The Human Highlight Tape: Tavon Austin x Johnny Manziel | EP1
For the very first time, welcome to Glory Daze with Johnny Manziel. A podcast that celebrates the highs AND lows that made us fall in love with sports. A podcast that embodies that special feeling of coming home and watching highlights with your buddies at 2 AM.
So who better to launch this show with than the legend, human highlight reel himself - Tavon Austin. Tavon joined us to chop it up about his recent retirement, his legendary career and teammates at West Virginia, his challenges in the league, and plenty more.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Retirement
3:04 - Growing up in Baltimore - Football Beginnings
7:38 - Ad for Underdog
8:23 - Choosing West Virginia
12:49 - Changing positions to wide receiver
14:01 - Coaching change at West Virginia/playing with Geno Smith and Stedman Bailey
17:31 - Ad for BetterHelp
18:15 - Deciding to stay a third year at West Virginia
20:00 - 572 all-purpose yards vs Oklahoma
22:47 - Named Top 2 Duo of the 2000s
24:37 - Transitioning and developing into the NFL
26:55 - Ad for cbdMD
28:55 - Spending first big NFL check
33:58 - Being traded from the Rams to Dallas
38:04 - Coming to terms with reality of not being a Ram
38:57 - The best highlight tape of all-time
41:22 - Heisman conversation
45:59 - Ad for Gametime
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Credits:
Hosted by Johnny Manziel
Original Music By Skeez - “Good Ol’ Days”
Executive Producers:
Johnny Manziel
Elizabeth Lodge
Jacob Selzer
Paige Hymson
Jade Watson
Diona DaCosta
Produced By:
Shayna Session
Doug Banker
Ryan Holcomb
Casting By:
Megan Johnson
Edited by:
Paul Brasil
Social By:
Zach Lupica
Arman Walia
Special Thanks:
Alex Edge
Rick Mader
Andrew Kenward
Jack Barrett
KC Murphy
Herb May