Johnny Manziel — the former Cleveland Browns quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner — is the subject of a striking new Netflix documentary.
"UNTOLD: Johnny Football" details the once-superstar's rapid rise to fame and glory as a teenage sensation at Texas A&M, his tumultuous journey from college to the pros, and the personal struggles that nearly took his life after his NFL career flamed out shortly after it began.
Part of the impetus for agreeing to participate in the extremely personal and vulnerable documentary, Manziel told Insider, was to put that chapter of his life behind him and "let the past be the past."
"I still get a lot of questions regarding football and regarding a past career, and I want to put the whole Johnny Football thing to rest," he added. "Even though it'll never quite fully go away, at least for the majority of people in my interactions in daily life, I want to be able to put this story out there and just let it be what it is."
That story is certainly not without its fair share of peaks and valleys. From becoming the first-ever freshman Heisman Trophy winner to narrowly avoiding failing his NFL Combine drug test and partaking in a $5 million bender, here are 16 of the most startling revelations from Netflix's "UNTOLD: Johnny Football."