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Career Highlights: Holds 45 Ole Miss single-game, season and career records ... Will enter the 2004 SBC Cotton Bowl needing 140 passing yards to become the fifth player in SEC history to record 10,000 career passing yards ... Is the Rebels’ career passing leader with 9,860 yards, which is also fifth on the SEC’s all-time list ... Ranks first on the Ole Miss career list and fourth in SEC history with 1,332 passing attempts ... 807 career completions is an Ole Miss record and fourth in SEC history ... Is first on the Ole Miss career list and third on SEC all-time chart with 79 TD passes ... Enters the SBC Cotton Bowl ranking first on the school career lists for pass efficiency (137.23) and average yards per attempt (7.27) ... His 137.23 pass efficiency rating is seventh on the SEC’s career list ... Recorded the lowest career percentage of interceptions thrown at Ole Miss at 2.55, which is also tied for the third-lowest in SEC history ... Is first all-time on the school’s career list for 200-yard passing games (31), 250-yard passing games (22), 300-yard passing games (10) and 350-yard passing games (6) ... 83 career TDs responsible for (79 pass, 4 rush) is first on the school’s career list and tied for fourth in SEC history ... Ranks first on the school’s career chart for total offensive plays with 1,459 ... Has 9,724 career yards of total offense to rank first all-time at Ole Miss and fifth in SEC history ... Has a career average of 6.66 yards per offensive play to rank first on the school’s career list ... Ranks first all-time at Ole Miss with a career average of 231.5 yards of total offense per game ... Is the Rebels’ career leader in 300-yard total offense games (9) and 350-yard total offense games (6) ... Career 60.6-percent completion percentage is second all-time at Ole Miss ... Career average of 12.2 yards per completion ranks second all-time at Ole Miss.
2003: Won the Maxwell Award, for the nation’s top collegiate player, and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award for the nation’s top senior quarterback ... Finished third in the 2003 Heisman Trophy balloting ... Was a finalist for the Davey O’Brien Award, presented to the nation’s top quarterback, and The Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year Award ... Earned All-America honors from Southern Football Weekly ... Tabbed a second team All-American by The Sporting News and was an honorable mention selection by SI.com ... Named the SEC Offensive Player of the Year by The Associated Press and the Coaches ... Selected as the SEC Player of the Year by the Commercial Appeal ... Earned first team All-SEC honors by both The AP and Coaches ... Also garnered All-SEC honors from The Chattanooga Times Free Press, CollegeFootballNews.com, and the Commercial Appeal ... Earned the Conerly Trophy for the top collegiate player in the state of Mississippi ... He also won the Conerly Trophy in 2001 ... Named one of 15 scholar-athletes by the National Football Foundation and College of Hall of Fame, and will receive an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship ... Was a finalist for Draddy Trophy as the top scholar-athlete in the nation ... Named to the SEC Good Works Team ... Started all 12 games ... Recorded three fourth-quarter wins this season (either tied or trailing in the fourth quarter) — all SEC road wins — against Vanderbilt (8/30), Florida (10/4) and Auburn (11/8) ... Earned back-to-back SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors versus South Carolina (11/1) and Auburn ... Is the first player since Alabama’s Shaun Alexander in 1999 to earn back-to-back SEC Offensive Player of the Week awards ... Enters the 2004 SBC Cotton Bowl Classic leading the SEC in passing yards per game (278.4), completions (253) and total offense per game (276.0) ... Is second in the SEC in TD passes (27) and third in completion percentage (61.7) and pass efficiency (147.5) ... Has established a new Ole Miss season standard with 3,312 yards of total offense to break his own school record of 3,281 set in 2002 ... His 147.5 pass efficiency ranks first on the school season list, bettering his mark of 144.8 set in 2001 ... Ranks first on the Ole Miss season list with an average of 8.14 yards per pass attempt ... Average of 7.25 yards per offensive play ranks first on the school’s single-season chart ... Tied his own school season marks for 250-yard passing games (8) and 300-yard passing games (4) ... 253 completions is third on the Ole Miss season list and 26 shy of his record of 279 set in 2002 ... His 3,341 passing yards is second on the school’s season list and 60 shy of his own mark of 3,401 set last year ... 27 TD passes is second on the Ole Miss season list and four shy of his record of 31 set in 2001 ... 