Johnny Manziel
 Johnny Manziel scrambling | |
| Texas A&M Aggies – No. 2 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Freshman |
| Major | Business |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 6, 1992 Tyler, Texas |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career history | |
| High school | Kerrville (TX) Tivy |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Johnathan Paul Manziel (born December 6, 1992), also known by his nickname "Johnny Football," is an American Football quarterback for the Texas A&M football team. He was nationally recruited out of high school as a dual-threat quarterback with an impressive ability to extend plays.[1] On August 16, 2012, Manziel was named starter for the 2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team. He plays in Kevin Sumlin's Air Raid offense[2] during A&M's first season (2012) in the SEC.
Manziel was given the nickname "Johnny Football" by fans and students at Texas A&M before the start of the 2012 season.[3][4]
Early life
Manziel was born in Tyler, Texas, to Michelle and Paul Manziel. He has one sister.
He grew up playing a variety of sports, including basketball, baseball, golf and football. At Tivy High School in Kerrville, Texas, he focused on baseball and football. However, it was in football that sportswriters, coaches and parents said he "achieved folk hero status" and was compared to quarterbacks like Brett Favre, Michael Vick, and Drew Brees.[5]
High school
At Tivy High School he was coached by Mark Smith. He played football all four years in high school and began with the freshman team his first year. By the end of his first season, he played with the varsity team as a receiver. He began his sophomore year primarily as a receiver, but started the fourth game at quarterback. He shared that position for the remainder of the season, finishing with 1,164 yards passing, 806 rushing and 408 receiving for a combined 28 touchdowns. Manziel's junior year was his first as starting quarterback, and he completed that season with 2,903 passing yards, 1,544 rushing yards, 152 receiving yards and 55 touchdowns. That year, he was voted All-San Antonio Area Offensive Player of the Year as well as District 27-4A MVP[5]
During Manziel's senior season, he compiled 228-of-347 (65.7%) passing for 3,609 yards with 45 TDs and 5 INTs. He also had 170 carries for 1,674 yards and 30 TDs. He had 1 TD reception and returned a kickoff for a touchdown for a combined 77 TDs. That year, he was honored as District 28-4A MVP (unanimous selection), Class 4A First Team All-State (AP), San Antonio Express-News Offensive Player of the Year (second year in a row), the Associated Press Sports Editors Texas Player of the Year, Sub-5A First Team All-Area (SA Express-News), No. 1 QB in Texas by Dave Campbell's Texas Football, DCTF Top 300, PrepStar All-Region and Super-Prep All-Region.[6]
For Manziel's three years as a starter, he completed 520 of 819 passes (63.5 percent) for 7,626 yards and 76 touchdowns, rushed 531 times for 4,045 yards and 77 touchdowns and caught 30 passes for 582 yards and another five touchdowns. He was the only quarterback in America named as a Parade All-American his senior year, and he was also named The National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) Senior Athlete of the Year in football.[7]
He was highly recruited out of high school, receiving offers from Texas A&M Aggies, Baylor Bears, Colorado State Rams, Iowa State Cyclones, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Oregon Ducks, Rice Owls, Stanford Cardinal, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, and the Wyoming Cowboys.[8]
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
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| Johnny Manziel QB |
Kerrville, Texas | Tivy High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 4.7 | Feb 2, 2011 |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 78
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| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 45 (QB) Rivals: 97 (QB) ESPN: 78 (QB) | ||||||
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College career
2011 season
Manziel did not see any action, but he did dress for games. He redshirted the 2011 season due to A&M having an experienced quarterback in Ryan Tannehill. He helped call plays from the sideline and was part of the travel team.
2012 season (in progress)
A&M faced uncertainty at the quarterback position when Tannehill left for the National Football League after the 2011 season. Manziel performed well during Spring ball and fall practices and won the starting job over Jameill Showers and Matt Joeckel before the season began.[9] His first game was supposed to be against Louisiana Tech in Shreveport, LA on Thursday, August 30, 2012, but the game was postponed until October 13 due to Hurricane Isaac hitting the Louisiana coast two days prior to game time.[10] Consequently, Manziel's college football debut was played against the Florida Gators before a home crowd at Kyle Field.
On November 24th Manziel left the game against the Missouri Tigers with an apparent knee injury. He later returned and broke the single season record for offensive production in the SEC, beating Cam Newton and Tim Tebow, notable recent Heisman Trophy winners.
