Peyton Manning is returning to his alma mater, this time as a professor

Peyton Manning in a University of Tennessee cap (Credit: Megan Briggs—Getty Images)

Hall of Fame NFL quarterback and University of Tennessee graduate Peyton Manning is returning to the classroom—this time, at the head of the class.

Manning, who graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a speech communications degree in 1997, will be a professor of practice for “select classes” at Tennessee’s College of Communication and Information, the school announced on Monday.