• In addition to the four letters Eli earned in football during his high school career, he also picked up four in basketball and two in baseball.
• The speed limit on the Ole Miss campus is 18 mph. Why? Because that was Archie’s number as a Rebel. The press room is also named after him.
• Eli set a record with 18 straight completions and five touchdowns in his first start at Ole Miss.
• Eli finished his Ole Miss career fifth among SEC passers with 9,860 career yards. He threw for 79 touchdowns (versus 34 interceptions), holds 45 single-game, season and career school records. 
• Eli won the Maxwell Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award just like brother Peyton.
• When the Indianapolis Colts and Giants played in 2006, it marked the first time brothers started against each other at quarterback in an NFL game,
• Eli’s teammates call him "Easy."
• Eli didn't beat Peyton in one-on-one basketball until he was about 17.
• The Manning family is the first to produce three first-round draft picks (Archie: 2nd pick in 1972, Peyton: 1st pick in 1998, and Eli: 1st pick in 2004). Eli and Peyton are the only brothers to be selected first overall.
• When Eli was 10, he made a personal rule: he declared he could be kissed only once a week.
  
• Eli, a Marketing major, was an excellent student at Ole Miss. He made the Chancellor's Honor Roll in fall of 1999 and 2002, and the Dean's Honor Roll in the spring of 2000 and fall of 2000. He also qualified for the U.M.A.A. Honor Roll in the spring of 2001, 2002 and 2003, and the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Eli was named to the 2001 and 2002 Verizon District VI All-Academic first team, and selected to the 2001 Verizon national All-Academic second team.
• In college, Eli lived in the same apartment that his older brother, Cooper, used to live in.
• Eli speaks with Peyton once a week.
• After Hurricane Katrina, Eli and Peyton helped deliver bottled water, diapers and baby formula to the people of New Orleans.

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