Heisman winning Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel can't avoid the spotlight anymore even if he wanted to and after some off the field issues, everyone in college football is looking at the star and now he has even more attention after an ESPN The Magazine article was written about him and this comes as he will appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Manziel has received plenty of attention for his antics, including partying, getting thrown out of parties, his life on Twitter, sitting courtside at NBA games, going to a casino and much more. Manziel has been under the spotlight all year after becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman and after he was asked to leave the Manning Passing Academy for being hangover allegedly, he had to put those fires out as well.
The stories detail his life on and off the field as well as how things have changed for him at home with his family and things that he must do now that he is well-known, including bringing security and dealing with fans everywhere he goes.
CLICK here for the ESPN Magazine article and here for the cover story interview from SI.com with Manziel.
Manziel has had quite the year since winning the Heisman trophy as a freshman for the first time in history and although he made headlines for that accomplishment months ago, the only press he seems to get leading up to the upcoming season is about partying and other off the field antics, including getting tossed out of a University of Texas frat party.
According to ESPN.com, Manziel was spotted at a Texas party and a video was posted on the website SB Nation of him getting yelled at and thrown out of the party with one person screaming "get the f*ck out". The SB Nation Texas blog "Burnt Orange Nation" posted the video and some of the people at the party posted pictures and messages on Twitter about him being at the party and also being thrown out. The website said that Manziel was quickly tossed from the party after he showed up and he also was seen in a pink polo shirt covered in beer after someone possibly spilled one on him and he just missed getting hit by a can on his way out as well.
Following the video of the party, pictures were posted of Manziel at another party in Austin over the weekend wearing a Tim Tebow jersey from the New York Jets and partying at a fraternity daytime event. Manziel tweeted out "just win baby" and something about "double digit wins" and championships in response to his Texas party antics and clearly he is continuing the behavior that he has done all year after winning the Heisman, including when he was seen at basketball games, gambling and partying.
According to College Spun, Manziel got a call from Tebow two days before the camp and he left the quarterback a voice mail and while the star said he didn't have the chance to call him back, he said that he would like to soon. Tebow in a way probably tried to give Manziel a heads up and it is semi-reminiscent of when he tried to help Aaron Henrnandez, who now obviously is in jail for murder. Manziel said that he overslept and it wasn't because of a hangover that he missed activities and was asked to leave the camp, but no one is really buying that.