The fall and rise of "Johnny Football" Manziel ends at Cleveland
Browns hope Heisman Trophy winner and No 22 overall draft pick is their key franchise quarterback to break Super Bowl hoodoo
Johnny Football kept falling and falling, and landed in the Dawg Pound.
Johnny Manziel, college football's most entertaining player with a reputation for magical plays on the field and making headlines off it, was selected with the No 22 overall pick in the NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns, who hope they have found their franchise quarterback.
Manziel sat in the wings at Radio City Music Hall, waiting nearly three hours for his name to be called as everyone from Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the league's official Twitter account tweeted about him squirming in his chair backstage.
I've been a winner everywhere that I've been ... I'm going to work extremely hard to put myself in the best position to continue that trend of being a winner
Then the Browns, who made two earlier trades, made a third with Philadelphia and nabbed the polarising and electrifying Manziel.
As he walked onto the stage to meet commissioner Roger Goodell, Manziel rubbed his fingers together, a signature "money" gesture.
It is a gesture that has endeared him to some fans and annoyed others critical of his reputation for partying and the "inadvertent" violation of NCAA rules involving signing autographs that got him suspended for a half last season.