Former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (now John Manziel based on what he told radio host Dan Patrick earlier this week) is becoming well traveled and that's not necessarily a good thing from a career standpoint. Manziel has now been with six different football entities since 2013 beginning with the Aggies where he won a Heisman Trophy, the Cleveland Browns beginning in 2014 after he was selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, the South roster in the NFL's 2018 Spring League the Hamilton Tigers-Cats and Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League where he spent the fall of 2018, and then the Memphis franchise of the now defunct Alliance of American Football.

Even though Manziel hasn't come close to living up to his A&M days since his departure from College Station, the memories have been enough to get both teams and fans as a whole interested in seeing what he has left in the tank. With the fall of the AAF, everyone has turned their eyes to the next spring football that intends to begin play in 2020, Vince McMahon's XFL, and now have begun to wonder if the next phase of his career is with that league. Appearing on Monday’s #PFTPM podcast from Pro Football Talk, XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck was asked about the possibility of Manziel joining the league. Luck didn't rule it out when asked about it and even tended to make it sound like the door was open for him to have the league look at him.

“If he is able to meet our standards and if our coaches think he’s one of the top quarterbacks out there that can help us,” Luck said. “Certainly we have no reason not to believe he couldn’t be in the mix. But again it’s really up to our coaches in terms of the quarterbacks they wanna take a look at.”

Manziel lasted just two seasons in the league after being a first round draft pick of the Cleveland Browns with the 22nd selection of the 2014 NFL Draft. Manziel struggled on the field to recreate the same magic he displayed as a Heisman Trophy winner and finalist in his two seasons of playing football with the Aggies. In Aggieland, Manziel worked in the spread which played to his strengths which included his vision and mobility. In the league, he worked in a version of the West Coast offense which tended to tie him down in the pocket and asked him to throw timing routes as opposed to improving on the move. It didn't help that Manziel had off the field issues which resulted in his eventual release by the Browns and then a stint in a four team spring league.

Manziel's time in the CFL was welcome from a public relations standpoint as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats had ESPN and several other outlets at a CFL training camp which is a rarity. However, Manziel never had a chance to win the starting job in Hamilton with only a couple of pre season game appearances and never appeared in a regular season game for them. He was eventually traded to Montreal Alouettes where he appeared in eight contests. Manziel posted a 64.5 percent completion rate, throwing for 1,290 yards with five touchdowns and seven interceptions before the league and he parted ways and he headed south to the AAF.