It appeared as if Johnny Manziel had a path to greatness laid out for him when he starred at Texas A&M and Dowell Loggains wanted to be a part of it.

Loggains, who was the Browns’ quarterbacks coach under head coach Mike Pettine, received a text from Manziel encouraging the team to draft him in 2014.

Here is what Loggains had to say in a radio interview from Cleveland.com:

“We’re sitting there and they keep showing Johnny on T.V. and Johnny and I are texting and he shoots me a text and he says, ‘I wish you guys would come get me. Hurry up and draft me because I want to be there. I want to wreck this league together.'”

From there, the rest was history.

Loggains went on to forward that text to owner Jimmy Haslam and encouraged him to trade up in the draft to select Manziel. The Browns proceeded to trade up from the 26th pick, moving up to No. 22 to land the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner.

Unfortunately for the Browns, Manziel wrecked nothing but his reputation and another head coach as Pettine was dismissed after the 2015 season.

For what it’s worth, Loggains seemed to have a decent relationship with Manziel leading up to the draft. Loggains seemed to be high on Manziel.

“It shows you what type of competitor the kid is and I got to spend so much time with him leading up to this process. … I feel like I know him very well. I had a good relationship with him. That’s the type of kid this guy is. He wants to do well. He’s got a chip on his shoulder and he decided to be a Brown.”

While it looks like Manziel’s future isn’t with the Browns, it’s conceivable that he and his former quarterbacks coach could reunite in with the Bears in Chicago.