29 TDs responsible for is two shy of his own school record of 31 established in 2001 ... at Vanderbilt (8/30): Completed 22-of-33 passes for 275 yards and a TD ... Broke Kent Austin’s Ole Miss career completions record of 566 on an eight-yard pass to Mike Espy in the third quarter ... Hit Chris Collins on a 42-yard pass in the fourth quarter to set-up a 23-yard TD pass to Espy and tie the game at 21-21 with 9:24 left in the fourth quarter ... Engineered a seven-play, 55-yard drive from the Ole Miss nine that resulted in Jonathan Nichols’ game-winning 54-yard FG with 3:52 remaining to lift Ole Miss to a 24-21 win ... Named SEC Performer of the Week by College Sports Report and Offensive Player of the Week by the Quarterback Club … at Memphis (9/6): Passed for 292 yards, completing 26-of-48 attempts with four TDs and two INTs ... Became the school’s all-time leader in passing attempts, TDs responsible for, and total offense ... Broke John Fourcade’s (1978-1981) career mark for total offense, of 6,724, on a 20-yard completion to Chris Collins in the second quarter ... The 17-yard TD pass to Taye Biddle in the second quarter was his 57th career TD responsible for, breaking the previous mark of 56 set by his father, Archie Manning (1968-1970) ... Recorded the 982nd pass attempt of his career on an 11-yard completion to Kerry Johnson in the second quarter, surpassing Austin’s career record of 981 ... Eclipsed the 7,000-yard mark in career passing yards on a 40-yard TD pass to Bill Flowers in the third quarter ... Threw his first interception of the year in the fourth quarter to snap a streak of 133 straight attempts without a pick, which was the fourth longest streak in Ole Miss history … vs. Louisiana-Monroe (9/13): Completed 21-of-26 passes for a season-high 353 yards with three TDs in under three quarters of action during the 59-14 win ... Rushed twice for five yards, and scored on a three-yard run in the second quarter to put Ole Miss up 14-7 ... With 358 yards of total offense, surpassed the 7,000-yard mark for his career … vs. Texas Tech (9/27): Passed for a season-high 409 yards on 29-of-49 passing with three TDs and two interceptions ... The 409-yard effort was his second career 400-yard passing game and was the fourth-highest single-game total in school history ... With the 409 yards passing, passed for 1,054 yards in three games versus Memphis (9/6), Louisiana-Monroe (9/13) and the Red Raiders to break his own school record for the most passing yards in a three-game span ... Also had two yards rushing for 411 yards of total offense, the fourth-highest single-game total in school history ... The 411 yards of total offense marked his seventh career game of over 300 yards of total offense, breaking the school record of six set by Archie Manning … at Florida (10/4): Was 17-of-29 passing for 262 yards with one interception in the 20-17 upset of No. 24 Florida in Gainesville ... Had a season-long 59-yard reception to Bill Flowers in the third quarter to set-up Jonathan Nichols’ 23-yard field goal and pull the Rebels to within 17-13 … vs. Arkansas State (10/11): Recorded his third 300-yard passing game of the season, completing 23-of-36 passes for 306 yards with three TDs and one interception in three quarters of action ... The 306-yard effort was his seventh consecutive game of over 250 yards passing to break his own school-record of six set during the 2001 season … vs. Alabama (10/18): Completed 14-of-22 passes for 230 yards with three TDs in a 43-28 win ... The 230-yard performance snapped his school record streak of seven consecutive 250-yard passing games dating back to last year’s Independence Bowl ... Was 7-of-9 for 121 yards with TD passes of 23 and 55 yards to Taye Biddle in the first quarter as the Rebels built a 24-0 lead ... Recorded his 700th career completion on a four-yard pass to Bill Flowers in the second quarter ... Connected on a 41-yard TD pass to Kerry Johnson with 1:39 left in the first half to give the Rebels a 31-10 lead at the break ... Also scored on a three-yard TD run in the third quarter … vs. Arkansas (10/25): Recorded his 20th win as a starter in the Rebels’ 19-7 victory ... Completed 17-of-32 passes for 145 yards with one TD and one INT, and rushed for a career-high 21 yards on seven attempts ... Became Ole Miss’ all-time leader in total offensive plays, breaking John Fourcade’s (1978-1981) record of 1,275 … vs. South Carolina (11/1): Completed a season-high 30 passes on 42 attempts in throwing for 391 yards with three TDs and one INT in the 43-40 win ... Surpassed the 9,000-yard mark in both career passing yards and total offense ... The 391-yard effort was the fifth-highest single-game total in Ole Miss history and was his 10th career 300-yard passing game ... Engineered three straight TD drives to start the game, going 13-of-14 for 162 yards with two TDs ... Earned Quarterback Club and SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors … vs. Auburn (11/8): Recorded his third fourth-quarter win of the season as he engineered 10-play, 80-yard drive that resulted in Brandon Jacobs’ one-yard TD run with 2:39 remaining to lift Ole Miss to a 24-20 win ... Was 4-of-5 passing for 72 yards on the drive ... Completed a 16-yard pass to Bill Flowers on a 3rd-and-11 and then hit Lorenzo Townsend on a 48-yard pass on a 3rd-and-5 to extend the drive ... Also picked up a 3rd-and-1 with a two-yard QB sneak to the Auburn one to set-up Jacobs’ TD run on the next play ... Finished the afternoon 19-of-30 for 218 yards and two TDs ... Earned SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second straight week … vs. Mississippi State (11/27): Completed 19-of-27 passes for 260 yards with three TDs ... Broke his own school season record for total offense in the contest.
