
Quarterback, Texas A&M, 2011–13
Johnny Manziel
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Kerrville, TX
- Born
- Dec 6, 1992, in Tyler, Texas
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Johnny Manziel played quarterback at Texas A&M (2011–13). He won the 2012 Heisman Trophy, the 2012 Davey O’Brien Award and the 2012 Manning Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2012. The Cleveland Browns took Manziel in the first round, No. 22 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
464passing yards, career highvs. Alabama, 20135touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Mississippi State, 2013229rushing yards, career highvs. Oklahoma, 20123rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Auburn, 2012Honors
- 2012Heisman Trophy
- 2012Davey O’Brien Award
- 2012Manning Award
- 2012AP College Football Player of the Year
- 2012Archie Griffin Award
- 2012Chic Harley Award
- 2012Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 2012Consensus All‑American
- 2012SEC Freshman of the Year
- 2012SEC Offensive Player of the Year
- 2012, 2013First-team All-SEC
- 2012National leader in total offense (5,116)
- 2012National leader in total offense per game (393.5)
- 2013Fifth in the Heisman vote
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 13 | 13 | 295 | 201 | 68.0 | 3,706 | 26 | 9 | 155.3 | 1,410 | 7.0 | 21 |
| 2013 | 13 | 12 | 300 | 144 | 69.9 | 4,114 | 37 | 13 | 172.9 | 759 | 5.3 | 9 |
| Career | 26 | 25 | 595 | 345 | 7,820 | 63 | 22 | 2,169 | 30 | |||
From the college statistics table in Manziel’s Wikipedia article (Johnny Manziel, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. pass | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Texas A&M | 497 | 0.36 | 93rd (n=144) | 0.22 | 178.3 | 57% | 0.29 | 0.27 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2013 Texas A&M 13 games, 4,114 passing yards, 37 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 52–31 | 6 | 8 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 65–28 | 29 | 42 | 426 | 3 | 1 | 36 |
| Sep 14 | vs. | L 42–49 | 28 | 39 | 464 | 5 | 2 | 98 |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 42–13 | 14 | 21 | 244 | 1 | 1 | 102 |
| Sep 28 | at | W 45–33 | 23 | 30 | 261 | 2 | 0 | 59 |
| Oct 12 | at | W 41–38 | 31 | 39 | 346 | 0 | 1 | 124 |
| Oct 19 | vs. | L 41–45 | 28 | 38 | 454 | 4 | 2 | 48 |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 56–24 | 25 | 35 | 305 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 57–7 | 16 | 24 | 273 | 4 | 0 | 67 |
| Nov 9 | vs. | W 51–41 | 30 | 39 | 446 | 5 | 3 | 47 |
| Nov 23 | at | L 10–34 | 16 | 41 | 224 | 1 | 2 | 54 |
| Nov 30 | at | L 21–28 | 24 | 35 | 195 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. | W 52–48 | 30 | 38 | 382 | 4 | 0 | 73 |
2012 Texas A&M 13 games, 3,706 passing yards, 26 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | vs. | L 17–20 | 23 | 30 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Sep 15 | at | W 48–3 | 20 | 36 | 294 | 4 | 0 | 124 |
| Sep 22 | vs. | W 70–14 | 15 | 20 | 174 | 3 | 0 | 78 |
| Sep 29 | vs. | W 58–10 | 29 | 38 | 453 | 3 | 0 | 104 |
| Oct 6 | at | W 30–27 | 17 | 26 | 191 | 1 | 2 | 129 |
| Oct 13 | at | W 59–57 | 24 | 40 | 395 | 3 | 1 | 181 |
| Oct 20 | vs. | L 19–24 | 29 | 56 | 276 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Oct 27 | at | W 63–21 | 16 | 23 | 260 | 2 | 0 | 90 |
| Nov 3 | at | W 38–13 | 30 | 36 | 311 | 0 | 0 | 129 |
| Nov 10 | at | W 29–24 | 24 | 31 | 253 | 2 | 0 | 92 |
| Nov 17 | vs. | W 47–28 | 14 | 20 | 267 | 3 | 1 | 100 |
| Nov 24 | vs. | W 59–29 | 32 | 44 | 372 | 3 | 1 | 67 |
| Jan 4 ✦ | vs. | W 41–13 | 22 | 34 | 287 | 2 | 1 | 229 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2014 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′11¾″ |
| Weight | 207 lb |
| Arm length | 31⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9⅞″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.68 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 sW |
| Vertical jump | 31½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′5″ |
| 3-cone drill | 6.75 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.03 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 13 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Cleveland Browns | 4 | 18 | 35 | 175 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| 2015 | Cleveland Browns | 9 | 129 | 223 | 1,500 | 7 | 5 | 230 |
| NFL career | 13 | 147 | 258 | 1,675 | 7 | 7 | 259 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 2018 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes |
| 2019 | AAF | Memphis Express |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
Films and books
On film
In books
Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA). Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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