Johnny Manziel Signs Endorsement Deal With Nike

Johnny Football is now a name that you can associate with the Nike brand.

With LeBron James’ business manager Maverick Carter and Fenway Sports Group orchestrating the deal Manziel was able to lock down a multiyear contract with Nike. The financial aspect of the contract hasn’t been disclosed, but Manziel will be receiving the largest endorsement deal out of any rookie in this class. 

Among those that Nike was competing against include Adidas, Under Armour, and New Balance’s Warrior Brand. The inability to sign Manziel hurts Adidas the most as they sponsored the Texas A&M Aggies during his two years at College Station.
Johnny Manziel joins an elite roster at Nike that already includes NFL quarterbacks Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick, Drew Brees, and Aaron Rodgers.
 

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Jameis Winston Leads 2013 AP All-America Team

Famous Jameis Winston earns himself another accolade Tuesday as the AP release their 2013 All-America Team. Coming off his Heisman Trophy win last Saturday the standout Freshmen earned himself AP All-America status today. Accompanying Jameis on the AP All-America First Team are his Heisman candidate counterparts Andre Williams (RB) and Jordan Lynch (QB).

 

 

While Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel failed to repeat as the Heisman winner the OVO affiliate still managed to make AP All-America Second Team. Other Heisman candidates that made the AP All-America Second and Third Teams are Tre Mason (Second Team) and AJ McCarron (Third Team).

Check out the full All-America Team rosters down below.
 

All-America First Team
Jameis Winston – QB – Florida State – Freshmen
Andre Williams – RB – Boston College – Senior
Ka’Deem Carey – RB – Arizona – Junior
Jake Matthews – OT – Texas A&M – Senior
Cyrus Kouandijo – OT – Alabama – Junior
Cyril Richardson – OG – Baylor – Senior
David Yankey - OG – Stanford – Senior
Bryan Stork – C – Florida State – Senior
Brandin Cooks – WR – Oregon States – Junior
Mike Evans - WR – Texas A&M – Sophomore
Jace Amaro – TE – Texas Tech – Junior
Jordan Lynch – All-Purpose – Northern Illinois – Senior
Roberto Aguayo – K – Florida State – Freshmen
Michael Sam – DE – Missouri – Senior
Jackson Jeffcoat – DE – Texas – Senior
Aaron Donald – DT – Pittsburgh – Senior
Will Sutton – DT – Arizona State – Senior
Anthony Barr – LB – UCLA – Senior
C.J. Mosley – LB – Alabama – Senior
Ryan Shazier – LB – Ohio State – Junior
Darqueze Dennard – CB – Michigan State – Senior
Lamarcus Joyner – CB – Florida State – Senior
Codey Prewitt – S – Ole Miss – Junior
Deone Bucannon – S – Washington State – Senior
Tom Hornsey – P – Memphis – Senior

All-America Second Team
Johnny Manziel – QB – Texas A&M – Sophomore
Tre Mason – RB – Auburn – Junior
Bishop Sankey – RB – Washington – Junior
Cameron Erving – OT – Florida State – Junior
Taylor Lewan – OT – Michigan – Senior
Gabe Jackson – OG – Mississippi State – Senior
Xavier Su’a-Filo – OG – UCLA – Junior
Gabe Ikard – C – Oklahoma – Senior
Sammy Watkins – WR – Clemson – Junior
Davante Adams – WR – Fresno State – Sophomore
Eric Ebron – TE – North Carolina – Junior
Ty Montgomery – All-Purpose – Stanford – Junior
Anthony Fera – K – Texas – Senior
Vic Beasley – DE – Clemson – Junior
Shilique Calhoun – DE – Michigan State – Sophomore
Timmy Jernigan – DT – Florida State – Junior
Kelcy Quarles – DT – South Carolina – Junior
Trent Murphy – LB – Stanford – Senior
Khalil Mack – LB – Buffalo – Senior
Chris Borland – LB – Wisconsin – Senior
Justin Gilbert – CB – Oklahoma State – Senior
Jason Verrett – CB – TCU – Senior
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix – S – Alabama – Junior
Ahmad Dixon – S – Baylor – Senior
Drew Kaser – P – Texas A&M – Sophomore

AP All-America Third Team
AJ McCarron – QB – Alabama – Senior
Carlos Hyde – RB – Ohio State – Senior
Ameer Abdullah – RB – Nebraska – Junior
Jack Mewhort – OT – Ohio State – Senior
Gregory Johnson – OT – Auburn – Sophomore
John Urschel – OG – Penn State – Senior
Ryan Groy – OG – Wisconsin – Senior
Reese Dismukes – C – Auburn – Junior
Allen Robinson – WR – Penn State – Junior
Jordan Matthews – WR – Vanderbilt – Senior
Austin Seferian-Jenkins – TE – Washington – Junior
Odell Beckham Jr. – All-Purpose – LSU – Junior
Jeff Budzien – K – Northwestern – Senior
Marcus Smith – DE – Louisville – Senior
Jeremiah Attaochu – DE – Georgia Tech – Senior
Ra’Shede Hageman – DT – Minnesota – Senior
Leonard Williams – DT – USC – Sophomore
Shayne Skov – LB – Stanford – Senior
Max Bullough – LB – Michigan State – Senior
Denicos Allen – LB – Michigan State – Senior
Ife Ekpre-Olomu – CB – Oregon – Junior
Vernon Hargreaves III – CB – Florida – Freshmen
Jimmie Ward – S – Northern Illinois – Senior
Ty Zimmerman – S – Kansas State – Senior
Austin Rehkow – P – Idaho – Freshmen

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Florida State Quarterback Jameis Winston Not Charged (Video)

Jeff Cameron, host of 97.9 ESPN Tallahassee is reporting that Florida State freshman quarterback, Jameis Winston, will not be charged of sexual assault of a fellow FSU female student.

