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Manning was selected by the Indianapolis Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft. [92] He became the second player in Tennessee's school history to be drafted #1 overall, the first since George Cafego in the 1940 NFL draft . [ 93 ]
[1] [2] The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season. Before the draft, there was much debate in the media on if the Indianapolis Colts would select Peyton Manning or Ryan Leaf with the first overall pick. Both were considered excellent prospects and future franchise quarterbacks: Leaf was ...
Peyton Manning, first overall pick of the 1998 draft. The Baltimore Colts joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1953 where they participated in their first NFL draft and selected Billy Vessels, a halfback from the University of Oklahoma.
The 1997 Heisman Trophy race between Vols quarterback Peyton Manning and Michigan defensive back ... status as a projected No. 1 pick of the 1998 NFL Draft. Woodson likewise was left off a ...
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In 1998 the Colts, for the 4th time in 15 years, held the 1st overall pick in the draft and for the 3rd time in 15 years selected a quarterback – this time University of Tennessee's Peyton Manning. Manning started the first game of his rookie season and started every single Colts game since until the start of the 2011 season, when a recurring ...
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1942 first overall pick Bill Dudley was the first named NFL MVP and inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame 1945 first overall pick Charley Trippi retired as the leader in NFL offensive yards 1949 first overall pick Chuck Bednarik was one of the last NFL players to play offense and defense 1957 first overall pick Paul Hornung was the first Heisman Trophy winner inducted to the Pro Football ...