[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 160 (Wednesday, December 12, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1920]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HEISMAN WINNER JOHNNY MANZIEL

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 12, 2012

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, last weekend, America watched as 
Kerrville, Texas' own star quarterback received College Football's most 
prestigious award--the Heisman trophy.
  Johnny Manziel, the Tivy High School graduate and current Texas A&M 
University quarterback, became the first college freshman to follow in 
the footsteps of some of the sport's greatest athletes.
  Known by his fans as ``Johnny Football,'' it seems as if Manziel was 
born to play the game. His first year at Tivy High School, Manziel 
started out on the freshman football team. By the end of the season, he 
was playing on Varsity. He was the only quarterback in America named as 
a Parade All-American his senior year.
  This year, Manziel led the Aggies to a victory over Alabama, the 
number one ranked team in the nation. He is the first freshman and only 
the fifth player in the NCAA to pass for 3000 yards and rush for 1000 
yards in a season.
  The champion who Americans have now been introduced to is the same 
humble young man that Kerrville, Texas, has known all along. Hard work, 
determination and graciousness have been Johnny Manziel's trademark all 
along.
  From the halls of Congress, and from the heart of Texas District 21, 
congratulations, Johnny, on well-deserved award.

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