Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway is thought by many as the greatest NFL draft prospect of all time when he came out of ...

Peyton Manning and John Elway are two of the greatest players ever to be chosen with the NFL draft's No. 1 overall pick.

John Elway is the only player to amass 50,000 yards ... The Baltimore Colts made Elway the No. 1 pick in the 1983 draft, but he snubbed them, saying he wanted to play elsewhere.

Accorsi (Christl interview, post-draft 1983): "If everything fell through, you pick John Elway. That's not a bad backup position and that was a position we took from the start. If we had an ...

"I told Marvin, "Look, I think John's the best prospect I've ever seen ... Irsay didn't involve Accorsi in Elway's trade to Denver, and Accorsi resigned after the 1983 season because of that. "Dad not ...

He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009. Elway was the No. 1 pick in the 1983 NFL draft but never actually played for the Colts after making it clear he did not want to play for ...