Finally some good news on the Johnny Manziel front. Yesterday, Manziel admitted to ESPN’s Ed Werder that he’s sober and looking towards a comeback.
“I refuse to let my entire life of sports from the age of 4 be squandered by partying,” Manziel said. “I just got sick of it. One day I didn’t like what I saw in the mirror and realized I could really help people in the position I’m in.
“I love sports, I love football and when you take something away from yourself you realize it the hard way. The happiness from doing it sober has been ASTRONOMICAL. Beyond my wildest imagination and once that continued other good things started happening in my life and it just clicked.”
On Thursday, the free agent quarterback tweeted that he hadn’t “been this happy in a long time,” and the 24-year-old thanked those who helped him through his “rough patches” in 2016. When asked what his next step was, Manziel said: “PLAY FOOTBALL. A pre season game, anything I don’t care what it is. Only need one team to believe in me and I’ll do anything to make that a possibility.”
2016 wasn’t a great year for the former Heisman Trophy winner. The Browns finally cut bait with the former first-rounder in March following a tumultuous two seasons with the organization. Manziel subsequently hired super agent Drew Rosenhaus for representation. However, the agent dropped his client following reports that Manziel’s partying was “out of control.”
Shortly thereafter, the NFL announced that they had suspended Manziel four games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Since then, we’ve heard that CFL teams could have interest in the embattled quarterback. In late December, it was reported that Manziel had reached an agreement with prosecutors to dismiss a domestic violence charge against him.
Following a successful career at Texas A&M, Manziel struggled during his two seasons in Cleveland. In 14 career games (eight starts), Manziel connected on 57-percent of his passes for 1,675 yards, seven touchdowns, and seven interceptions. The speedy quarterback also ran for 259 yards and one touchdown on 46 carries.
Good Luck Johnny!
Oh Canada…..
It’s not impossible for someone to get clean and sober on their own but it’s definitely more challenging…some people go through programs and some people can accomplish it through God…although more rare, I have also known people that have done it on their own after determining that they were just fed up with living that way…as much as people want to trash talk Johnny, and rightfully so, I hope that he can get his life turned around…not necessarily for a football standpoint but his life in general…I am curious to see what his talent would translate to on the field but first things first, get your life on track Johnny, good luck.
I really hope he stays on this path.
Prove it, back your words with your actions, it’s the only way
In the environment he will be in with the amount of players that go out for dinners and drink etc I think it’s going to be ASTRONOMICALLY difficult for him to stay away from alcohol
Enough said. His words mean little to nothing
I guess he’s starting to run out of money…
He needs to start in Canada.
Prove he can play….stay clean……and stay healthy.
He’s running out of money
I hope he stays clean for his sake. Clean or not he was NEVER going to be a good qb period.
CFL. Earn your way back.
Your NFL career is already toxically squandered but hopefully your sobriety will continue