Johnny Manziel with the Cleveland Browns, 2015
With the Cleveland Browns, 2015. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Best season
4,114
Passing yards, 2013 (Texas A&M, 9–⁠4)
Best game
446 yards
Vs. Mississippi State, week 11, 2013: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in total offense, 2012
Drafted
No. 22
Overall, 2014 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

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, 2012

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GGSCmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgYdsAvgTD
201100
2012131329520168.03,706269155.31,4107.021
2013131230014469.94,1143713172.97595.39
Career26255953457,82063222,16930

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Texas A&M2QB
2012Texas A&M2QB
2013Texas A&M2QB6′1″

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2013Texas A&M4970.3693rd (n=144)0.22178.357%0.290.27

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
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.RiceW 52–⁠3168943019
Sep 7vs.Sam HoustonW 65–⁠2829424263136
Sep 14vs.AlabamaL 42–⁠4928394645298
Sep 21vs.SMUW 42–⁠13142124411102
Sep 28atArkansasW 45–⁠3323302612059
Oct 12atOle MissW 41–⁠38313934601124
Oct 19vs.AuburnL 41–⁠4528384544248
Oct 26vs.VanderbiltW 56–⁠2425353054111
Nov 2vs.UTEPW 57–⁠716242734067
Nov 9vs.Mississippi StateW 51–⁠4130394465347
Nov 23atLSUL 10–⁠3416412241254
Nov 30atMissouriL 21–⁠2824351951021
Dec 31 ✦vs.DukeW 52–⁠4830383824073
2012 Texas A&M 13 games, 3,706 passing yards, 26 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 8vs.FloridaL 17–⁠2023301730060
Sep 15atSMUW 48–⁠3203629440124
Sep 22vs.South Carolina StateW 70–⁠1415201743078
Sep 29vs.ArkansasW 58–⁠10293845330104
Oct 6atOle MissW 30–⁠27172619112129
Oct 13atLouisiana TechW 59–⁠57244039531181
Oct 20vs.LSUL 19–⁠2429562760327
Oct 27atAuburnW 63–⁠2116232602090
Nov 3atMississippi StateW 38–⁠13303631100129
Nov 10atAlabamaW 29–⁠2424312532092
Nov 17vs.Sam HoustonW 47–⁠28142026731100
Nov 24vs.MissouriW 59–⁠2932443723167
Jan 4 ✦vs.OklahomaW 41–⁠13223428721229

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014
Height5′11¾″
Weight207 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size9⅞″
40-yard dash4.68 s
10-yard split1.63 sW
Vertical jump31½″
Broad jump9′5″
3-cone drill6.75 s
20-yard shuttle4.03 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.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2014Cleveland Browns418351750229
2015Cleveland Browns91292231,50075230
NFL career131472581,67577259

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

YearsLeagueTeam
2018CFLHamilton Tiger-Cats
2018CFLMontreal Alouettes
2019AAFMemphis 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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