Eli Manning

Eli Manning was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1981. He went to college in Mississippi.  He was the quarterback for the Rebels and had many achievements through out his college life. His older brother and father went to the school to encourage him. In college he scored 81 touchdown passes. 10, 119 passing yards, and his passing rating was 137.7. During his senior year he earned many awards and among them are the Maxwell Award.

In 2004 Eli Manning was drafted first overall by San Diego, six years after his brother, Peyton was drafted for the Colts. Eli said he would not play for San Diego, and was traded on draft day with New York Giants. Eli had a bad rookie year. He was benched and Kurt Warner took over. In 2005 Warner retired, and Eli was once again the starter. 

Super Bowl XLII, Giants versus the Patriots. The Giants won by three points. The score being 17-14. The Giants were down in the first three periods. The forth quarter they scored 14 points! The Patriots scored 7 points that quarter. It was an amazing win.


Super Bowl XLVI, Giants versus the Patriots for a second time at a Super Bowl. Well again the Giants won. Four points made the Patriots loose, only four points. The first quarter finished with the Giants up by nine. Second quarter the Patriots got ten points! Their victory ended with a six point for the Giants, but the Patriots scored another seven points. That finished third quarter. The fourth quarter the Giants scored six points finishing off the game. The Giants win again!