KNOXVILLE (WATE) – Besides breaking records, Peyton Manning is also somewhat a television star. Some of his commercials helped him go to the face of the NFL.

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Peyton Manning challenged a University of Tennessee professor in a different game in a promotional video for the University of Tennessee.

The former University of Tennessee quarterback challenged George Pharr, Director of the University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Institute for Advanced Materials to a game of chess. The shoot took place on the iconic Ayres Hall on the University of Tennessee’s campus.

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