Johnny Manziel’s Recruitment and Admiration for Deion Sanders: An Inside Look

Former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel had a unique recruiting journey back when he was a three-star in the 2011 class. Despite leaving college football as one of the best quarterbacks in history, he was lightly recruited coming out of Tivy High School. According to 247Sports, Manziel held 10 offers from programs such as Colorado State, Baylor, Iowa State, Stanford, and Oregon. The offer from Oregon appeared to be the offer he was looking for as he committed one day later, but ended up backing off his pledge a few months later and flipping to Texas A&M. However, had Deion…