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Johnny Manziel destroyed his NFL career — and nearly his life — to 'get out of being Johnny Football'

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After a roller coaster of a career made him one of the biggest and most notorious names in sports, Johnny Manziel is ready to leave football

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The former Cleveland Browns quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner is the subject of a striking new Netflix documentary, "UNTOLD: Johnny Football"

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His rapid rise to fame and glory, the debauchery that followed him from college to the pros, and the personal struggles that ended his nascent NFL career in just two years and nearly took his life

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"I still get a lot of questions regarding football and regarding a past career, and I want to put the whole Johnny Football thing to rest," he added

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Manziel's ascension to the top of the football world and his subsequent demise in the pros were both well-documented — and publicized — in real time

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His newfound focus on "being open and being honest" while "not having any reservations with the struggles that you have in life," as he told Insider, casts his story in a new light

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Johnny Manziel destroyed his NFL career — and nearly his life — to 'get out of being Johnny Football'

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After a roller coaster of a career made him one of the biggest and most notorious names in sports, Johnny Manziel is ready to leave football

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The former Cleveland Browns quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner is the subject of a striking new Netflix documentary, "UNTOLD: Johnny Football"

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His rapid rise to fame and glory, the debauchery that followed him from college to the pros, and the personal struggles that ended his nascent NFL career in just two years and nearly took his life

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"I still get a lot of questions regarding football and regarding a past career, and I want to put the whole Johnny Football thing to rest," he added

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Manziel's ascension to the top of the football world and his subsequent demise in the pros were both well-documented — and publicized — in real time

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His newfound focus on "being open and being honest" while "not having any reservations with the struggles that you have in life," as he told Insider, casts his story in a new light

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