Biography Flash: Peyton Manning's Surprise Vols Headphones Drop & Legacy as Mentor
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.
Add to basket failed.
Please try again later
Add to Wish List failed.
Please try again later
Remove from Wish List failed.
Please try again later
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Biography Flash: Peyton Manning's Surprise Vols Headphones Drop & Legacy as Mentor
-
Narrated by:
-
By:
About this listen
Here’s your Peyton Manning Biography Flash for August 23, 2025. The most buzzworthy Peyton Manning story this week is his surprise locker room gesture to the Tennessee Volunteers football team. On August 22, Tennessee announced on social media that Peyton had sent a heartfelt video message to the 2025 squad and gifted every player a custom pair of bright orange and white Beats by Dre headphones, each set decked out with the Vols’ iconic checkerboard pattern and Power T logo. Peyton’s message was classic Manning: a call to tune out the noise, demand the best from each other, and focus on finishing what they started. The gesture instantly became one of the campus’s biggest preseason moments, energizing both current players and the legions of Volunteer fans who still see Peyton as their gold standard. According to On3 and Essentially Sports, the headphones drop is tied into a high-profile Beats Elite NIL campaign—other college football stars got similar deals, but nobody matched the impact or gravitas Peyton’s Tennessee connection brought to the story. The Vols are now hyped and ready to kick off their season against Syracuse on August 30.
Elsewhere, Peyton was featured in the ongoing coverage of Arch Manning, his nephew, and his family’s strategic approach to protecting Arch from recruiting overload. ESPN reports that Peyton remains a valued mentor for Arch, with recent mentions of Peyton stopping by Isidore Newman with his teenage son Marshall to visit and perhaps lend wisdom as Arch adjusts to college fame. No appearance was publicized but it adds to Peyton’s growing legend as family quarterback coach and steadying influence.
NFL conversation is still dominated by the Peyton Manning versus Tom Brady debate. This week, Von Miller reignited it by telling A to Z Sports that Peyton is his unequivocal pick as the greatest: he credits Manning with changing the quarterback position forever. Fox News picked up that debate as well, keeping Peyton firmly in the center of all-time great conversations.
There has also been a spike in sentimental viral stories celebrating Peyton’s good deeds, from rewarding longtime gameday workers with jerseys to emotional standing ovations. However, Lead Stories and Snopes confirm these are clickbait or AI-powered fiction, not real events. Manning’s genuine legacy is impressive enough—it doesn’t need manufactured tales.
On the business front, Peyton’s collaboration with Beats keeps his brand presence current. Social media chatter ramps up every time his name trends, with recent Instagram and X posts buzzing about the Tennessee gifting event—as spotted on the Indianapolis Colts’ Instagram feed on August 23.
That’s all for today’s Peyton Manning Biography Flash. Thank you for listening! Be sure to subscribe so you’ll never miss an update on Peyton Manning, and remember to search the term Biography Flash for more great biographies.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.