Johnny Manziel

Johnny Manziel

Manziel in 2015
No. 2 Cleveland Browns
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth:	December 6, 1992 (age 23)
Place of birth:	Tyler, Texas
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school:	Kerrville (TX) Tivy
College:	Texas A&M
NFL draft:	2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22
Career history
Cleveland Browns (2014–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
Heisman Trophy (2012) Davey O'Brien Award (2012) Manning Award (2012) Chic Harley Award (2012) AP Player of the Year (2012) Sporting News Player of the Year (2012) Consensus All-American (2012) SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2012) First-team All-SEC (2012, 2013) SEC Freshman of the Year (2012) College Football Performance National Freshman of the Year (2012) Cotton Bowl Offensive MVP (2012) SEC Male Athlete of the Year (2013) Chick-fil-A Bowl Offensive MVP (2013) 5th Place in Heisman Trophy voting (2013) Mr. Texas Football (2010)
Career NFL statistics
TD–INT: 7–7 Passing yards: 1,675 Passer rating: 74.4 Rushing yards: 259 Rushing TDs: 1 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Jonathan Paul Manziel

 (man-zel; born December 6, 1992), is an American football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the 22nd overall pick of the2014 NFL Draft. He was nationally recruited out of high school as a dual-threat quarterback.In 2012, Manziel debuted for the Texas A&M Aggies as a redshirt freshman in Kevin Sumlin's Air Raid offense during A&M's first season in theSoutheastern Conference (SEC). He broke numerous NCAA Division I FBS and SEC records, which include becoming the first freshman and fifth player in NCAA history to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a season.At the end of the regular season, he became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, Manning Award,and the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award.Manziel capitalized on his redshirt freshman season by leading Texas A&M to a 41–13 victory over Oklahoma in the 2013 Cotton Bowl Classic.

TexAgs users tagged Manziel with the nickname "Johnny Football" during Manziel's sophomore high school football season in Texas. The nickname followed him to Texas A&M University and endures to now. He has applied to register the nickname as a trademark.

Despite not having played baseball since his junior year of high school, Manziel was drafted 837th overall in the 28th round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the San Diego Padres. Manziel was officially listed as a shortstop, the position he played at Tivy High School.^[