First & Girl

Welcome Guest

Eli Manning #10

New York Giants

Did You Know?

Eli is actually short for “Elisha” (JockBio.com)
Eli had a hard time learning how to read, and was almost held back while in the first grade. He went on to be an academic All-American in college. (New York Times, January 29, 2008)
Growing up, his brother Peyton was an SEC fanatic. Peyton would pin Eli down to the ground and pummel him until Eli spouted off the names of all the teams in the conference.
Eli got a 39 out of 50 on the Wonderlic--11 points higher than Peyton (New York Times, January 29, 2008)
Eli admits to being a mama’s boy – in high school they had a ritual of going out to a restaurant together once a week, now they talk on the phone almost every day (New York Times, January 29, 2008)
Eli took a liking to antique shopping with his mother when he was younger and continues to go antiquing as a hobby with Abby, who works for designer Pamela Roland (New York Times, January 29, 2008)
At the playoff game at Green Bay in 2007, Eli had Abby brave the elements and sit outside for the game. Turns out he believes that he’s jinxed when she watches the games from a luxury box. After that particular win he was seen on camera intently scanning the stands to find her and repeatedly asking where she was. (New York Post, January 20, 2008)
Eli and Abby live in the same building as Jesse Palmer and Jon Corzine, the Governor of New Jersey (NJ.com, June 25, 2007)
Abby studies fashion in New York, and the two have been together since they were students at Mississippi (NJ.com, June 25, 2007)

Player Facts:

In college, Eli was awarded the Conerly Trophy in both 2001 and 2003, given to the best college football player in Mississippi, and was a Davey O'Brien Award finalist, which is given to the nation's best college quarterback (New York Giants)
In 2003, Eli was given the Maxwell Award, which is given to the nation's best quarterback. The Birmingham Monday Morning Quarterback Club named him the 2003 SEC Most Valuable Back, and the Clarion-Ledger named him the 2003 Sports Person of the Year. Also that season, the Jackson Touchdown Club named Eli the Mississippi Amateur Athlete of the Year, and he was selected as a National Scholar-Athlete as a Division 1-A quarterback. He was also awarded the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, given to the top NCAA quarterback, and AP and SEC Coaches named Manning as the SEC Offensive Player of the Year. (New York Giants)
In 2004, Eli was chosen as the SBC Cotton Bown Classic Offensive Player of the Game. He also earned the Colonel Earl Blaik Leadership Award, and was named by USA Today as the Louisiana Player of the Year. He was a first-team All-American, the SouthEastern Conference Player of the Year, and a first-team All-SEC. (New York Giants)
Eli is a Super Bowl XLII champion, and was also named the Super Bowl XLII MVP (New York Giants)

Charities:

In 2007, Eli began a five-year campaign to raise $2.5 milion to construct The Eli Manning Children's Clinics at the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Eli's father, Archie, is also fundraising for the clinic, as well as other celebrities.