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Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin wants Johnny Manziel to call him

Graham Watson

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin is concerned about former quarterback Johnny Manziel, who hasn’t returned any of Sumlin’ calls.

Sumlin told the Paul Finebaum Show on Tuesday that he’d last seen the Heisman Trophy winner at former Aggie and current Tampa Bay Buccaneer wide receiver Mike Evans’ wedding in February. Since then, Manziel has been MIA for his old coach.

“We’ve reached out to him and I haven’t gotten a response yet,” Sumlin told the radio program. “What we want is for him to be at peace and be safe. That has nothing to do with football and has everything to do with his life.

“That was my message to him (at the wedding). That’s the only thing we really care about right now. Where he is as a person is more important than football or anything like that.”

Manziel has had a tough offseason. He was cut by the Cleveland Browns and subsequently dropped by two different agents. He was recently indicted on an assault charge stemming from an incident with his former girlfriend in Dallas. He was last seen at a Justin Bieber concert during the first night of the 2016 NFL draft and then buying shots at the bar the following day.

He posted his first series of tweets in more than a month during the first day of the draft.

Then he offered a reconciliation of sorts to those who have supported his football career.

Sumlin has always been in Manziel’s corner, even offering advice on how he needs to settle down if he wanted to have a future in the NFL, which at this point, seem unlikely.

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Graham Watson is the editor of Dr. Saturday on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email her at dr.saturday@ymail.com or follow her on Twitter!