Comparing Kenny Hill to Johnny Manziel through their first five college starts

Replacing Johnny Manziel at Texas A&M was not expected to be an easy task, but Kenny Hill has done an exceptional job so far replacing Manziel. Hill has the Aggies at 5-0 and currently ranked at No. 6 in the country. Hill’s performance during Texas A&M’s first game back in late August got Manziel’s attention if you’ll remember.

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Johnny Football called Hill ‘Kenny Football’ after Hill passed for 511 yards and three touchdowns in a Texas A&M throttling of South Carolina. Since that game, Hill has proven that it wasn’t a fluke. In fact, comparing Hill and Manziel’s numbers through their first five college starts, Hill has the better statistics.

Here is a look at Hill and Manziel’s numbers through their respective first five collegiate starts.

After losing a big-name player like the Aggies did losing Manziel, some colleges can’t recover from the loss. Texas A&M is fortunate that they replaced Johnny Football with the next best thing, ‘Kenny Football.’

It will be interesting to see if Hill can continue his success that he is currently sustaining. Texas A&M is high on Hill and they will need him to continue this level of play if they want to be in the mix of the best teams in the country at the end of the season.

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