Johnny Manziel was born on December 6 1992. He was born and raised in Tyler, Texas. Johnny Manziel went to Tivy High School where he was starting as a football star. Manziel’s parents are Michelle and Paul Manziel. Johnny believe it or not started off his football career as a wide receiver in high school. He actually didn’t do bad either. He even returned a kickoff for a touchdown.( Johnny Manziel ) He was then changed to quarterback. He had 3,609 passing yards in his high school career. He won offensive player of the year in Texas twice while in high school. That’s very impressive. Johnny was a being scouted a lot at this point. Lots of big name colleges were looking at the great Johnny Manziel. Johnny not only played football. He also …show more content…
played baseball, golf, and basketball. (Johnny Manziel) Manziel finished off his senior year with a grand total of 77 touchdowns.
Rushing, passing, and even receiving! After his high school was over he got offers from Texas A&M, Tulsa, Oregon, Baylor, RIce, Wyoming, and Stanford! Johnny decided to go with his home town Texas A&M. Johnny was disappointed that Texas didn’t choose him but he was happy to be with a college. (Johnny Manziel) At first Johnny was going to play with Oregon but then chose Texas A&M. THe first year he didn’t get to play because they had Ryan Tannehill. THen Ryan got drafted by the Miami Dolphins the next year and it was Johnny’s turn to see how he could do. IN Manziels first game he broke Manning’s record. That is when he earned his name “Johnny Football”. He played Arkansas and beat them. THey were rated the #1 ream in the nation.(Johnny Manziel) Johnny played great in 2012. He broke Cam Newton’s and Tim Tebow’s record in rushing and passing. That is truly amazing. WIth the 2012 season winding down, the votes were tough with Manziel, Manti Te'o’ and Colin Klein. But Manziel pulled it out winning the 2012 Heisman Award! Johnny had one more year in college and when he played great in 2013 in almost granted him a spot in the NFL.( Johnny
Manziel) WHen the draft came up Johnny was drafted in the 1st round 22nd pick by the Cleveland Browns. Johnny played horribly in the preseason. Johnny got fined by the NFL for flipping off the Washington Redskins bench. Brian Hoyer was named starter for the regular season. Brian was doing great. Then he started playing bad. Manziel got to play in the 4th quarter and was 5 for 8 in passing. He handed the ball of twice to Isaiah Crowell. He then got to start versus the Cincinnati Bengals and was sacked many times. One time Rey Maualuga actually mocked his signature “money” sign. Johnny threw two interceptions to the Bengals defense. Bengals win over the Browns 30-0. Now MIke Pettine has a hard decision on his hands, Manziel or Hoyer?(ESPN)
He did very well in all of these sports and won many trophies. He went on to play football for the Honolulu
In 1992, Lewis, armed with a full scholarship, enrolled at the University of Miami, at the time home to one of the country's best football programs. He quickly became a vital piece in a vaunted Hurricanes' defense. Overall, he ranks fifth all time in school history in tackles, and at the end of his junior year was runner-up for the Butkus Award as the nation's best linebacker.
football all his life. In fifth grade he decided which position he wanted to play when he
Jerry Rice was a hardworking brick layer with his dad and his siblings. He found out about football from school when the coaches there picked him up. Jerry Rice was very talented and caught the eye of college scouts and was enrolled at Mississippi Valley State University in 1981. Through his 4 year college career, he hauled in 4,692 receiving yards and collected and 18 Division I-AA records.
One of the things that make Charley Johnson a Trailblazer, is that he was taking classes in college at the same time he was in the NFL. After getting his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at NMSU in 1961, he continued to take classes at Washington University when he was with the St. Louis Cardinals. He had time to both play football and take classes by taking them at night. He earned his Master’s degree in 1963, then earned his Doctor’s degree in
Brett Favre grew up idolizing a pair of Southern quarterbacks, the Saints' Archie Manning and the Cowboys' Staubach. He grew up in Kiln, Mississippi and went to high school in there. His high school, Hancock North Central, honored him this past May by re-naming the field, 'Brett Favre Field,' and unveiling a life-sized statue of the quarterback at the stadium's entrance. The school previously had retired his jersey, Number 10, in 1993. He stayed in the south to go to college where he went to Southern Miss. He became the starter at Southern Miss in his third game of his freshman season. Favre majored in special education. He led his Southern Mississippi team to 29 victories, including two bowl victories, during his four varsity seasons, 1987-90, and climaxed his collegiate career by earning a MVP award in the East-West Shrine game featuring the nation's best seniors. Favre set school records for passing yards (8,193), pass attempts (1,234), completions (656), completion percentage (53.2), touchdowns (55), and with only 35 interceptions. His production included five 300-yard passing games and five 3-TD performances, while his 7,695 regular-season passing yards ranked him among the top 30 of all-time NCAA passers. His 1.57 interception ratio in 1988 was the lowest among the 50 top-ranked passers in the nation, and his 2.9 interception rate for his four-year career also ranks as one of the best in NCAA history. Also he was the MVP of the All-American Bowl at the conclusion of his senior year. All those records and stats and that was only in college!!!
