In a recent Netflix documentary, former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel revealed that he tried to take his own life. Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver...
“I thought it was very noble of him to do what he did, ‘cause it takes heart to admit a lot of that stuff,” Evans said.He ramped up to daily drug use of mostly cocaine and oxycodone, his weight dropped from 215 to 175 and he attempted to “self-sabotage” with a “$5 million bender,” and a gun he’d purchased with one objective.“I planned to do everything that I wanted to do at that point of my life, spend as much money as I possibly could,” Manziel said matter-of-factly.
“I still to this day don’t know what happened, but the gun just clicked on me. I couldn’t fix what I had done ... with the NFL, with A&M, everything at that point in time. ... The ride was over.”Evans and Manziel each played for A&M from the 2012-13 seasons. Manziel racked up a combined 7,820 passing yards and 2,169 rushing yards over those two seasons. Evans was his top target with a combined 2,499 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns from 2012-13.
“I thought it was a good documentary,” Evans said. “I mean, there’s a lot of stuff that I knew about, questions answered for a lot of people.”
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