Eli Manning inducted into Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame
While he will have to wait a few more years before he's eligible for Canton, Eli Manning can now add another Hall of Fame induction to his already impressive resume.
On Tuesday night, the legendary Giants quarterback was inducted into the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame.
Manning attended Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. During his high school career, the future two-time Super Bowl MVP amassed 7,389 passing yards and 89 touchdowns.
Manning was part of the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame's 10-person Class of 2021, which also included Peyton Manning, Ed Reed, Jake Delhomme, Willis Reed, Marcus Spears, Daniel Cormier, Elvin Hayes, Ashley Tappin and Bert Jones.
The 40-year-old former Giants QB has certainly had an eventful first 15 months in retirement.
Immediately following his retirement announcement last January, Giants President and CEO John Mara announced that Manning would be inducted into the franchise's Ring of Honor and his No. 10 jersey would be retired. Soon after, over the weekend of Super Bowl LIV, Manning received the 2020 Bart Starr Award for character and leadership. Just a few months later, Manning was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
Manning also announced earlier this year that he will be going back to college next season to tell some of college football's greatest stories in a new show on ESPN+ called "Eli's Places", a college football version of older brother Peyton's show on ESPN+ which revisits important moments in NFL history through discussions with former players, coaches and other key figures.
Photos from the career of two-time Super Bowl MVP quarterback Eli Manning
2021 NFL schedule to be released May 12
The NFL announced today that the 2021 schedule will be released Wednesday, May 12 at 8 p.m. ET.
Earlier this month, the league added a 17th regular-season game beginning this year, the first expansion of the schedule since it increased from 14 to 16 games in 1978. The four NFC East teams will travel to the AFC East teams that finished in the same position in the standings in 2020. That set up a meeting between the Giants and Miami Dolphins, who were the second-place teams in their respective divisions, at Hard Rock Stadium.
The additional game gives the Giants – and all NFC teams – nine road games and eight home games in 2021. Their 17th game will be played in MetLife Stadium next year.
NFL Kickoff Weekend will begin Thursday night, September 9, and the regular season will end Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. The 2022 Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday, February 6 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, and the season will conclude with Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022.
Mel Kiper's favorite prospects at every position
We are officially one week out from the start of the 2021 NFL Draft.
ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. is one of the top draft experts in the country, appearing on the network's annual draft coverage every year since 1984.
This week, Kiper released his list of favorite prospects at each position. As he notes in the intro, these are not his top prospects at every position. Instead, it is a list of prospects that he often rated higher than other draft analysts and in some cases team evaluators, and guys that Kiper just enjoys watching play.
With that said, here are Kiper's favorite prospects at each position:
QB: Justin Fields, Ohio State
RB: Michael Carter, North Carolina
FB: Ben Mason, Michigan
WR: Elijah Moore, Ole Miss
TE: Hunter Long, Boston College
OT: Dillon Radunz, North Dakota State
OG: Alijah Vera-Tucker, USC
C: Landon Dickerson, Alabama
DE: Jaelan Phillips, Miami
DT: Milton Williams, Louisiana Tech
ILB: Nick Bolton, Missouri
OLB: Malcolm Koonce, Buffalo
CB: Jaycee Horn, South Carolina
S: Richie Grant, UCF
View photos of every player projected to the Giants in mock drafts just days ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft.