If you know professional football, you know Peyton Manning.  You know Eli Manning.  You may not know Cooper Manning.  He’s the eldest of the Manning boys:

[In high school], Cooper was an all-state senior wide receiver who caught everything thrown his way by a sophomore sensation quarterback named Peyton, and soon caught the attention of Division I-A schools such as Texas, Virginia and ultimately his dad’s alma mater, Ole Miss.

Then, just like that, it all ended, not with an injury but with a medical diagnosis in 1992 that left him more numb than the feeling in his hand. And Cooper, who had only begun to embrace the world of opportunities before him, had no choice but to start over without the game he loved.

He would need to redefine himself. But first, he would have to learn to walk again.

One thing’s for sure: he looks just like them.