Former Texas A&M head coach Mike Sherman signed former A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel in the Aggies' 2011 recruiting class but never got a chance to coach him. Manziel redshirted during his freshman campaign and Sherman was let go by A&M after the 2011 season. Now, it looks like that the former A&M coach and player and former NFL coach and player will be reunited in Canada.

According to Duane Forde with TSN, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are sending Manziel, tackle Tony Washington, and offensive lineman Landon Rice to Montreal for defensive end Jamaal Westerman, wideout Chris Williams, and two first round picks in 2020 and 2021.

Manziel signed with the Hamilton Tigers-Cats of the CFL prior to the league's 2018 season. However, he was brought into back up starter Jeremiah Masoli who has thrown for the second most yardage in the CFL this season and has not taken a regular season snap for the CFL team as he served as a backup to starter Jeremiah Masoli. He completed 12 of his 20 passes for 88 yards and a threw his first touchdown pass in Hamilton's preseason victory over the Alouettes.

The Tiger-Cats actually put Manziel onto their negotiation list, a secretive pool then comprised of 35 names (now 45 names) that them place rights on players who might one day join the CFL when he was a freshman with the Aggies. The organization followed Manziel's rise in Aggieland to Heisman Trophy winner and first round NFL draft pick and then the lows of being released by the Cleveland Browns in early 2016, being charged with domestic abuse, and going through rehab not once but twice.

The two parties talked again in the spring and waited to see what interest the NFL might have before any commitments were made. Given the NFL's lack of interest, the two parties got serious about negotiating a deal. Reportedly, Montreal made inquiries about making a trade for Manziel's right's even then but eventually Hamilton decided (at that time) to keep him. The Tiger-Cats offered Manziel two years at $122,000 in base salary, plus $18,000 in housing, $10,000 to sign, and performance incentives.

Sherman was the Aggies' head coach from 2008 to 2011 but was let go after finishing .500 or worse in three of his four seasons at the helm Sherman made his way back to the NFL for a couple of years with the Houston Texans (he was head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 2000 t0 2005) after leaving Aggieland and was named the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes in the off season.

Neither team is performing well in the standings this season. Hamilton is 2-3 and Montreal is 1-4 with the Alouettes having scored the fewest points in the league while surrendering more than any other team as well.