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.

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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.