ANALYSIS/OPINION
They were perhaps the greatest one-two quarterback punch ever to come out of college.
Between them in college, they won every award possible — Heisman Trophy, Davey O’ Brien Award, the (Archie) Manning Award, the Walter Camp Award, the Maxwell Award, Archie Griffin Award, Associated Press College Player of the Year — a trophy case full of honors before either stepped onto the field as an NFL quarterback.
AUDIO: Redskins kick returner Mike Nelms with Thom Loverro
The first one selected in the 2012 NFL draft was so heralded that the team that drafted him — the Indianapolis Colts — let one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history walk in Peyton Manning walk away so the new college superstar would have a place under center in his first professional game.