Johnny Manziel’s football career will continue, though not in quite the same way we’ve seen in the past.
Manziel will make the fourth stop in his pro football career with the Fan Controlled Football, according to ESPN’s Kevin Seifert.
FCF — a start-up football league — combines the sport with elements of esports. It’ll be quite different from the conventional football games he’s played in. The league features 7-on-7 games where fans do everything from setting the roster and lineups to calling actual plays. The league begins in February and games will be streamed on Twitch.
Manziel said he wasn’t trying to return to football anytime soon, but was convinced by the league’s founders to join.
“Life gives you opportunities sometimes to do something that you would still like to do if it was in a different capacity. This has a lot of potential to just be a good time and still be football-centric. They’re going to let the people [who] join this league be who they are and have fun with it and be a little bit more free than what football is sometimes. That’s definitely what appealed to me. They don’t want me to change who I am or anything else. They want to come out, put a good product out and be fun with it.”
This is the fourth stop in his pro football career. Here’s a quick look back at the first three.