Texas A&M Football

Fall Camp Day #12: Post-practice spotlight

By Olin Buchanan

August 16, 2012

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Life after the quarterback competition

There wasn’t 82,000 looking at him, but Johnny Manziel got a small taste of what’s to come as a horde of reporters gathered around to watch his every move at Texas A&M’s Thursday night football practice.

Such is life for the Aggies’ starting quarterback.

A&M coach Kevin Sumlin announced on Wednesday that Manziel, a redshirt freshman, had won a competition for the starting job over redshirt sophomores Jameill Showers and Matt Joeckel.

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Tags: Kliff Kingsbury, Fall Camp, Nehemiah Hicks, Johnny Manziel, Football, Texas A&M, 2012