in three years (3.61 GPA) with major in speech communication.
2005: Started 16 games for eighth consecutive season and was 305-453-3,747, 28 TDs/10 ints. for 104.1 rating…earned Pro Bowl honors for sixth time of career and was named to Associated Press NFL All-Pro first-team for third consecutive season…had 10 100+ rating games…passer rating led league for second consecutive season (121.1, 2004)…had 20+ completions in 10 games…had 200+ passing yards in eleven games…Manning became only QB in NFL history to throw for 25+ touchdowns in eight consecutive seasons and to throw for 3,000+ yards in each of first eight seasons.
Started 16 games for sixth consecutive season ... in 2003, posted finest season to date with 379-566-4,267, 29 TDs/10 ints., 99.0 rating ... earned Pro Bowl honors for 4th time and won Associated Press Co-Most Valuable Player honors (with Tennessee QB-Steve McNair) ... was AP NFL All-Pro First-Team, Sporting News NFL Player-of-the-Year, Sporting News NFL All-Pro Team, Pro Football Weekly All-AFC and All-NFL Team, among other honors ... joined Colts QBs-John Unitas, Earl Morrall and Bert Jones as AP NFL MVPs ... has started first 96 games of career, the most by any NFL QB to start a career ... 96 consecutive starts eclipse the prior club mark for a Colts QB (92, Unitas) ... consecutive starts rank 2nd-most among active NFL QBs (189, Brett Favre, Green Bay) and among all-time leaders (189, Favre, Green Bay, 1992-03; 116, Ron Jaworski, Philadelphia, 1977-84; 107, Joe Ferguson, Buffalo, 1977-84) ... has taken every snap in 88 of 96 games, missing 65 snaps (only one snap due to injury) during career ... has taken 6,035 of a possible 6,100 career snaps, with consecutive snap streaks reaching 1,631, 1,590 and 1,205 ... is only NFL player with 4,000+ passing yards in five consecutive seasons ... no other NFL QB has more than three consecutive 4,000+ seasons ... is 1 of 8 NFL QBs with multiple 4,000+ seasons (6, Dan Marino, Miami, 1984-86, 88, 92, 94; 4, Warren Moon, Minnesota/Houston, 1990-91, 94-95; 3, Dan Fouts, San Diego 1979-81; 3, Favre, Green Bay, 1995, 98-99; 2, Steve Young, San Francisco, 1993, 98; 2, Drew Bledsoe, New England, 1994, 96; 2, Kurt Warner, St. Louis, 1999, 01) ... is only NFL player with 3,000+ yards in each first six career seasons, and six consecutive 3,000+ seasons is streak that ranks among the NFL’s all-time best ... Manning (2,128-3,383-24,885, 167 TDs/110 ints., 88.1 rating, career) has completed more passes and thrown for more yards in a career-opening six-year span than any NFL player ... 167 scoring passes rank only behind Marino’s 196 over a career-opening six-year span ... in club history has produced the six best seasons in attempts, completions and yards, the five best seasons in games with a touchdown pass, four of the best five seasons in completion percentage and six of the eight best seasons in touchdown passes ... counting playoffs, has amassed four career perfect rating games (10/22/00 vs. New England; 11/10/02 at Philadelphia; 9/28/03 at New Orleans; 1/4/04 vs. Denver), the most by any NFL player since the rating system was created in 1973 ... has directed 16 fourth-quarter comeback wins and 10 fourth-quarter game-winning drives ... had four game-winning drives in 2003 (at Cleveland 9/7, at Tampa Bay 10/6, at Buffalo 11/23 and at Houston 12/28) ... set club record for most touchdown passes in a game at New Orleans 9/28/03 with 20-25-314, 6 TDs…was 25-30-290, 5 TDs vs. Atlanta 12/14/03 to become fifth NFL QB since 1970 NFL Merger with five or more touchdown passes in a game twice in a season (Fouts, San Diego, 1982; Marino, Miami, 1986; Moon, Houston, 1990; Jim Kelly, Buffalo, 1991) ... was 22-26-377, 5 TDs vs. Denver 1/4/04 in Wild Card playoffs to become only NFL player with three 5+-TD games in one season (including playoffs) ... joined three other NFL QBs with perfect post-season rating games (Don Meredith, Dallas, 1967 Divisional Playoffs vs. Cleveland, 11-13-212, 2 TDs, 52-14 win; Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, 