Peyton Manning Tells Story About Running 40 At Tulane Football Camp

Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning was asked about the importance of a quarterback's speed at his Manning Passing Academy last week. He thinks speed is overrated when it comes to a successful drop-back quarterback and told this story to support his opinion, per the New Orleans Times-Picayune....

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“When I was a senior being recruited by Tulane at the Tulane Football Camp, we ran 40’s and they said that I ran a 4.88 (seconds) that day,” Manning said jokingly, “I’m pretty sure that was (then Tulane coach) Buddy Teevens just doing some good recruiting. I probably ran about a 5.1.”

“I remember Eli was a 7th-grader at the camp, the youngest kid at the camp. He’s the only guy who ran his 40 wearing his helmet. I don’t know why he had his helmet on. I remember he ran a 6.2, (that) was the time that I heard — a humbling moment for Eli.”

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