Editor’s note: The following are key dates in Johnny Manziel’s career with Browns.
2014
May 8: The Browns trade up four spots in the first round to select Johnny Manziel, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from Texas A&M University, 22nd overall. Browns fans celebrate and Manziel flashes his signature “money sign” hand gesture as he walks onto the stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York. ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio reports owner Jimmy Haslam told him he became convinced Browns fans wanted Manziel when a homeless man spotted him on the street shortly before the draft and ordered, “Draft Manziel.