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Johnny Manziel: Football Career Is 'In the Past', 'Proud' of Accomplishments

Johnny Manziel has experienced so many highs and lows over the last decade it can be hard to remember he's still just 27 years old.

He has his whole life ahead of him—it just won't include football. Manziel seems at peace with that notion, telling Don Williams of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal his time as a pro quarterback is over:

"In the past, probably, is the way I'd characterize [my football career]. I've finally got to a point where I'm trying to achieve happiness in life, not happiness on the football field.

"I know a lot of people probably want me to come back and play and give it another chance, but I don't know, as far as being a person and figuring out life as a young adult—trying to make it and figure it out—if I've ever been in a better place than I'm in right now.