Peyton becomes second QB to reach 500-touchdown pass club

Peyton Manning made history — again. 

The Denver Broncos star connected with Julius Thomas for his 500th career touchdown pass in Sunday’s game against the Cardinals. 

Manning is just the second QB ever to accomplish the feat, joining Brett Favre (508). Barring injury, Manning is on pace to break the record at some point this season. 

Dan Marino, Drew Brees and Tom Brady round out the top five for the category. 

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Purdue leads the way when it comes to NFL wages by school

It Is been a rough few years in the field for Purdue football. As it pertains to the Boilermakers’ success in the NFL, yet, things aren’t bad in any way.

According to the data group at BestTickets.com, Purdue alumni in the league lead the way when it comes to typical yearly wages at $4.43 million for the 2014 season. That is just ahead of Pittsburgh, Texas, Georgia Tech and Ole Miss.

That amount is naturally fostered by New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees, who has a reported wages of just north of $20 million a year. Throw in Super Bowl winner Cliff Avril’s $6.5 million check and it is a rosy picture for the Boilermakers. The website additionally adds that only four of the 13 players in the NFL from the school make significantly less than a million annually.

Some other interesting data on schools as well as the NFL:

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Purdue leads the way when it comes to NFL wages by school