Johnny Manziel Continues to Play Football, but ‘Learned More Through Downfall’

Johnny Manziel #2 of the Memphis Express looks on after the game against the Birmingham Iron at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, in Memphis, on March 24, 2019. Joe Robbins/AAF/Getty Images

Johnny Manziel will play his second game Saturday this season in the Fan Controlled Football League (FCF), a professional indoor league created in 2017, where all of the games are played at the Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia.

In his third league since his last game with the NFL Cleveland Browns in 2015, the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner was thoroughly criticized for his brash on-the-field and off-the-field party antics.