In 2012, the brightest star in all of sports was an undersizedfreshman quarterback Johnny Manziel from unheralded TexasA&M, whose fervor on the field was rivaled only by hishard-partying ways off it. Dubbed "Johnny Football", themagnetic football player captured the nation's attention andinitially relished his alter ego: "I wanted to be JohnnyFootball. Johnny Football never had a bad time", he says. Butas the money rolled in, the scrutiny heightened, and Manzielrejected his newfound fame and suddenly lost his way. Withastonishing candor, Manziel — along with his family,coaches, former best friend and agent — details whathappened behind the scenes as scandals piled up in the glare ofpaparazzi flashbulbs. He fumbled his shot at NFL success afterthe Cleveland Browns picked him in the first round of the NFLdraft in 2014, but Manziel went on to search for somethingeven greater.
