Emotional Peyton Manning officially retires from football

Manning officially walks away.

Monday afternoon, Peyton Manning officially retired from the NFL as a member of the Denver Broncos.

During his retirement press conference, Manning spoke about missing the game of football.

Manning was also choked up talking about his interaction with Colts legend Johnny Unitas:

Over his 18-year career, Manning threw for 71,940 passing yards, 539 touchdown passes and he was a five-time NFL MVP award winner.

Manning walks away with the all-time passing yards and all-time passing touchdowns records.