Johnny Manziel's glory days on the football field are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, and now he's looking to recreate them in the podcast studio.
The famed college star and notorious NFL arrestee will have his own talk show, “Glory Daze,” distributed by Almost Friday Media. The show will launch during the upcoming football season and feature regular interviews with notable current and former players, sources told Fox News Digital.
“I have been fortunate enough to experience the highs and lows of sadness that come with being a professional athlete,” Manziel said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital.
“With Almost Friday Media's 'Glory Days,' we'll get the chance to sit down with other famous athletes and tell their incredible stories. We'll look back from the players' own perspectives and give fans an inside look at the moments they remember and stories they've never heard before.”
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Texas A&M Aggies player Johnny Manziel appears onstage after being selected by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on May 8, 2014 in New York City. (Elsa/Getty Images)
This isn't Manziel's first foray into sports media this week: On Thursday, it was announced that Manziel will be a guest on ESPN's “College GameDay” for Saturday's game between Texas A&M and Notre Dame, where he will predict the outcome of the game as a celebrity prognosticator.
The Action Network announced Wednesday that Manziel will join its “Big Bets on Campus” podcast this week as a college football commentator.
As a sports betting analyst, Manziel discusses the behavior that is said to lead to addiction.
Addiction of a different kind is a subject he has spoken about recently.
Manziel struggled with drug and alcohol addiction during and after his NFL career with the Cleveland Browns, and he reflected on the causes and effects of his addiction during a question-and-answer session with students and people in recovery at the VitAL health conference at the University of Alabama on Monday.
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Johnny Manziel before the 2024 Cactus Jack HBCU Classic Celebrity Softball Game at Minute Maid Park on Feb. 15, 2024 in Houston. (Photo by Michael Sturhill/MLB via Getty Images)
Manziel said during the meeting that alcohol no longer had a place in his life. He also said the experience had given him new ways of dealing with the possibility of future success. He surrounded himself with consultants who would push back when he needed to, something he said he learned from receiving too much unanimous support from those around him in the past.
“As I started to grow up, I was surrounded by a lot of yes men,” Manziel said, “and I think I was at the height of that influence. And now success doesn't come alone. You need to have a support system and you need things in life that you can rely on.”
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Johnny Manziel speaks onstage during Fanatics Fest NYC 2024 at the Jacob Javits Center on August 16, 2024 in New York City. (Rob Kim/Getty Images via Fanatics)
Manziel's NFL career ended after just two seasons due to a failed relationship with a previous support group, he entered rehab multiple times and was embroiled in multiple incidents, including police involvement and criminal charges. These incidents are the subject of Manziel's Netflix series “Untold: Johnny Football,” which will premiere in August 2023.
Now, in a new chapter after his failed NFL career, Manziel wants to be the one to explore those sports stories on a new platform.
“I'm 31 years old, and as much as I've done in the first 31 years of my life, I see a lot of time left, God willing, to do it. We're not guaranteed our time on this earth,” Manziel said. “Find what drives you. Find what makes you truly happy.”
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