By Steve Keating

DETROIT (Reuters) - Peyton Manning may be in the final year of his contract but jittery Indianapolis Colts fans can sleep easy because their Pro Bowl quarterback has no plans to follow LeBron James's playbook and look for greener pastures.

No doubt there will be a long line of suitors with check books in hand ready to sign the four-time league MVP but Colts owner Jim Irsay has said he is prepared to do whatever it takes to keep Manning in Indianapolis, including making him the NFL's the highest paid player.

Unlike James, who kept Cavaliers fans squirming for months before announcing he was leaving Cleveland to join Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade to form an NBA super team in Miami, Manning has made it clear there is no other place he wants to be more than Indianapolis.

"I have a contract for this year," Manning said during a training camp interview. "I've not had to cloud my mind with contract details.

"I've just been able to play football and that's my focus right now... I have faith it will get done at a certain time, whenever that is I'm not exactly sure.

"This is obviously where I want to play, where I want to be. Indianapolis is my home, I enjoying playing here, I enjoy living here and hope to play here for the rest of my career."

Entering the final year of a $98 million, seven-year deal, Manning's numbers indicate he is in line for a big raise.

Having secured the first overall pick in the 1998 draft, the Colts used it wisely by selecting Manning over another hot prospect, Ryan Leaf, who turned out to be one of the draft's biggest busts.

With Manning at the controls of the Indy offence, the Colts have posted double-digit wins in 10 of the past 11 seasons and have gone seven consecutive years with 12 or more victories.

They have flirted with perfection, including 14-0 start to last season, and made it to the Super Bowl twice in the last four years, winning it all in 2007.

Last season, Manning passed Vinny Testaverde, Warren Moon and Fran Tarkenton to move into fourth place on the NFL's all-time passing list with 50,128 yards, trailing only John Elway, Dan Marino and Brett Favre.

Manning has also earned his pay check, making 192 consecutive regular season starts, second only to Minnesota Vikings ironman Favre, who is at 285.

On the field, the 34-year-old quarterback barks out audibles in a frenetic pantomime that resembles a cross between a mad orchestra conductor and a man parking a plane.

But it is the only thing remotely wild about Manning, who oozes a down-to-earth Southern charm and a likeability that has made him one of North America's top celebrity endorsers.

Whether it is a sales pitch, a punch line, or a pass, Manning can deliver them all with the same perfect timing and accuracy.

The only thing more remarkable than Manning's quarterbacking statistics is his numbers on the Davie Brown Index (DBI), a scale used to rank celebrity endorsement potential.

He ranks in the top 25, scoring in the same neighborhood as Denzel Washington and Michael Jordan and the top 35 in terms of influence, right alongside Colin Powell and Johnny Depp.

"His numbers are just incredibly good," said Chris Anderson, spokesperson for the Marketing Arm, an agency that created the celebrity DBI. "People just like him and he plays well on the field.

"He has that unique combination."

(Editing by Steve Ginsburg)