Post by Sandman on Dec 9, 2012 8:06:41 GMT -5
He's Johnny Best in Football now - and a freshman, at that.
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first newcomer to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football's top individual prize Saturday night after a record-breaking debut.
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o finished a distant second in the voting and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein was third. In a Heisman race with two nontraditional candidates, Manziel broke through the class ceiling and kept Te'o from becoming the first purely defensive player to win the award.
''That barrier's broken now,'' Manziel said. ''It's starting to become more of a trend that freshmen are coming in early and that they are ready to play. And they are really just taking the world by storm.''
None more than the guy they call Johnny Football.
msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/johnny-manziel-heisman-trophy-texas-am-aggies-quarterback-first-freshman-to-win-beats-out-manti-teo-collin-klein-120812
Well deserved, in my opinion, as I think anyone who's seen him play will agree.
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first newcomer to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football's top individual prize Saturday night after a record-breaking debut.
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o finished a distant second in the voting and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein was third. In a Heisman race with two nontraditional candidates, Manziel broke through the class ceiling and kept Te'o from becoming the first purely defensive player to win the award.
''That barrier's broken now,'' Manziel said. ''It's starting to become more of a trend that freshmen are coming in early and that they are ready to play. And they are really just taking the world by storm.''
None more than the guy they call Johnny Football.
msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/johnny-manziel-heisman-trophy-texas-am-aggies-quarterback-first-freshman-to-win-beats-out-manti-teo-collin-klein-120812
Well deserved, in my opinion, as I think anyone who's seen him play will agree.