Preseason 2003: One of the nation's top returning quarterbacks ... One of 42 players to be named to the Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year Award Watch List ... Also named to preseason watch lists for the Davey O'Brien Award, for the nation's top quarterback, and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, for the country's top senior quarterback ... Named 2003 preseason All-America first team by Lindy’s, Football Action, Rivals.com and The Chicago Tribune ... Named to 2003 Playboy preseason All-America team for the second straight year ... Nominated for a postgraduate scholarship from The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame ... Ranked the No. 1 QB in the country by Lindy’s ... Also rated the No. 3 QB in the nation by The Sporting News ... Picked as the No. 1 selection in the 2004 NFL Draft by Lindy’s and the No. 3 pick by The Sporting News ... Lindy’s also named him the top preseason candidate for the 2003 Davey O’Brien Award and the No. 2 candidate for the 2003 Heisman Trophy ... Picked as the SEC’s Most Valuable Player and the league’s Most Accurrate Passer by Lindy’s ... Named the SEC’s 2003 preseason Offensive Player of the Year and the league’s top Heisman Trophy candidate by The Sporting News ... Picked as the SEC’s top starting QB by The Sporting News ... Selected to the 2003 preseason All-SEC first team by The Sporting News, Lindy’s, Street & Smith’s, The Birmingham News and Southeastern Football Saturdays ... Named to the preseason All-SEC second team by Athlon ... The Birmingham News also rated him the league’s top Heisman Trophy candidate, Best Leader and Best Passer ... Also picked as the league’s runner-up for the Most Valuable Player One of the nation's top returning quarterbacks ... Named 2003 preseason All-America first team by Lindy’s ... Named to 2003 Playboy preseason All-America team for the second straight year ... Ranked the No. 1 QB in the country by Lindy’s ... Also rated the No. 3 QB in the nation by The Sporting News ... Picked as the No. 1 selection in the 2004 NFL Draft by Lindy’s and the No. 3 pick by The Sporting News ... Lindy’s also named him the top preseason candidate for the 2003 Davey O’Brien Award and the No. 2 candidate for the 2003 Heisman Trophy ... Picked as the SEC’s Most Valuable Player and the league’s Most Accurrate Passer by Lindy’s ... Named the SEC’s 2003 preseason Offensive Player of the Year and the league’s top Heisman Trophy candidate by The Sporting News ... Picked as the SEC’s top starting QB by The Sporting News ... Selected to the 2003 preseason All-SEC first team by The Sporting News, Lindy’s, Street & Smith’s, The Birmingham News and Southeastern Football Saturdays ... Named to the preseason All-SEC second team by Athlon ... The Birmingham News also rated him the league’s top Heisman Trophy candidate, Best Leader and Best Passer ... Also picked as the league’s runner-up for the Most Valuable Player by The Birmingham News ... Enters the 2003 season as the holder of 24 school records as he has virtually re-written the Ole Miss passing record book after only two years as the starter ... Fifth-year senior with great knowledge of the game and the Rebel offensive system ... Used the spring to simply get better in all phases of his game ... Accuracy and focus are the best it's been since he took control of the offense ... Could have made himself eligible for the 2003 NFL Draft, but chose to return for his final year of eligibility ... Took on the leadership role and was selected by his teammates as one of four permanent team captains for 2003 season along with Charlie Anderson, Chris Collins, and Jesse Mitchell ... Completed 14-of-20 passes for 233 yards and four TDs in Red-Blue spring game.
