Johnny Manziel is leaving professional football behind, instead the ex-NFL quarterback wants fun above all. He continues to look for that in the Fan Controlled Football League (FCF).

Munich – Johnny Manziel has finally finished with professional football.

Instead, the ex-NFL quarterback will once again play in the Fan Controlled Football League (FCF).

“It’s a way to compete on a smaller scale and have fun,” Manziel told “ESPN. “

Settled with career

He no longer has the drive to play football at a high level and no longer has the drive to want to be the best football player, he said. “I’ve come to terms with what my football career was and what it is, and now I’m trying to figure out how to stay connected to the game but from a different position. “

The former Heisman winner had a promising career ahead of him when he was selected 22nd overall in the 2014 draft by the Cleveland Browns. “Johnny Football” only stayed with the Browns for two years, however, before he was released following a number of scandals.

In 2018, the former first-round pick admitted to suffering from bipolar disorder and abusing alcohol to combat his depression.

Since then, Manziel has bounced around various leagues, playing in the Canadian Football League with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes in 2018 and the Alliance of American Football for the Memphis Express in 2019. In 2021, he made his FCF debut. This provides opportunities for fans to have an impact by lining up teams and calling plays themselves.

The new season, in which teams play indoor 7-on-7, starts on 16 April. Eight teams are participating, with team owners including NFL greats such as Dalvin Cook, Austin Ekeler, Richard Sherman and Marshawn Lynch.

Johnny Manziel: “Life sometimes goes the way it goes “

Manziel knows he has had “ample opportunities” to “take my career in a different direction. For whatever reason, whether it was because I was young or because I just didn’t see life through the right glasses at the time, I missed a good opportunity.”

But Manziel has no regrets: “Life sometimes works out the way it works out.