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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Greats Eli Manning, Savante’ Stringfellow Inducted into Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
8/3/2024 | Football, Track and Field
PEARL, Miss. – Ole Miss standouts Eli Manning (football) and Savante' Stringfellow (track & field) were both officially inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2024 on Saturday night.
Manning, a four-year letterwinner for the Rebels from 2000-03, won the Maxwell Award as a senior, an honor given to the best all-around player in college football. He set or tied 47 Ole Miss single‑game, season and career records during his time in Oxford. The New Orleans, Louisiana, native became the highest pick in program history when he was selected No. 1 in the 2004 NFL Draft. His father, Archie Manning, was the No. 2 overall pick of the New Orleans Saints in 1971 after a historic career with the Rebels from 1968-70.
Eli, who finished third in the 2003 Heisman Trophy ballot following his senior season, finished his illustrious Ole Miss career with a school-record 10,119 career passing yards and 81 career TD passes. He also set new Ole Miss career records for completions (829) and passing attempts (1,363), and both marks ranked fourth on the SEC career lists.
He recorded the lowest percentage of interceptions thrown at Ole Miss (2.57) and owns a career pass efficiency rating of 137.7. His career completion percentage of 60.8 tied the Ole Miss career record set by Stewart Patridge (1994, 1996-1997). Eli also set Ole Miss career records for consecutive games with a TD pass (16), consecutive 200-yard passing games (11) and consecutive 250-yard passing games (7).
Eli solidified his place in Ole Miss history with a historic senior campaign in 2003. Besides the Maxwell Award, he won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and earned numerous All-America honors after throwing for 3,600 yards and 29 TDs. He earned SEC Offensive Player of the Year, helping lead the Rebels to a 10-3 record.
After being drafted No. 1 by the San Diego Chargers, Manning was traded to the New York Giants for Phillip Rivers. Manning would go on to don a Giants uniform for 16 years, retiring shortly after the 2019 season. He was named to four Pro Bowls and was a two-time Super Bowl champion and two-time Super Bowl MVP. Manning was awarded the 2020 Bart Starr Award, which is given annually to an NFL player who best exemplifies outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community.
Stringfellow, meanwhile, remains one of the most prolific athletes in Ole Miss track & field history as well as among the best collegiate and American long jumpers of all-time. Stringfellow was the first Rebel to win three NCAA titles, taking the 2000 outdoor long jump title and then sweeping the 2001 season indoors and outdoors.
As a Rebel, Stringfellow was a six-time All-American (most by a Rebel at the time), 1999 SEC Outdoor long jump champion, six-time SEC runner-up and a two-time Penn Relays champion in the 4x400-meter relay (1999) and long jump (2001). In the midst of his college career, Stringfellow represented Team USA at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney in the long jump.
He was part of two World Championships teams outdoors in 1999 and 2001, winning silver in the long jump in 2001. Internationally, he also competed in the 2001 Goodwill Games and finished eighth in the long jump at the 1999 Pan-American Games. In the states, Stringfellow won seven total USA medals (four outdoors, three indoors), including four gold medals with two outdoors (2001, 2002) and two indoors (2000, 2004). Both his indoor (27 feet, 1 inch) and outdoor (27 feet, 9.5 inches) long jump records still stand at Ole Miss, and he was inducted into the Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. He still ranks 10th in U.S. history at his career-best of 8.52m/27-11.50.
Manning, a four-year letterwinner for the Rebels from 2000-03, won the Maxwell Award as a senior, an honor given to the best all-around player in college football. He set or tied 47 Ole Miss single‑game, season and career records during his time in Oxford. The New Orleans, Louisiana, native became the highest pick in program history when he was selected No. 1 in the 2004 NFL Draft. His father, Archie Manning, was the No. 2 overall pick of the New Orleans Saints in 1971 after a historic career with the Rebels from 1968-70.
Eli, who finished third in the 2003 Heisman Trophy ballot following his senior season, finished his illustrious Ole Miss career with a school-record 10,119 career passing yards and 81 career TD passes. He also set new Ole Miss career records for completions (829) and passing attempts (1,363), and both marks ranked fourth on the SEC career lists.
He recorded the lowest percentage of interceptions thrown at Ole Miss (2.57) and owns a career pass efficiency rating of 137.7. His career completion percentage of 60.8 tied the Ole Miss career record set by Stewart Patridge (1994, 1996-1997). Eli also set Ole Miss career records for consecutive games with a TD pass (16), consecutive 200-yard passing games (11) and consecutive 250-yard passing games (7).
Eli solidified his place in Ole Miss history with a historic senior campaign in 2003. Besides the Maxwell Award, he won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and earned numerous All-America honors after throwing for 3,600 yards and 29 TDs. He earned SEC Offensive Player of the Year, helping lead the Rebels to a 10-3 record.
After being drafted No. 1 by the San Diego Chargers, Manning was traded to the New York Giants for Phillip Rivers. Manning would go on to don a Giants uniform for 16 years, retiring shortly after the 2019 season. He was named to four Pro Bowls and was a two-time Super Bowl champion and two-time Super Bowl MVP. Manning was awarded the 2020 Bart Starr Award, which is given annually to an NFL player who best exemplifies outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community.
Stringfellow, meanwhile, remains one of the most prolific athletes in Ole Miss track & field history as well as among the best collegiate and American long jumpers of all-time. Stringfellow was the first Rebel to win three NCAA titles, taking the 2000 outdoor long jump title and then sweeping the 2001 season indoors and outdoors.
As a Rebel, Stringfellow was a six-time All-American (most by a Rebel at the time), 1999 SEC Outdoor long jump champion, six-time SEC runner-up and a two-time Penn Relays champion in the 4x400-meter relay (1999) and long jump (2001). In the midst of his college career, Stringfellow represented Team USA at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney in the long jump.
He was part of two World Championships teams outdoors in 1999 and 2001, winning silver in the long jump in 2001. Internationally, he also competed in the 2001 Goodwill Games and finished eighth in the long jump at the 1999 Pan-American Games. In the states, Stringfellow won seven total USA medals (four outdoors, three indoors), including four gold medals with two outdoors (2001, 2002) and two indoors (2000, 2004). Both his indoor (27 feet, 1 inch) and outdoor (27 feet, 9.5 inches) long jump records still stand at Ole Miss, and he was inducted into the Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. He still ranks 10th in U.S. history at his career-best of 8.52m/27-11.50.
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