How BAD Was Johnny Manziel Actually?

if you watched football in 2012 you know all about johnny manziel he became a legend in less than one season the freshman qb that beat bama and if you watched him you formed an opinion on it everybody had an opinion manziel was one of the most polarizing college athletes we've seen brash arrogant and incomparable on the field how did it all fall apart how bad was johnny manziel actually before he was money manziel johnny was raised in kerrville right outside of san antonio texas like every texas town high school football was king johnny played three full varsity seasons at quarterback where his fame rose to folk hero helping small tivi high school compete against larger powerhouse schools by the end of his high school career he racked up 75 touchdown passes 78 running touchdowns and even caught five more touchdowns he was mr texas ap texas player of the year all-american you name it he won it despite wanting so badly to be a texas longhorn that's about the only offer he didn't get under six foot manzel felt his height kept him from five-star ratings and an offer from his dream school it fueled his playstyle and his fiery personality despite originally committing to chip kelly and the oregon ducks with their hyper speed offense texas a m qb coach tom rossly convinced him to flip and play for his childhood team's rival johnny football was headed to college station as a freshman johnny would redshirt before he ever played it down manziel would have his first run-in with off-field controversy benzel was sighted with three misdemeanor charges right before fall camp the story goes that johnny and a friend were out late when his buddy threw a racial slur at a guy while trying to keep the peace between the two the man swung on manziel who retaliated an officer pulled up to the altercation and when asked to give identification jonny gave the cop a fake louisiana id safe to say he didn't fall for it throwing johnny in jail for the night and charging him with disorderly conduct and two identification charges the first of many run-ins didn't scare off texas a m though no less than two weeks later he was named the aggie starter that surprised the national media but what came next captivated them from his first start on kyle field you couldn't take your eyes off the aggies he's a walking top 10 highlight on the field he was king midas everything money manzel touched were through turned to gold as a freshman manziel was doing the unthinkable against arkansas johnny football torched their defense for 557 yards of total offense the detonation of offense broke a 43 year old record then he did it again 576 yards the new record only stood for two weeks slightly less time than 43 years johnny football is still the only sec player with multiple 500 plus yard games in a season spoiler the next moment is the climax of johnny manziel's football career texas a m walked into tuscaloosa to face the biggest baddest sec bully of them all the alabama crimson tide just like goliath fell so with the tide behind johnny manziel's slingshot in a game of a lifetime texas a m toppled alabama and zell finished his legendary season the first freshman to throw for 3 000 yards and run for 1 000 more he broke the freshman offensive record and even set the three highest offensive outputs in sec history every college award went to johnny manziel in 2012 the manning the o'brien and yes even the heisman trophy it had never been given to a freshman before manziel the hype for johnny football reached fever levels so did the pressure the expectations and the limelight manziel had a hard time adjusting to fame cameos with drake music videos throwing out first pitches the guy was everywhere i'm doing the things i've always done it's just treated different when you're being watched so closely straight from manziel's mouth the controversies came in bunches he attended the manning passing academy a collection of the most elite amateur pastors in the world only to be sent home after oversleeping but he had time to make twitter posts at the haters on winning in the casino as if that wasn't enough he did something that threatened his eligibility manziel was accused of signing autographs for a five-figure flat fee it became the talk of the football world johnny's parents went on espn and told reporters they were incredibly worried about their son his future and even his well-being manziel would get a slap on the wrist a half-game suspension against a weak opponent it was clear 2013 would be his last year in college following the season manziel declared for the draft red flags and all just like in college manziel became the most high-profile polarizing figure in the draft some pundits said manziel was undraftable others felt he was a budding megastar during the draft as he slid down into the first round manziel texted the browns qb coach i want to wreck this league together he asked the browns to trade up for him and they did so let's answer the question once and for all how bad was johnny manziel actually to be honest we don't know we'll never truly know manziel's partying lifestyle drug and alcohol addiction horrible decision making off the field it overshadowed anything he might have accomplished the issues of his life were too far along once he hit the pros and money sure didn't make things better he was late to early rookie meetings he got fined in one of his first on-field chances flipping the bird to the washington bench he didn't get any playing time in the first three months of his rookie season johnny used that time to get into more trouble including another physical altercation at a club he rubbed teammates the wrong way with his immaturity johnny manziel's debut start came against the cincinnati bengals in week 15. and uh oh boy he should have been using that time to prepare to say it was bad is an understatement manziel's performance was nothing short of comical he completed 10 out of 18 passes for a sad 80 yards and two head scratching interceptions the 27.3 passer rating is the third worst debut ever we see you brandon whedon and nate peterman the dark side of johnny swung itself again he was placed on the ir for the final game of the season instead of showing up for treatments manzel threw a huge party and ducked his job brown's officials had to go and find manziel the day of the game to retrieve him manziel had an issue and he loved the fame to come to the fortune instead of grinding harder but manziel was trying to figure it out as he admitted himself into a 10-week rehab during the off season it would come out later that this is when manziel was diagnosed with bipolar disorder 2015 was just as rocky he rode the pine on the field a third stringer coach patin named manzel the starter two days before a game late in the year just for manzel to make him look like a fool again video surfaced of johnny partying the night before the game and the browns demoted him to third string again it was clear the seriousness of where he was headed tell us if you've heard this story in the final week of the 2015 season manziel sat on the injured reserve instead of being in pittsburgh for concussion treatment manziel was in las vegas manziel moved from disappointment to tragedy his dangerous behavior harming himself and others he reportedly struck his now ex-girlfriend in the side of the head rupturing her eardrum this happened as manziel allegedly dragged her into his car during an argument as quickly as it began manziel's behavior ended his nfl career the cleveland browns stayed with him as long as they could but this was the last straw his agent cut size on the day of the hearing for the altercation with his girlfriend manziel was seen clubbing he refused his family's pleas to enter into a rehab facility twice his life was spiraling his nfl career totals finished with a two and six record 57 completion rate 1 675 yards and seven touchdowns to seven interceptions with a lone rushing td manziel could never be a great nfl quarterback he himself said he didn't bring the same drive to the browns that he brought to texas a m partying mental and emotional issues and lack of drive slammed the brakes on the heisman's pro career before it ever really got off the tracks now he was fighting to gain control of his life in the years since manziel's release from the browns he's made runs in and out of football leagues he joined the canadian football league and before he ever played it down for the tiger cats he was traded to the montreal alouettes enzel couldn't find the fields and when he did it was a shell of the original johnny football after a four interception game he didn't see the field much more in the cfl manziel was banned for life from the league not long after which isn't a surprise when looking back on his career manzela said i would say we the browns wasted a draft pick to go get this guy who doesn't give a that's my only thing in life that i haven't been able to look back and like fully have closure on it's probably one of the only things that i haven't looked back on and been able to be like super super okay with what happened i don't appreciate going to cleveland for two years and impacting and wasting two years of joe thomas's career who's a guy that's going to be a 12-time pro bowler and going to be in the hall of fame and i regret not going and being closer with these guys and being distant into the other life that i was living johnny manziel's story is the perfect example of how talent can only take you so far and how even the brightest of stars can fizzle out the fastest [Music] you

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Published: Sat Jun 19 2021