| Archie Manning, born in 1949, is an American | | | | University of Alabama. In a losing effort Archie |
| celebrity whose initial fame was as a star | | | | racked up 540 yards of offense (104 yards |
| quarterback for the University of Mississippi | | | | rushing and 436 yards passing) in front of a |
| (commonly called Ole Miss) Rebels and later the | | | | national television audience. Through the 2009 |
| New Orleans Saints of the NFL. Later in life as a | | | | football season the high water mark that Archie |
| middle aged father of three sons Archie would | | | | established for total yards by one player still sits |
| achieve a rare second wave of fame when he | | | | atop the Southeastern Conference (SEC) record |
| became best known to a younger generation as | | | | books for the most yards put up by a single |
| the father of Super Bowl winning quarterbacks | | | | player in one game. |
| Peyton Manning and Eli Manning. | | | | The performances that Archie posted as a college |
| The story of the rise to prominence that Archie | | | | student athlete earned him the distinction of twice |
| enjoyed began in the small town of Drew, | | | | being named an All-SEC quarterback and |
| Mississippi where Archie was born. The town of | | | | eventually upon his departure from Oxford, |
| Drew has a population of roughly 2,500 people | | | | Mississippi the number 18 jersey that he wore as |
| and is located in the northeast quadrant of the | | | | a quarterback was retired. Archie Manning was a |
| state of Mississippi. As a teenager growing up | | | | two time Heisman Trophy finalist despite being on |
| around Drew, Mississippi Archie took an interest in | | | | a team that did not perform well in terms of wins |
| a variety of sports and excelled at almost all of | | | | and losses with a cumulative record of 15-7 during |
| them. Chief amongst the sports he participated in | | | | his two years at the helm. The Heisman Trophy is |
| where baseball, basketball, track, and of course | | | | given out annually to the top college football |
| football where he quickly established himself as an | | | | player and is considered the most coveted award |
| accurate passer from the quarterback position. | | | | in the sport, simply being nominated as a finalist is |
| After high school Archie enrolled at Ole Miss in | | | | a great honor. |
| Oxford, Mississippi which is a little less than 100 | | | | In 1989 Archie Manning was inducted into the |
| miles northeast of his hometown in the city of | | | | College Football Hall of Fame. Today the memory |
| Drew. While at Ole Miss the 6'3" right handed | | | | of Archie is still remembered on the Oxford, |
| passer served as the starting quarterback for the | | | | Mississippi campus some 40 years after his |
| Rebels for two seasons in 1969 and 1970. In his | | | | playing career there ended. In honor of the |
| prime time debut in 1969 in the early days of | | | | number 18 jersey that Manning wore the speed |
| college football games being nationally televised | | | | limit on the college campus is set at a noticeable |
| Archie had a career day in a one point loss to the | | | | 18 miles per hour. |
