NFL Draft rumors: Johnny Manziel’s family doesn’t want him playing for Texans

The 2014 NFL Draft kicks off on Thursday night, and a lot of eyes will be on Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel. At one point, Manziel was believed to be a potential top pick for the Houston Texans with the No. 1 overall pick, but it turns out that his family does not want Manziel playing in Houston.

It is not because the family believes the Texans are a bad team, but because they believe getting away from Texas will be good for him as he looks to make a transition to the NFL.

From Don Banks of Sports Illustrated:

"From what I’ve been told, Manziel’s family is not rooting for Houston to be his NFL home, believing that staying in Texas will make his already challenging transition to professional football that much more challenging.Their thinking is that Manziel will find it far easier to distance himself from his “Johnny Football” persona and focus completely on football if he’s not near the circle of peers who comprised his college-era partying crowd. His family is said to be in favor of anywhere but Houston, but I’d have to think Dallas would pose the same set of complications in their view."

Perhaps the Texans caught wind of that nugget of information and changed their draft plans so they could land a player who wanted to join their team.

It will be interesting to see where Manziel lands on Thursday night, and we will finally get our answers in just over 24 hours.