Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel nearly transferred before Heisman Trophy winning 2012 season

[TexasTowelie]

Even as Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel’s recent tweet about wanting to leave College Station is widely dissected, it’s only now becoming clear just how close he came to departing the school and town before the “Johnny Football” sensation ever occurred.

A&M initially suspended Manziel for the 2012 season following his arrest in College Station’s Northgate bar district last summer, a source with knowledge of the situation told SportsDay.

Manziel, entering his freshman season after sitting out the 2011 season as a redshirt, would have felt it was necessary to transfer if the suspension wasn’t overturned on appeal, according to the source.

Manziel won the appeal, allowing the Heisman Trophy winning season in A&M’s 11-2 SEC debut and the rise of the Aggies to transpire.

Manziel was arrested for misdemeanors of fighting, failure to identify and possession of fake IDs around 2 a.m. on June 29, 2012.

Source: http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/source-texas-ams-johnny-manziel-nearly-transferred-before-heisman-trophy-winning-2012-season.html/

[Ilsa]

1. One thing about football players:

They want to play. Showers transferred out, I believe, because there wasn't going to be a place for him to shine as a quarterback unless he did so.

Manziel would have had to do the same if his appeal had not worked.

Kerrville is different place. Not too many people of color there. I don't know if or how racist it is there because I've never lived there. I'm glad Manziel wasn't spouting racist trash, though.