PEYTON MANNINGGrade Level 4

The Beginning Born on March 24, 1976 in New Orleans,

Louisiana. After graduating from Isidore Newman

High School, Manning came to play for the Tennessee Volunteers.

Manning quotes, “I want a challenge. At Ole Miss, I was already a celebrity. At the University of Tennessee, I would have to prove myself.”

And that is just what he did.

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Years as a Vol During his freshman year as a Volunteer, he

shared the starting quarterback position with freshman Brandon Stewart.

With the loss of Brandon Stewart, Manning became the only starting quarterback for Tennessee.

After becoming the only starter for the Vols, Manning led the team to victory in six out of seven games.

Thank to those six wins, Tennessee went to the Gator Bowl that year.

Years as a Vol After their win against Virginia Tech (45-23),

Manning was cemented as a “core player.” During his years at UT, the Vols went to the

Citrus Bowl in 1995 and 1996 with wins from both, but with a loss in 1997 at the Orange Bowl.

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After three years at the University of Tennessee, Peyton met all his requirements for his Bachelor’s degree with a 3.6 GPA and was qualified to graduate the end of his junior year.

Years as a Vol Even though he was able to graduate early, he

stayed behind to continue through his senior year to finish playing as a Volunteer.

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During his final year at UT, Manning took the Volunteers to the Eastern Division Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championship in 1997.

His years at UT resulted in a thirty-three passing record, the all-time leading passer with 11,201 yards, 863 completions, and 89 touchdowns.

Years as a Vol He also set the SEC records that included

passing yards, pass completions, and completion percentage.

He took home both the Davey O’Brien and Johnny Unitas awards, which are awarded to the best college quarterbacks in the nation.

In the year of 1998, the Sullivan Award (an award for the best amateur athlete in the United States) was given to Peyton Manning.

PeyBack

PeyBack Foundation

Community Service Along with his academic achievements, Peyton

donated a great sum of money to various Knoxville organizations.

He pledged exactly $1 million to UT’s athletics department.

In 1999, he formed a foundation called PeyBack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUtkbGBwO9

k Peyton states that PeyBack “ promotes the

future success of disadvantaged youth by assisting programs that provide leadership and growth opportunities for children at risk.”

Community Service PeyBack supports an organization called

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) that helps abused and neglected children.

PeyBack donated $2500 to CASA. PeyBack has donated gloves, scarves, t-

shirts, and books to Beaumont Elementary School; $5000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley; $5000 to both the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee and the Lakeshore United Methodist Assembly Camp &Retreat.

Community Service He helped the Red Cross Associate during

Hurricane Katrina. He was awarded the Waltor Payton Man

of the Year Award in February of 2006 for his community services across the country.

Tennessee State Standards GLE: 4.1.03: Recognize the contributions of

individuals and people of various ethnic, racial,religious, and socioeconomic groups to the development of civilizations.

4.1.04: Understand the contributions of individuals and people of various ethnic, racial,religious, and socioeconomic groups to Tennessee.

Tennessee State Standards 4.4.04: Recognize the qualities of a

contributing citizen in our participatory democracy.

SPI’s: 4.5.tpi.5. design a picture book showing

famous Tennesseans and describe their accomplishments.

Sources Brent Smith, Reuters, Corbis. Peyton

Manning. http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/Manning-Peyton.html.

Stephen Townsend. (2007, February 24.) Peyton Manning gives communities more than just a quarterback. http://tnjn.com/2007/jan/30/peyton-manning-gives-communiti/.