NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- College football had better enjoy Johnny Manziel while it's got him, if you believe a couple of coaches I talked with here this week at the AFCA convention.
So much for three more tries to become only the second repeat Heisman winner?
"There's no way he stays four years," one coach told me with insistence. "I bet he's gone after this season."
At first, I thought that seemed implausible. But the more you think about it -- whether it's the social behavior that isn't conducive to college boundaries or a growing market for mobile quarterbacks like him in the NFL -- it begins to make some sense.
To read Travis Haney's full take on Johnny Manziel's future, plus a look at other top offseason storylines, including Chip Kelly's return to Oregon and LSU's outlook for 2013, you must be an ESPN Insider.
Travis Haney
ESPN Insider• Joined ESPN as Insider's national college football writer in April 2012
• Previously wrote for The Oklahoman and The Post and Courier
ABOUT THIS BLOG
Travis HaneyTravis Haney joined ESPN in April 2012 as Insider's national college football writer. He previously covered the University of Oklahoma Sooners for The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman for one season, and the University of South Carolina Gamecocks for The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier for four. Additionally, Haney has contributed since 2003 to ESPN publications and projects, including ESPN The Magazine.
A native of Cleveland, Tenn., Haney's initial introduction to a college football cathedral was Neyland Stadium. He later graduated from the University of Tennessee, in 2003, and has spent time covering the Volunteers, the University of Georgia, Clemson University, and other schools. Safe to say, football, and football in the South, was injected into his bloodstream at a young age.
Haney is the author of three books -- Gamecock Glory and Gamecock Encore, which chronicled the South Carolina baseball team's run to the 2010 and 2011 national championships, and State of Disunion, a historical look at the Clemson-South Carolina football rivalry that he co-wrote with Larry Williams.
Haney resides in Charlotte, N.C. You can follow him on Twitter here.
