John Fennelly, Giants WireTue, November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM UTC·2 min readFormer New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is among 26 modern-era players to reach the semifinal stage for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026.
This is Manning's second season of eligibility for the Hall and the second straight year he's reached the semifinal stage. He retired from the NFL after the 2019 season. Manning spent all of his 16-year pro career with Big Blue.
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Manning is the only player in franchise history to suit up for 16 seasons, and his 236 regular-season games (234 starts) and 248 games including postseason are both Giants records.
From Nov. 21, 2004 through Nov. 23, 2017, Manning started 210 consecutive regular-season games, then the second-longest streak by a quarterback in NFL history (to Brett Favre's 297). Manning never missed a game because of injury.
At the time of retirement, Manning was one of just five players in NFL history to win multiple Super Bowl MVP awards. He was sixth in NFL history with 8,119 attempts and seventh with 4,895 completions, 57,023 yards, and 366 touchdown passes before he hung up the cleats in 2019.
Manning also excelled in the postseason, when he had an 8-4 record. He set Giants career playoff records with 400 passes, 242 completions, 2,815 yards, and 18 touchdown passes.
His 1,219 passing yards in the 2011 championship run remain a single NFL postseason record.
Per the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the list of Modern-Era Player Semifinalists began as a group of 128 nominees announced in September. The next step will be another vote to cut the list to 15 Finalists late this year.
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: Eli Manning reaches semifinal stage for Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026
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