Manning Award

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The Manning Award has been presented annually since 2004 to the collegiate American football quarterback adjudged by the Sugar Bowl Committee to be the best in the United States.

The award is named in honor of former University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning and his quarterback sons Peyton and Eli. Archie was also the quarterback for the NFL's Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings. Peyton was the star quarterback at the University of Tennessee and is the current quarterback of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. Eli was also a star quarterback at Ole Miss and is the current quarterback of the NFL's New York Giants. Both Peyton and Eli were All-America selections during their college careers and both have led their respective professional teams to Super Bowl championships, each winning the Super Bowl MVP award (Peyton with the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLI and Eli with the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII). Archie was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

The award is the youngest of the four awards presented to college football quarterbacks—the Davey O'Brien Award was first given in 1981, whilst the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, for which only seniors are eligible, dates to 1987— and the Sammy Baugh Trophy which dates back to 1959. The Manning Award is the only one of the major college football awards not to be presented prior to the contesting of bowl games; it is thus the only award presented in the calendar year subsequent to that of the season for which it is earned.

Winners

Trophies won by school

External links

• Manning award page