When Johnny Manziel recommended in February that he has “absolutely no desire to play any football nowadays,” he simply might have been informing the truth. Speaking with the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Texas) this weekend, the former Texas A&M star showed that hes done with professional football for good, saying his profession is likely “in the past.”.
” In the past, probably, is the way I d characterize it,” Manziel informed Don Williams. “Ive lastly got to a point where Im trying to attain joy in life, not joy on the football field … I know a great deal of people probably want me to come back and play and provide it another chance, however I dont know, as far as figuring and being an individual out life as a young adult … if Ive ever been in a better location than Im in right now. I can honestly say Im delighted and Im doing the right things to try and put a smile on my face every day, and that means more to me than going out and grinding on a football field.”.
The former Cleveland Browns first-round draft choice hinted at continuing his career as just recently as February, tweeting– and then deleting– ideas about joining the restored XFL. He likewise began an informal comeback tour in 2018 when he joined the Canadian Football League, even dressing for the Memphis Express of the now-defunct Alliance of American Football in 2019. The reality is Manziel hasnt seen an NFL field in a half-decade and supposedly likewise fell out of favor with his last CFL group, the Montreal Alouettes.
Manziel acknowledged to Williams, as hes made with others on other occasions, that he didnt take his pro duties seriously upon getting in the NFL in 2014, when he went 22nd total to the Browns.
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“Ive lastly got to a point where Im attempting to attain joy in life, not joy on the football field … I understand a lot of individuals probably want me to come back and play and provide it another chance, but I do not know, as far as figuring and being an individual out life as a young adult … if Ive ever been in a better location than Im in right now. I can truthfully state Im happy and Im doing the right things to try and put a smile on my face every day, and that suggests more to me than going out and grinding on a football field.”.
He likewise began an informal resurgence trip in 2018 when he signed up with the Canadian Football League, even suiting up for the Memphis Express of the now-defunct Alliance of American Football in 2019.
” I believe its just, the work you put in when you have the complimentary hours and when you do things by yourself, that matches up appropriately with what occurs on the field,” he stated. “And when you get to believing that youre too great or youre much better than the video game, itll modest you. Whichs what occurred. I got humbled. Thank God I did get a possibility to be humbled, because when you believe youre at the top of the world, its a dangerous place.”.
