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Georgia Football: Kirby Smart hit Johnny Manziel

The football head coach of Georgia Bulldogs, Kirby Smart Sides, wiped the Heisman Trophy award winner Johnny Manziel during a recent coaching clinic.

Smart spoke, as four former Collegiate quarters back on his screen – Alabamas Bryce Young, Joe Burrow from LSU, Manziel from Texas A & M and Auburns Cam Newton. He asked what every quarterback had in common.

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The head coach of Georgia Bulldogs, Kirby Smart, looks on January 2, 2025 in the first half in Caesar's superdome in New Orleans in New Orleans. (Stephen Lew-Mimagn pictures)

One person screamed “Heisman”. Smart said that was a good answer. Each player won the Heisman Trophy during his college time. Someone else said “Champion” and that seemed to be a bridge for smart.

“Champions? He is not a champion. Champion of what? Champion of Fireball,” said Smart about Manziel. “Okay, okay, okay, okay, I'll go here for you. There is Heisman. Right? You had all great days compared to our defenses. All four if you are abolished on us in any way.”

The clip became viral on Monday.

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Johnny Manziel in 2022

Johnny Manziel watched the SEC championship game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the LSU Tigers at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on December 3, 2022. (Brett Davis-USA today sport)

Manziel fought with the Cleveland Browns with drug and alcohol addiction during and after his NFL career. He reflected on the roots and effects of his addiction in a questions and answers with students and those who recover from the Vital Health Conference of the University of Alabama in August.

Manziel stated during the conference that alcohol had no place in his life. He also stated that experience has learned a new way to manage potential future success. He surrounded himself with consultants who put him back on him if necessary. He said he learned that when he had too much of them around him in the past.

Johnny Manziel at Texas A & M.

The former player of Texas A & M Aggies, Johnny Manziel, watches in the first half of the game between the Aggies and the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks on September 16, 2023 in the first half of the game between the Aggies and the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks. (Troy Taormina-USA today sport)

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“I started to develop and have many yes men around me,” said Manziel. “I think at the top of this group of influences I was myself, and the success of success is now not a solo matter. You have to have a support system and rely on things in your life.”

Jackson Thompson from Fox News contributed to this report.

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