Many NFL fans think Johnny Manziel is one of the biggest NFL Draft busts ever. The Heisman Trophy winner from Texas A&M took the college football world by storm in 2013. So the quarterback-needy Cleveland Browns made him a first-round pick in 2014 and hoped he would lead them into a new era. But ‘Johnny Football’ always had a dark side and problems away from the field.
He infamously fell out of the NFL after a couple of seasons. Currently, there’s a Netflix series about his troubles with substance abuse and what went wrong for Manziel. The young man had so much potential but it all went wrong quickly. Check out the craziest stories from Manziel’s life now before watching Untold: Johnny Football.
Late To Training Camp
It says a lot about Manziel that he was late to his very first Browns training camp. This came in the summer after the franchise made him the 22nd overall pick. In his defense, several rookies received the wrong information and arrived at the wrong time. But it was still a sign of things to come and it all went downhill quickly.
Brian Hoyer started the Browns’ first practice game that season but Coach Mike Pettine insisted it wasn’t because of Manziel’s tardiness. Meanwhile, thousands of people queued outside because they wanted to see ‘Johnny Football’ practice. It’s crazy how powerful his early impact was when he first arrived (via ABC 11).