david dieHl - New York Giants
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10<br />
quarterback<br />
Height - 6-4<br />
Weight - 218<br />
College - Mississippi<br />
High School - Isidore <strong>New</strong>man (La.)<br />
Birthdate - January 3, 1981<br />
How Acquired - Trade (S.D. 2004)<br />
NFL Exp. - 9th Year<br />
PRO BOWL: 2008, 2011 <strong>Giants</strong> Exp. - 9th Year<br />
new york football giants<br />
TRANSACTIONS:<br />
- Originally a 1st round (1st pick overall) draft<br />
choice by the San Diego Chargers in 2004.<br />
Obtained by the <strong>Giants</strong> in a trade for quarterback<br />
Philip Rivers (whom the <strong>Giants</strong> had taken<br />
with the 4th pick), the <strong>Giants</strong>’ 2004 3rd-round<br />
pick, and 2005 1st and 5th-round picks.<br />
GIANTS NOTES:<br />
- Followed his father, Archie, and brother,<br />
Peyton, into the NFL…Archie was the 2nd pick<br />
of the 1971 draft and played 14 years with<br />
<strong>New</strong> Orleans, Houston and Minnesota. Peyton<br />
was the 1st choice of the 1998 draft by the<br />
Indianapolis Colts, is a four-time NFL Most<br />
Valuable Player and was the winning quarterback<br />
in Super Bowl XLI. Peyton Manning is in<br />
his 1st season with the Denver Broncos.<br />
- Manning won the Rozelle Trophy as the<br />
Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XLVI four<br />
years after he earned that honor in Super<br />
Bowl XLII. He is the fifth player in NFL history<br />
to win multiple Super Bowl MVP honors (Joe<br />
Montana, three; Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw<br />
and Bart Starr, two).<br />
- Manning is the first <strong>Giants</strong> player to win<br />
the Rozelle Trophy multiple times. Previous<br />
<strong>Giants</strong> Super Bowl MVPs include quarterback<br />
Phil Simms (Super Bowl XXI) and running back<br />
Ottis Anderson (Super Bowl XXV).<br />
- In 2011, Manning set an NFL record with 15<br />
fourth-quarter touchdown passes. The previous<br />
record of 14 was set by Hall of Famer<br />
Johnny Unitas in 1959 and tied by Peyton<br />
Manning (2002).<br />
- Manning’s record as a starter is 77-57<br />
(.574) in the regular season and 8-3 (.729)<br />
in the postseason. The 77 victories are the<br />
2nd-most by a <strong>Giants</strong> quarterback since<br />
<strong>Giants</strong> Stadium opened in 1976. Simms won<br />
95 games from 1979-93. Manning is 58-41<br />
against the NFC and 19-16 vs. the AFC. He is<br />
28-22 in NFC East games, 39-28 at home and<br />
37-29 on the road.<br />
- Manning’s record as a starter in October is<br />
27-6, an .818 winning percentage that is the<br />
best of any quarterback with at least 20 starts<br />
in the Super Bowl era.<br />
- Manning has started the <strong>Giants</strong>’ last 134<br />
regular-season games, the longest streak<br />
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among active quarterbacks and the 3rd-longest<br />
in history. Only Brett Favre (297) and<br />
Peyton Manning (208) started more consecutive<br />
games than Manning.<br />
- Manning’s 134 consecutive starts is a<br />
record for <strong>Giants</strong> quarterbacks. The previous<br />
mark of 69 starts in a row was set by Fran<br />
Tarkenton from 1967-71.<br />
- Manning is the 1st <strong>Giants</strong> quarterback to<br />
throw for more than 3,000 yards in eight consecutive<br />
seasons, the 1st to have three 4,000-<br />
yard seasons and the first to throw at least 20<br />
touchdown passes eight years in a row.<br />
- With 206 career touchdown passes,<br />
Manning is the 4th quarterback to throw<br />
more than 100 touchdown passes in a <strong>Giants</strong><br />
uniform, joining Simms (199), Charlie Conerly<br />
(173) and Tarkenton (103).<br />
- Manning was selected to play in his 2nd<br />
Pro Bowl in 2011, though he did not play in<br />
the game because the <strong>Giants</strong> were in the<br />
Super Bowl. When he played in his 1st Pro<br />
Bowl following the 2008 season Manning<br />
became the 1st <strong>Giants</strong> quarterback to be<br />
selected to the game since Simms in 1993.<br />
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:<br />
- Has played in 136 regular season games<br />
with starts in his last 132 appearances and has<br />
started all 11 postseason games in which he’s<br />
played. In the regular season, Manning has<br />
completed 2,599 of 4,436 (58.6 %) for 31,319<br />
yards with 206 touchdowns, 144 interceptions,<br />
25 300-yard games, a long pass of 99<br />
yards and a career passer rating of 82.3. He is<br />
2nd in franchise history in attempts, completions,<br />
yards, 1st in touchdown passes, 3rd in<br />
interceptions and 1st in 300-yard games.<br />
- Manning’s career completion percentage<br />
of 58.6 is 1st in <strong>Giants</strong> history among quarterbacks<br />
with at least 1,000 attempts.<br />
- Manning holds the <strong>Giants</strong> career postseason<br />
records with 356 pass attempts, 219<br />
completions, 61.51 completion percentage,<br />
2,516 yards, 17 touchdown passes and is tied<br />
for 2nd with Tuffy Leemans with 8 interceptions.
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