University of Tennessee Athletics
Manning Named To Walter Camp All-Century Team
January 03, 2000 | Football
Tennessee's Peyton Manning is one of three quarterbacks named on the Walter Camp All-Century College Football Team.
Manning joined Roger Staubach of Navy and Nebraska's Tommie Frazier as quarterbacks on the Camp All-Century Team. The All-Century Team consists of 83 college football greats who were selected by a survey of current and retired college football head coaches, sports information directors and selected media members.
"The selection of the All-Century Team was strictly based on the players' college performance and their selection to the a Walter Camp All-America Team," said Stanley W. Konesky, Jr., President of the Walter Camp Football Foundation. "The Walter Camp Football Foundation is the definitive All-America team with a tradition of 110 years."
Manning, who was recently named as the starting quarterback for the AFC in the upcoming Pro Bowl, finished his collegiate career as the Southeastern Conference's all-time leading passer with 11,201 yards and the league's all-time total offense leader with 11,020. He is Tennessee's all-time leader in touchdown passes (89) and holds the SEC all-time mark for lowest interception percentage (2.39).
A four-year starter for the Vols, Manning was a consensus first-team All-America selection in 1997 after leading the Vols to a 10-2 campaign, the SEC Championship and a spot in the Bowl Alliance national championship game. As a starter, Manning led Tennessee to 39-6 record and set 42 NCAA, SEC and UT passing records during his collegiate career. He was the No. 1 draft choice in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts.
Manning became the first Tennessee athlete to win the prestigious Sullivan Award in 1998 as the nation's top amateur athlete. He also earned the 1997 Maxwell Award as the nation's top college football player , the 1997 Johnny Unitas Award winner given annually to the nation's top senior quarterback and the 1997 Davey O'Brien Award as the top quarterback in college football.
Off the field, Manning was named the 1997 Burger King-Vincent dePaul Draddy Scholar-Athlete of the Year and won the 1997 NASDAQ Scholar-Athlete Award as the nation's top scholar-athlete.
Manning, who earned his degree in speech communications in three years at UT with a 3.61 GPA, was also named the 1997 American Honda National Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He was a 1997 first-team GTE Academic All-America and recognized as one of the NCAA's Top VII, honoring the nation's top seven student-athletes for athletics, academic achievement, character and leadership.