2002: Started all 13 games ... Was a semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien Award, presented to the nation's top quarterback ... Named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team ... Second team All-SEC selection by The Associated Press ... Holds 24 school single-game, season and career marks ... Became the school's career leader in TD passes against Arkansas (10/26) and was the 17th player in SEC history to reach 50 career TD passes ... Passed for 313 yards in the 27-23 win over Nebraska in the MainStay Independence Bowl to become the school's all-time passing leader with 6,519 yards ... Also set Ole Miss career records this season for 300-yard passing games (6), 250-yard passing games (14) and 200-yard passing games (20) ... Is the first quarterback in Ole Miss history to have back-to-back seasons with at least 2,000 yards passing ... Passed for a school record 3,401 yards, breaking his record of 2,948 set in 2001 ... Completed 279-of-481 passes with 21 TDs and 15 INTs ... Finished second in the SEC in passing yards per game (261.6) and total offense per game (252.4) ... Broke his own school season records for completions and passing attempts ... Topped 300 yards passing in four games to set a new Ole Miss season record ... Also broke his own school season records for total offensive plays with 520, and total offense with 3,281 yards ... Rushed for two scores ... vs. UL-Monroe (8/31): Was 17-of-31 passing for 192 yards with a TD and an interception, snapping his school-record string of 11 consecutive 200-yard passing games ... at Texas Tech (9/14): Set an Ole Miss single-game record with 57 pass attempts to break the previous mark of 56 set by his father, Archie Manning, versus Southern Miss in 1970 ... Completed 34-of-57 passes for 374 yards with three TDs and one interception ... The 374-yard effort was his ninth career game of at least 250 yards to set an Ole Miss career record, and was his third career 300-yard performance to tie the school record ... The 374-yard effort ranks sixth on the school single-game list ... Named Quarterback Club Offensive Player of the Week and Chevrolet Player of the Game ... vs. Vanderbilt (9/21): Passed for 386 yards on 24-of-41 passing with two TDs ... The 386-yard effort ranks fourth on the Ole Miss single-game list ... It was his fourth career 300-yard passing game to break the Ole Miss career mark ... Had completions of 79 yards to Chris Collins and 78 yards to Mike Espy for TDs on back-to-back passing attempts in the third quarter .. Became the only quarterback in school history to have two completions of over 70 yards in the same game ... Named Quarterback Club Offensive Player of the Week ... vs. Florida (10/5): Had a streak of 16 consecutive games with a TD pass snapped, completing 18-of-33 passes for 154 yards ... vs. Arkansas State (10/12): Averaged 20.7 yards per completion, throwing for 290 yards on 14-of-19 passing with one INT and three TDs ... The pick in the first quarter snapped a string of 110 straight attempts without an interception, the fifth-longest streak in Ole Miss history ... The three TD passes moved him into a first-place tie on the Ole Miss career list with Romaro Miller (1997-2000) at 43 ... Named Quarterback Club Offensive Player of the Week ... at Arkansas (10/26): Recorded a career-high 414 yards passing and set a school record for completions, connecting on 42-of-56 attempts with two TDs and two interceptions ... The 414-yard effort was his first career 400-yard passing game and the second-highest single-game total in school history ... Marked his third game of at least 300 yards passing this season, tying Stewart Patridge's 1997 school single-season record ... The 42 completions ranks third on the SEC single-game list ... 56 passing attempts was one shy of his school single-game record of 57 set earlier in the year at Texas Tech ... Became Ole Miss' all-time leader in TD passes when he threw the 44th of his career on a 12-yard pass to TE Justin Sawyer in the second quarter ... Later connected on a 20-yard scoring strike to Chris Collins in the fourth quarter ... Became the fourth passer in school history to total 5,000 career passing yards on a 12-yard shovel pass to RB Ronald McClendon in the second quarter ... Also went over the 2,000-yard mark for the season to become the first QB in school history to record back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons ... Scored his first career rushing TD on a one-yard sneak with 3:23 left in the game ... Finished with a career-high 413 yards of total offense, tying John Darnell (1986-1989) for the second highest single-game total in Ole Miss history ... Named Quarterback Club Offensive Player of the Week ... at LSU (11/23): Completed his 500th career pass on an 18-yard completion to RB Toward Sanford in the first quarter ... Finished the game 19-of-38 for 218 yards with one TD and two interceptions ... vs. Mississippi State (11/28): Recorded his 19th