Career
He played college football at Temple and was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He kicked three field goals for the Broncos in Super Bowl 50. McManus holds Temple career records for points scored (338), field goals made (60) and attempted (83) and punting average (454).
As a senior in 2012, he earned All-Big East first-team honors after leading the team in scoring (74) on 14-of-17 field goals and 32-of-33 extra points.
He also averaged 45.1 yards per punt, pinned 17 punts inside the 20-yard line and had a long kick of 68 yards. McManus handled kickoff duties as well and recorded 40 touchbacks on 56 total kickoffs.
After going undrafted in the 2013 NFL Draft, McManus signed with the Indianapolis Colts before being waived prior to the start of the season. In 2014, he played four preseason games for the New York Giants before being traded to the Denver Broncos to cover for the loss of the Broncos" starting kicker Matt Prater, who began the 2014 NFL season serving a four-game suspension.
He became their starting kicker following the release of Prater on October 3, 2014.
McManus was waived by the Broncos on November 11, 2014 after the team decided to sign free agent Connor Barth as his replacement. He was quickly re-signed by the Broncos after clearing waivers and spent the rest of the season as the team"s kickoff specialist. Going into the 2015 season, the Broncos brought both Barth and McManus to training camp.
