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Johnny Manziel has finally addressed missing College GameDay this weekend.
On Friday night, Manziel was seen in Miami at the Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua fight at the Kaseya Center.
On Saturday morning, Manziel, who was scheduled to appear on College GameDay, no-showed and was replaced by Alex Caruso.
Johnny Manziel’s Instagram story the night before he was supposed to be College GameDay’s guest picker for his former school’s first playoff appearance #CFPplayoff pic.twitter.com/TRMvSQL5GD
— Leah Vann (@LVann_Sports) December 20, 2025
Former Texas A&M star QB Johnny Manziel NO-SHOWED his scheduled appearance on ESPN’s College Game Day in College Station this morning after spending Friday night attending the Jake Paul-Anthony Joshua fight in Miami 😬
Alex Caruso was made the guest picker instead. pic.twitter.com/ASYPYlt8Xu
— Football Forever (@fballforeverhq) December 20, 2025
Fans immediately accused Manziel of missing GameDay because he was out partying in Miami.
Johnny Manziel missing College GameDay because he was out in Miami the night before is the most Johnny Manziel thing ever. Twelve years later, and nothing’s changed
— David Ramirez (@DavidRamirez54) December 20, 2025
On Sunday, Manziel released a statement addressing the situation, and claims he missed the show for reasons out of his control, but denies the “fake narrative” that he no-showed because he was out partying.
“I will have plenty more to say about what transpired yesterday,” Manziel wrote in an Instagram story. “There is almost nothing on this earth that would have made me miss that game. To all the people that genuinely reached out and checked in on me, I cannot thank you enough. To ESPN, Pat, Coach, Desmond, and the entire crew on GameDay, I apologize; it was out of my control. To the Aggies and A&M fanbase, I’m sorry. I will continue to let everyone out there run with a fake narrative, and at the end of the day, perception always wins over reality. I love all of you who genuinely support me through good and bad, like you’ve done for years”
“I have no doubt Texas A&M and the Aggie football program will be in that position. I’m recovering and feeling about a 3/10, going to rest up and try and get back to normal. Much love.”
Former Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel apologizes on his Instagram story for missing his appearance as the designated guest picker for ESPN’s “College GameDay” yesterday and says it was out of his control. Former A&M men’s basketball star Alex Caruso filled his place. pic.twitter.com/GM4czUSx4Y
— Carter Karels (@CarterKarels) December 21, 2025