career 200-yard passing game to tie Romaro Miller's school record ... Was 16-of-29 for 207 yards with two TDs and two INTs ... Became the first quarterback to reach 3,000 yards passing in a season during the game ... Had TD passes of 28 and 77 yards to Chris Collins in the 24-12 win ... The 28-yard TD pass was the 50th of his career ... With the 77-yard scoring strike, became the first passer in school history to have three completions of at least 75 yards in a career ... His first completion of the game was a five-yard pass to senior Jason Armstead to make him the third player in school history to top 6,000 yards career passing ... Independence Bowl (12/27): Connected on 25-of-44 passes for 313 yards with a TD to lead the Rebels to a 27-23 win over Nebraska and earn game Offensive MVP honors ... Threw an 11-yard TD pass to Kerry Johnson in the second quarter to cut the Cornhusker lead to 10-7 ... Became the school's career passing leader with a 12-yard reception to Bill Flowers in the second quarter ... Later hit Mike Espy for a 41-yard reception to the Nebraska one late to set-up Toward Sanford's one-yard score to pull Ole Miss to within 17-14 with 1:32 left in the first half ... The 313-yard effort was his fourth 300-yard passing game of the season to break Stewart Patridge's school record of three ... Preseason 2002: Selected to 2002 Playboy All-America team ... Named preseason All-America second team by Football Action ... Named preseason All-SEC second team by The Birmingham News, The Sporting News and The Southeastern Post ... Named the Best Leader in the SEC by The Birmingham News ... Completed 25-of-38 passes for 378 yards in Red-Blue game as his squad came from a 21-point deficit to win 49-21 ... Named Sigma Nu Fraternity's 2002 Athlete of the Year, based on performances during the 2001-02 academic year.
2001: Started all 11 games, while earning his second letter ... Earned honorable mention All-America honors from Football News and collegefootballnews.com ... Recipient of the 2001 Conerly Trophy, presented to the top collegiate player in the State of Mississippi ... Was one of 12 semifinalists for the Davey O'Brien Award, presented to the nation's top quarterback ... Was listed on the Walter Camp Football Foundation's list of the top 10 leading candidates for its prestigious "Player of the Year" award during midseason ... Set or tied 17 school records, including establishing new Ole Miss single-season marks for passing yards (2,948), passing attempts (408), completions (259), TD passes (31), total offense (2,957) and total TDs responsible for (31) ... 31 TD passes and 31 TDs responsible for ranked as the seventh-best single-season total in SEC history ... Completed 63.5 percent of his passes, connecting on 259-of-408 for 2,948 yards and 31 TDs with nine INTs ... Tied for first in completions and had the lowest percentage of passes intercepted (2.21) in the SEC ... Finished in the top 25 nationally in TD passes (6th), completions per game (T-6th), TD-to-INT ratio (3.44; T-9th), points responsible for per game (16.91 ppg; T-8th), highest percentage of TD passes (12th), completion percentage (13th), total offense (17th), lowest percentage of passes intercepted (18th), passing efficiency (20th), and average total of offensive plays per game (20th) ... Had at least one TD pass in all 11 games to extend his streak to a school-record 12 consecutive games with at least one TD pass, dating back to the 2000 Music City Bowl ... Set a school record with 11 consecutive 200-yard passing games ... Opened the season with six consecutive games of at least 250 yards passing to set a school record for consecutive 250-yard passing games ... Engineered fourth-quarter come-from-behind wins against Alabama, LSU and Vanderbilt ... vs. Murray State (9/1): Made his first career start at quarterback ... Completed 20-of-23 passes for 271 yards and set a then school single-game record with five TD passes ... Set an Ole Miss single-game record with 18 straight completions ... Earned Quarterback Club Offensive Player of the Week honors and Player of the Week honors from The Southeastern Post ... vs. Auburn (9/8): 24-of-39 passing for 265 yards with a TD and a INT to earn co-Offensive Player of the Week honors from the Quarterback Club ... vs. Arkansas State (10/6): Hit on 20-of-29 passes for 269 yards and two TDs in the fourth game of the season to become the fastest player in school history to reach 1,000 yards passing in a season ... Named Quarterback Club Offensive Player of the Week ... vs. Alabama (10/13): Rallied the Rebels for 13 fourth-quarter points for a 27-24 win over the Crimson Tide ... Hit on 9-of-17 passes in the fourth quarter for 155 yards and one TD ... Threw a three-yard swing pass to RB Joe Gunn for the game-winning TD with 48 seconds remaining ... For the game, was 22-of-41 passing for 325 yards and a TD to record his first career 300-yard passing game ... Named Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week