The draft picks of Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck ... Marvin Harrison and Dwight Freeney — asked Irsay to be their Hall of Fame presenter. How much he cared about the football was palpable ...

Manning and the Colts parted ways during the 2012 offseason after the quarterback underwent two neck surgeries. Manning then landed with the Denver Broncos and won a second Super Bowl before retiring.

Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning became the latest sports celebrity to join the ownership group of Denver’s National ...

Manning was the No. 1 pick of the 2004 draft, in which Rivers went at No. 4 and Roethlisberger went at No. 11. The last quarterback elected to the Hall of Fame was Peyton Manning in 2021.

Peyton Manning and Edgerrin James stand with Jim Irsay after receiving their hall of fame rings. / Jenna Watson/IndyStar via Imagn Content Services, LLC "I am heartbroken to hear about Jim Irsay ...

Peyton Manning is among those mourning ... “I am heartbroken to hear about Jim Irsay’s passing,” Manning, a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback who is considered the greatest Colt of ...

Perhaps the best one that Irsay ever made was the decision to draft Peyton ... them at their Hall of Fame inductions just shows how compassionate and personable he was. Manning played there ...

He went on to oversee one of the most successful periods of the franchise's history, which began when the team selected Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning with the No. 1 overall pick in the ...