 

 

Reports ESPN:

Thursday's decision clears the way for him to finish the season with the No. 1 Seminoles.
Willie Meggs, the state attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit, is scheduled to formally announce the move during a news conference Thursday at the Leon County Courthouse. Winston had faced felony charges after being accused of sexually assaulting the woman at an off-campus apartment on Dec. 7, 2012.

Meggs and his office have been investigating the case for the past three weeks, and they interviewed the accuser about two weeks ago. Last month, ESPN.com reported that DNA found in the woman's underwear matched Winston's DNA. His attorney, Tim Jansen of Tallahassee, said Winston had consensual sex with the woman. But the woman's attorney, Patricia Carroll of Tampa, Fla., said the star quarterback raped her 19-year-old client, a former FSU student, who withdrew from classes after the allegations resurfaced in media reports last month.

Carroll and Jansen couldn't immediately be reached for comment. FSU coach Jimbo Fisher was expected to address the media after the Seminoles' practice on Thursday, but the school indicated that Winston likely will not speak.
If Winston, a redshirt freshman from Bessemer, Ala., had been charged with a felony crime by the state attorney's office, he would have been immediately suspended from the team and ineligible for competition under FSU athletics department policy. Now, Winston can finish the season with the Seminoles, who are heavy favorites to defeat No. 20 Duke in Saturday night's ACC championship game in Charlotte, N.C. With one more victory, the Seminoles (12-0, 8-0 ACC) would punch their tickets to the Jan. 6 VIZIO BCS National Championship at Rose Bowl Stadium.

The accuser initially reported the alleged rape to FSU police on the night of the incident. Since the incident took place away from campus, FSU police immediately referred the case to Tallahassee police. The woman's attorney has been critical of the way Tallahassee police handled the case from the beginning. In a statement released two weeks ago, Carroll wrote that a TPD police officer told her that Tallahassee is a "big football town, and the victim needs to think long and hard before proceeding against [Winston] because she will be raked over the coals and her life will be made miserable."
Last week, Tallahassee police issued a timeline of the case and defended their handling of the investigation. According to the timeline, TPD said the woman didn't identify Winston as her alleged attacker until Jan. 10, more than a month after the incident. Tallahassee police said evidence from the woman's rape kit was sent to the state crime lab on Jan. 15, and Winston declined to be interviewed by police on Jan. 23.

In February, Tallahassee police put the case in "open/inactive" status because the accuser decided she didn't wish to prosecute the case. But Carroll has vehemently denied that the woman ever wanted to drop the investigation.

Winston, who has passed for 3,490 yards with 38 touchdowns and five interceptions in his first season as a starter, might become the second consecutive freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. Last season, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win college football's most coveted individual honor. Many Heisman Trophy voters were waiting to learn the results of the criminal investigation before casting their ballots. The deadline for ballots to be turned in is Monday. 



 



Jameis Winston's DNA Linked To Accuser In Sexual Assault Investigation

Florida State Seminoles freshman quarterback Jameis Winston is facing allegations as part of a sexual assault investigation that began in Dec. 2012.

 

Reports Bleacher Report:

 

ESPN's Mark Schlabach reported on Wednesday, Nov. 20, that the DNA test linked Winston to the accuser:

DNA analysis completed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on Tuesday confirmed that DNA provided by Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston matched the sample taken from the underwear of a woman who has accused him of sexual battery.

According to the DNA analysis report, a copy of which was viewed by ESPN.com on Wednesday, the Florida state crime lab determined that the chances of the DNA in the woman's underwear are a match for someone other than Winston was one in 2.2 trillion.

The DNA match alone does not prove that Winston, a leading Heisman Trophy candidate, sexually assaulted the woman, as the accuser's family claimed in a statement released by a Tampa-based attorney on Wednesday. But it does indicate that Winston, who has yet to talk to Tallahassee police or the state attorney investigating the case, had his DNA associated with the accuser on Dec. 7, 2012, when the accuser claimed she was sexually assaulted at an off-campus apartment.

However, Tallahassee.com later reported that the DNA test was not confirmed:

FDLE spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger told the

Tallahassee Democrat late Wednesday night Tallahassee police had asked the agency to consult on forensics, but she could not confirm ESPN's report and the report was not provided by the agency.

According to a statement released by the family of the alleged victim, a Tallahassee detective warned the accuser against pursuing charges against Winston. The statement comes courtesy of the Tampa Bay Times:

After the woman — a Florida State student from the Tampa Bay area — identified Winston as the suspect in early January, "the family grew concerned that she would be targeted on campus" and requested assistance from an attorney friend, according to the statement.

"When the attorney contacted Detective (Scott) Angulo immediately after Winston was identified, Detective Angulo told the attorney that Tallahassee was a big football town and the victim needs to think long and hard before proceeding against him because she will be raked over the coals and her life will be made miserable," the family said.