and Quarterback Club Offensive Player of the Week ... vs. Middle Tennessee (10/20): Was 25-of-31 passing for 257 yards and three TDs to set a school single-game record for the highest completion percentage with a minimum of 30 attempts at 80.6 ... vs. LSU (10/27): Passed for 249 yards on 28-of-44 passing with three TDs and one INT ... Threw two fourth-quarter TD passes to Doug Zeigler to lift the Rebels to a 35-24 victory ... The 249 yards passing snapped his streak of consecutive 250-yard passing games at a school record six ... Had a streak of 168 passes without an interception snapped in the second quarter ... The streak was the second longest in school history ... vs. Arkansas (11/3): Recorded his second 300-yard passing game, throwing for 312 yards on 27-of-42 passing in a seven-overtime contest ... In the process became the fastest Rebel passer to reach the 2,000-yard mark for a season, doing so in game No. 8 ... Threw six TD passes to break his own school single-game record, including five in overtime ... The six TD passes gave him 12 in the past three games to set a school record for TD passes in a three-game span ... vs. Georgia (11/17): Set career highs for completions and passing attempts, completing 35-of-47 for 233 yards with two TDs and one INT ... vs. Vanderbilt (12/1): Was 23-of-40 passing for 286 yards with four TDs and three INTs ... Threw three fourth-quarter TD passes in rallying the Rebels from a 20-10 deficit for a 38-27 victory ... Preseason 2001: Named to Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook's 2001 preseason All-SEC first team ... Completed nearly 70 percent of his passes in the spring with only three interceptions ... In Red-Blue game, completed 25-of-38 passes for 287 yards and four TDs.
2000: Appeared in seven games during his redshirt freshman season, including the Music City Bowl ... Earned his first letter ... Completed 16-of-33 passes for 170 yards with one INT during the regular season ... Made his career debut in the season opener versus Tulane (9/2) completing 1-of-5 passes for four yards ... Had a season-long 15-yard rush at Georgia (11/18) ... Tied an Ole Miss bowl record with three TD passes while completing 12-of-20 for 167 yards and one interception during the fourth quarter of the bowl game versus West Virginia (12/28) ... Also completed a season-long 33-yard pass to L.J. Taylor against the Mountaineers ... Was selected Quarterback Club Offensive Player of the Week for the Georgia game as he came off the bench in the fourth quarter to complete 5-of-12 passes for 88 yards ... Redshirt freshman who ended spring drills No. 2 at quarterback behind senior veteran Romaro Miller ... Completed 12-of-19 passes for 157 yards and one TD in Red-Blue game ... His five-yard TD pass to L.J. Taylor with 41 seconds remaining lifted the Blue squad over the Reds in spring game.
1999: Did not see any action and was redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: All-America, All-State, and All-District pick ... USA Today Player of the Year in Louisiana ... All-Metro MVP ... SuperPrep Louisiana Top 38, ranking seventh ... Guided Newman to 11-1 record and a berth to the state quarterfinals for the second straight year ... Rolled up impressive career passing marks at Newman as he completed 429-of-725 passes (59.2 percent) for 7,389 yards and 81 TDs with only 24 interceptions ... Completed 140-of-234 passes for 2,381 yards and 30 TDs senior year ... Averaged 17.0 yards per completion senior season and 10.2 yards for career ... Completed 142-of-235 passes for 2,547 yards and 26 TDs as a junior and 139-of-245 passes for 2,340 yards and 24 TDs as a sophomore ... Coached in high school by Frank Gendusa ... Earned four letters in football, four in basketball, and two in baseball.
PERSONAL: Son of Archie and Olivia Manning ... Archie, considered one of the greatest players in Ole Miss history, was the quarterback on the school's Team of the Century (1893-1992) ... Olivia is a former Homecoming Queen at Ole Miss ... Brother, Peyton, was an All-America at Tennessee, where he set almost every Vol passing mark before beginning his career in the National Football League as a member of the Indianapolis Colts ... Oldest brother, Cooper, was a freshman member of the Ole Miss football team in 1992, but a congenital narrowing of the spinal canal and a bulging disk in his neck ended a promising career ... Full name is Elisha Nelson Manning ... Born: January 3, 1981 ... Majoring in Marketing ... Made Chancellor's Honor Roll in Fall of 1999 and Fall of 2002 ... Made Dean's Honor Roll in Spring of 2000 and Fall of 2000 ... Made U.M.A.A. Honor Roll in Spring of 2001, Spring of 2002 and Spring of 2003 ... Made 2000, 2001 and 2002 SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Named to the 2001 and 2002 Verizon District VI All-Academic first team ... Selected to the 2001 Verizon national All-Academic second team.
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