Texas A&M locked in head coach Kevin Sumlin with an approved contract extension. With a little bit of luck, Johnny Manziel may be back for the Aggies next season as well. Despite the indications suggesting Manziel will enter the NFL Draft in the spring, Manziel says that is not a definite just yet. His decision to leave for the NFL will be determined by where he is expected to be drafted in the 2014 NFL Draft if he is eligible.
On Friday Manziel joined The Dan Patrick Show as part of his media tour leading up to the Heisman Trophy presentation. He said there is a chance he could be back in College Station in 2014.
“I don’t know what I would do,” Manziel said when asked what he would do if he was not going to be a first round draft pick. “It would be a decision I would have to make with my family and see what was best for me. It would probably mean returning to A&M another year but I would just see what’s in that position.”
Manziel is expected to be a mid to late first round draft pick by a number of various mock drafts and analysts, so the odds are he will enter the draft and be gone on the first night. Where he ends up remains to be seen of course, but it is not likely he will be playing for Texas A&M in 2014. There have been reports and rumors linking Manziel to a professional agent, although nothing has been 100 percent confirmed on any front at this time. To be eligible for Texas A&M’s bowl game, Manziel cannot sign with an agent or agency until after the bowl game. Texas A&M faces Duke in this year’s Chick-fil-A Bowl on December 31.
“It weighs on you, both ways in the the pros and cons and the emotions of wanting to come back to a great school and continuing on to have a great career on a different level,” Manziel said.