In August, it appeared that former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel was on the brink of restarting his football career north of the border in the Canadian Football League. The CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats extended a workout invite to the 2014 first-round NFL draft pick and though they did not choose to sign him, citing “too many red flags,” their interest in him has apparently not dwindled.
The Tiger-Cats have held onto Manziel’s rights but the CFL decided first to do a thorough investigation of Manziel’s past—including a 2016 domestic violence charge—before deciding whether or not he would be eligible to play in the league.