1976 Divisional Playoffs at Colts, 14-18-264, 3 TDs, 40-14 win; Dave Krieg, Seattle, 1983 Wild Card Playoffs vs. Denver, 12-13-200, 3 TDs, 31-7 win) ... became 11th player in NFL playoff history with four TD passes in a half ... five TD passes fell one shy of NFL playoff record (QBs-Daryle Lamonica, Divisional Playoffs, Oakland vs. Houston, 1969; Steve Young, Super Bowl XXIX, San Francisco vs. San Diego, 1994) and tied touchdown totals accomplished by Sid Luckman (Chicago, 1943, NFL Championship), Lamonica (Oakland, 1968, Divisional Playoffs), Joe Montana (San Francisco, 1989, Super Bowl XXIV), Kurt Warner (St. Louis, 1999, Divisional Playoffs) and Kerry Collins (NYG, 2000, NFC Championship) ... directed Colts to 38-35 OT win at Tampa Bay 10/6/03 with 34-47-386, 2 TDs/1 ints., guiding club to 38-point second half, including 28-point fourth quarter with scoring drives covering 73, 75, 12, 58, 85 and 76 yards ... Colts became first team in NFL history to erase 21-point deficit in a game’s final four minutes ... was 27-36-401, 1 TD vs. NYJ 11/16/03, his club-record 4th career 400+ game (Colts are 4-0) ... against Carolina 10/12/03, reached 150 career touchdown passes in 86th career game, marking 3rd-fastest game pace to 150+ career touchdown in NFL history (62, Marino; 84, Favre) ... was 4th-fastest to 100 TDs, taking 56 games (44, Marino; 50, Warner; 53, Unitas) ... Manning (24,885 in 96 games) is bearing down on 25,000 career passing yards ... the fastest paces to 25,000 yards are Marino (92), Favre (107) and Moon (107) ... reached 20,000 yards in 78 games and only Marino (74) reached the plateau faster ... Manning (1998-03) is only NFL player with 25+ touchdown passes in six consecutive seasons, breaking prior records of Marino (5, 1984-88) and Favre (5, 1994-98) ... has 20+ scoring passes in six consecutive seasons and owns six of the 16 20+-TD seasons in club history (6, Unitas; 3, Jones; 1, Morrall), but only Unitas (1959-60, 65-66) and Jones (1980-81) were able to exceed 20 touchdowns in consecutive seasons ... streak of six consecutive seasons with 20+ touchdown passes is T3rd-best in NFL history (10, Marino; 10, Favre (current streak); 6, Len Dawson)…has six consecutive 3,000+ seasons and owns six of the 12 3,000+ seasons in Colts history (3, Unitas; 3, Jones) ... streak of six consecutive 3,000+ seasons is 2nd-longest active NFL streak (12, Favre) ... the other all-time streaks of cons. 3,000+ seasons between Manning and Favre are: 9, Marino; 7, John Elway; 7, Bledsoe; 6, Boomer Esiason ... in 2003, Manning (67.0) topped own seasonal club record for completion percentage (66.3, 2002), while missed producing the 3rd 100.0+ seasonal rating in Colts history (102.5, Jones, 1976; 100.7, Jim Harbaugh, 1995) ... Manning (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003) has 4 double-digit victory seasons, passing Unitas (3) and Jones (3) as only Colts QBs double-digit victory seasons as starter ... has engineered Colts to 400+ points and 5,000+ net yards in four of past five seasons (423, 5,726 in 1999; 429, 6,141 in 2000; 413, 5,955 in 2001; 447, 5,874 in 2003) ... from 2000-03, had 17,011 passing yards, the 2nd-highest four-year total of any NFL QB and also owns 3rd-highest total at 16,879 from 1999-02, while Marino owns best total at 17,212 (1984-87) ... has 68 games with 20+ completions, most in Colts history (33, Unitas) ... has 167 TD passes in 96 career games, an average of 1.7396 per game, the 2nd-highest average per game of any NFL QB with 150+ TD passes (1.8021, Favre, 346 TDs/192 games; 1.7355, Marino, 420/242; 1.4813, Kelly, 237/160; 1.4219, Montana, 273/192; 1.4033, Fouts, 254/181; 1.3990, Moon, 291/208; 1.3902, Fran Tarkenton, 342/246; 1.3744, Unitas, 290/211; 1.3728, Young, 232/169) ... Manning (54) ranks 2nd in Colts wins as starting QB (118, Unitas; 47, Jones) ... since 1970, Manning is 1 of 5 NFL starting QBs who were 10 games below .500 and eventually had a record equaling or exceeding 10 games over .500 (Troy Aikman, 14 games below .500 (3-18) to 29 gam