Elisha Nelson “Eli” Manning ws born January 3, 1981 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is an American football quarterback for the 2007 world champion New York Giants of the National Football League. He is the younger brother of Peyton Manning and Cooper Manning and the son of Archie Manning and Olivia Manning. He played college football at University of Mississippi after attending high school at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. Manning was the MVP of Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008, during which he led the Giants to an upset of the undefeated New England Patriots.