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Johnny Manziel's inner demons are destroying him. At one point the man they call "Johnny Football" seemed to have the world in the palm of his hands.

The 23-year old quarterback won The Heisman Trophy in 2012, while playing for Texas A&M.

In 2014 he was selected in the first round of the NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns, who had hoped that he would lead the team for many years.

Now, he is about to be released by the team because of his increasingly erratic behavior off the field.

On Friday, February 5, his father Paul Manziel expressed concern for his son.

"I truly believe if they can't get him help, he won't live to see his 24th birthday," Paul told The Dallas Morning News.

Johnny's family unsuccessfully tried to get him to enter the Enterhealth Ranch addiction facility in Van Alstyne, on Saturday, January 30, but he refused to stay.

His father believes Johnny is suicidal and on Tuesday he had him admitted to Carrollton Springs Hospital, a psychiatric and chemical dependency facility, but the staff allowed him to leave. 

Johnny voluntarily entered rehab for alcohol abuse on January 28, 2015. He spent more than two months there before being released.

He issued a statement at that time vowing he would do better, saying he had learned from his past mistakes.

"I would like to thank my family, friends, the Browns organization, my teammates, and Browns fans everywhere, for your patience, understanding, and support during my stay at Caron.

The doctors and staff have been amazing and what I’ve learned in the last couple of months has been tremendous. I owe private apologies to a lot of people that I disappointed but a very public one to the Browns organization and the fans that I let down.

I take full responsibility for my actions and it’s my intention to work very hard to regain everyone’s trust and respect. I understand that will take time and will only happen through what I do and not what I say.
I also understand there’s a lot of curiosity about this but anyone who has a friend or family-member that’s been through things like this knows it’s an ongoing process. I’m going to continue to ask folks to try to respect my privacy as I determine to what degree I am comfortable talking about a subject which I consider very personal.

Most of you have been considerate about that and I thank you for it. I look forward to seeing my teammates next week and focusing on football and my desire to be the best possible player, teammate, and man that I can be."

But it wasn't long before he was back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

The quarterback's agent, Erik Burkhardt, distanced himself from the situation by severing ties with him on Friday.

"It is with deep regret that after several emotional and very personal discussions with his family, his doctors, and my client himself, I have made the decision to terminate my professional relationship with Johnny Manziel," Burkhardt said in a statement. "Though I will remain a friend and Johnny supporter and he knows I have worked tirelessly to arrange a number of professional options for him to continue to pursue, it has become painfully obvious that his future rests solely in his own hands. His family and I have gone to great lengths to outline the steps we feel he must take to get his life in order. Accountability is the foundation of any relationship, and without it, the function of my work is counterproductive."

This latest news comes on the heels of a domestic dispute that happened last Saturday between Johnny and his ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley.

Johnny allegedly physically assaulted her and threatened to commit murder/suicide. The Fort Worth, Texas police department investigated the incident and decided not to press charges.

On Friday Deion Sanders spoke out about the situation on ESPN's 1st Take.

"It's hard to help someone who doesn't want to help themselves," Sanders said. "Sometimes you gotta negate the person because when they're lying in a pool of ignorance they don't understand direction. And sometimes the direction is for the protection. [Manziel] needs to be taken, not voluntarily admitted. Taken ... thrown into a rehabilitation center with love and care. And he needs to understand that this is it."

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