Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel finally explained why he was abruptly absent from a scheduled appearance on ESPN's College Gameday last month. The night before he was supposed to be Gameday's celebrity picker ahead of his alma mater Texas A&M's College Football Playoff game against Miami on December 20, Manziel, 33, attended the boxing match between his friend Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua. "I decided that I wanted to go see this fight," Manziel said on his podcast "Glory Daze" on Thursday, January 8. "I flew into Miami. I went to the fight with my manager and a couple friends.