Peyton Manning is one of the most calculated and diabolical field generals to ever hit the football field. His ability to read a defense flawlessly and audible at the line of scrimmage a plethora of times to ensure he makes the right decision with the football is one of the most impressive sights to see as an analytical admirer of the sport. Not to mention his precision and arm strength are uncanny assets to his already genius football mind. The son of the famed ex-quarterback and brother of Eli Manning played his college football at the University of Tennessee from 1994 to 1997. During his four-year tenure with the Tennessee Volunteers, Manning ended his career with a quarterback rating of 147.1 while throwing a total of 11,201 yards, and 89 touchdowns. In his senior with the team, Manning led the Volunteers to a comeback 30-29 win over Auburn in the SEC Championship game.
Following his historic college football career, Peyton Manning was selected 1st overall in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. As a. member of the Colts for fourteen seasons, Manning threw for over 4,000 yards a total of ten seasons and led the league in passer rating for three consecutive seasons from 2004 to 2006. In 2006, Manning led the Colts to a Super Bowl victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI and was awarded Super Bowl MVP honors for his 247 passing yards and one touchdown performance. After missing the entire 2011 season due to a neck injury, Manning took his talents to Denver and led them to a championship, winning Super Bowl 50 over the Carolina Panthers. The 14x Pro Bowler currently holds NFL records for most touchdown passes (539), AP MVP Awards (5), Pro Bowl appearances (14), 4,000-yard passing seasons (14), and more. After winning Super Bowl 50 in 2015, Manning gracefully bowed out of the game for good.
Most of your favorite celebrities either studied acting in college or went straight from high school into a life of the arts. But, hey, not all of them. Some celebrities actually have advanced college degrees.
Turns out Mayim Bialik is just as much of a genius as the one she plays on The Big Bang Theory. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on obsessive compulsive disorder among people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare condition in which the hypothalamus malfunctions.
Little known fact: Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Phantom Menace because she was studying for her high school exams. She had two papers published in scientific journals while she was still in high school, and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology.
Before he was looking for answers on X-Files, David Duchovny was just trying to find the answers for English finals at Princeton University90. David graduated from Princeton in 1982 with a B.A in English. He continued to feed his love of literature by receiving a master’s degree in English Literature at Yale University. David was an excellent writer and poet. His work consistently received praise by his fellow classmates and teachers at Yale. His writing was even nominated for a college prize by the Academy of American Poets.
Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a bachelor’s in Literature. It was while studying at Stanford that Sigourney realized her true passion in life was to become an actress. Shortly after graduation, she attended Yale for their well-known drama program. She would go on to receive a master’s in Acting from Yale University and become friends with fellow famous actress Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep is considered one of the most successful actresses of all time. She is also one of the most highly educated. Before collecting an array of Oscars, Meryl collected diplomas. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1971. Meryl has a habit of being unsatisfied with impressive accomplishments as her acting career has shown, so she attended Yale University and earned a master’s degree in Acting.