College career statistics
| Schedule | Passing | Rushing | Notes: | ||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Record | Att | Com | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | QB Rating | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Accomplishments/Honors | |
| #24 Florida | L 17-20 | 30 | 23 | 61.8% | 173 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 125.11 | 17 | 60 | 3.5 | 1 | ||
| @SMU | W 48-3 | 36 | 20 | 55.6% | 294 | 8.2 | 4 | 0 | 160.83 | 13 | 124 | 9.5 | 2 | A&M FR pass rec; Capital One Cup Impact Performance (COC-IP) | |
| SC State | W 70-14 | 20 | 15 | 75.0% | 174 | 8.7 | 3 | 0 | 197.58 | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 2 | SEC FW | |
| Arkansas | W 58-10 | 38 | 29 | 76.3% | 453 | 11.9 | 3 | 0 | 202.51 | 14 | 104 | 7.4 | 1 | A&M rec - pas; SEC rec - tot off; SEC OPW & FW; COC-IP | |
| @Mississippi | W 30-27 | 26 | 17 | 65.4% | 191 | 7.3 | 1 | 2 | 124.41 | 20 | 129 | 6.5 | 1 | SEC Co-FW | |
| @#23 LA Tech | W 59-57 | 40 | 24 | 60.0% | 395 | 9.9 | 3 | 1 | 162.70 | 19 | 181 | 9.5 | 3 | SEC rec - tot off; SEC OPW & Co-FW; AT&T All-America Player of the Week (Wk 7); first in SEC history w/two 500+ yd tot off in a season; Walter Camp Honor | |
| #6 LSU | L 19-24 | 56 | 29 | 51.8% | 276 | 4.9 | 0 | 3 | 82.48 | 17 | 27 | 1.6 | 0 | ||
| @Auburn | W 63-21 | 23 | 16 | 69.6% | 260 | 11.3 | 2 | 0 | 193.20 | 10 | 90 | 9.0 | 3 | SEC FW | |
| @#12 Miss St | W 38-13 | 36 | 30 | 83.3% | 311 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 155.90 | 21 | 129 | 6.1 | 2 | SEC FW; AT&T All-America Player of the Week (Wk 10) | |
| @#1 Alabama | W 29-24 | 31 | 24 | 77.4% | 253 | 8.2 | 2 | 0 | 167.3 | 18 | 92 | 5.1 | 0 | SEC OPW & FW; Walter Camp National OPW | |
| Sam Houston St | W 47-28 | 20 | 14 | 70.0% | 267 | 13.4 | 3 | 1 | 221.6 | 16 | 100 | 6.3 | 2 | SEC FW | |
| Missouri | W 59-29 | 44 | 32 | 72.2% | 372 | 8.5 | 3 | 1 | 161.70 | 12 | 67 | 5.6 | 2 | ||
| Totals >> | 10-2 (6-2) | 400 | 273 | 68.3% | 3419 | 8.5 | 24 | 8 | 155.85 | 184 | 1181 | 6.4 | 19 | ||
Bold Opponent Names = SEC conference games
Honors & accomplishments
2012 honors
- 2-time Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week
- 3-time AT&T All-America Player of the Week
- 3-time SEC Offensive Player of the Week
- 9-time SEC Freshman of the Week
- Finalist - Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award (Winner announced December 6)
- Finalist - Maxwell Award (winner announced December 6)
- Watch List - Walter Camp Player of the Year "Watch list" (Finalists announced November 28th)
- Watch List - Manning Award (Finalists announced early December)
- Watch List - Heisman Trophy (Winner announced early December)
NCAA records & notes
- FBS freshman record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,181 yards.
- FBS freshman leader for total yards in a season with 4,600 yards.
- First player in FBS to pass for 300 yards and rush for 100 yards in the same game three times in his career.
- First freshman, and only 5th player ever, in FBS history to have 3,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season.
- Second freshman in FBS history to rush for 1,000 yards and pass for 2,000 yards.
SEC records & notes
- Record for total yards in game with 557 yards, breaking Archie Manning's 1969 record of 540 yards.
- Record for total yards in game with 576 yards, breaking his own record of 557 set two weeks earlier.
- Record for total yards in a season with 4600 yards, breaking Cam Newton's 2010 record in 2 fewer games.
- Record for highest yards per game season average with 383.3 yards, breaking Tim Couch's in 1998 record of 377.4 yards.
- Record for single game yards per play (minimum 50 plays) with 10.71 against Arkansas on 9/29/2012, breaking Steve Tanneyhill 1995 record of 10.0 yards.
- First quarterback in SEC history to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
Texas A&M records & notes
- Record for total yards in a season with 4,600.
- Record for passing yards in a game with 453 against Arkansas on 9/29.
- Record for yards total offense in a game with 576 against Louisiana Tech on 10/13. Broke his previous record of 557 set 2 weeks prior.
- In 10 games, Manziel had 4 of the top 10 games in total offense in Texas A&M history.
- Logged eighth straight games with 300 or more total yards.
- The Third A&M quarterback to surpass 3,000 passing yards in a season.
- 10th in School Career Passing Yards
- 20th in School Career Rushing Yards
Arrest
On June 29, 2012 Manziel was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors -- disorderly conduct, failure to identify, and possession of a fictitious driver's license -- stemming from a late-night fight in College Station, Texas. Manziel, who at the time was 19, presented a fake Louisiana driver’s license to police officers claiming to be 21. Manziel was taken into custody and reportedly spent the night in jail. [11]
References
- ^ Sports, Yahoo!. "Johnny Manziel". Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ Khan Jr., Sam. "Johnny Manziel to start at QB". Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ KBTX Sports. "Johnny Football: A nickname coined in Aggieland, a legend crafted in the Hill Country". Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ NBC Sports. "'Johnny Football' one of two Camp honorees". Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ a b Krider, Dave. "Johnny Manziel is already a Texas legend". Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ A&M, Texas. "Johnny Manziel Biography". Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "NHSCA Announces National High School Senior Athletes Of The Year". Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ Recruiting, ESPN. "Johnny Manziel". Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ Fasulo, Nick. "Texas A&M Names Johnny Manziel Starter, To Some Surprise". Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Hurricane Isaac postpones game". Retrieved 13 September 2012.
{{cite news}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ Sports, Yahoo!. "A&M freshman QB Manziel arrested". Retrieved 1 August 2012.