An athlete’s college career is something seldom used when determining the best players at each position to play professional football. To seriously distinguish between whether Manning or Brady is the best quarterback of their generation their college careers must be carefully examined. Manning, a farm-boy, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 24, 1976 ("Peyton Manning Career Biography and Statistics | SportHaven.com"). His father attended Ole Miss, where he is very well known, but Peyton, when making his decision chose to attend the hated University of Tennessee. As a Tennessee Vol, Peyton Manning, not only set records, but also posted astronomical numbers. He won his first start as quarterback, 10-9 against Washington State, and lead the team t...
Did you know that Joe Montana grew up in a town where many other great quarterbacks grew up for example Dan Darino and become one of the best to ever play. Joe had a amazing life he won many awards and become very famous over the years. He has a beautiful wife and two kids. Joe montana is one of the greatest football players to ever play.
Palmer ended up leaving Wake Forest a year early to join the Coast Guard. He fully intended to return to school to earn his degree. He did return to Wake Forest, but he never completed the degree.
Tom Brady was born in 1977 in San Mateo, California. He was the only son and youngest child of Tom and Gaylyn Brady.Their whole family were sports enthusiasts and his sisters also played a variety of different sports. Tom got hooked on football when he was young and used to attend San Francisco 49ers games. An High School he excelled at baseball and football an High School. By his junior year he was starting quarterback and by senior scouts were looking at him. Tom got recruited by the Montreal Expos but declined it to play football for the university of Michigan. Like High School TOm did not play that much his first two seasons of College but then he started quarterback his junior year. This year he threw 350 passes and 2,636 yards. An his senior year he led his team to win the The Orange Bowl.
On March 24, 1976, Peyton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Archie and Olivia Manning. He was the second of three boys. Cooper and Eli are his siblings. Peyton developed his skills from watching his dad play for the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings. In 1991, Peyton became the starting quarterback for Isidore Newman High in New Orleans where he felt comfortable playing with Cooper, the top receiver. After being recruited by several different colleges, Peyton chose the Tennessee Volunteers. Under Peyton’s leadership, the volunteers steadily climbed to a high national ranking. Also while playing for Tennessee Peyton set forty-two conference, school, and NCAA records. Although he was finished in three years and was expected to turn pro, he chose to stay with Tennessee one more year. In his last year with the Volunteers he led them to the National Championship in the Orange Bowl. The following year Peyton, the number one overall NFL draft pick, became the starting quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts.
But with grace they let him have his choice on which high school to attend. Tebow came to national prominence by his junior year. He was known for his throwing and running ability and his intensity of competitiveness. Later that year, he injured his right leg during the first half of the game. He thought it was just cramping so he played the rest of the game including a twenty-nine yard rushing touchdown. It turns out it was a broken fibula and not cramping. After the game when they realized what the actual injury it was, he was held out of the rest of his junior
Jim Thorpe Award, 1988; NFL Defensive Player of the Year, 1994; eight-time Pro Bowl selection; six-time first-team All-Pro; inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame, 2011.
Back in the 2012 NFL Draft, Luck was revered as one of the greatest prospects in more than a decade. Regarded as a near perfect specimen by some pundits, he was often compared to other great quarterbacks like Peyton Manning and John Elway. Some speculated that he would eventually become the next great NFL quarterback, and those are high expectations for a young quarterback that had yet to play a down in the NFL.
His high school career began with his enrollment at Simeon Career Academy. During Rose’s freshman year, he led his junior varsity team to the city championships; later being offered to play with the varsity team, but turned the offer down, not wanting to steal the upper classman’s thunder. Rose’s sophomore season started with him scoring 22