Johnny Manziel says he attempted suicide after Browns cut him in 2016: reports

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Johnny Manziel revealed in a new documentary he attempted suicide after the Cleveland Browns cut him in 2016. 

"Untold: Johnny Football," scheduled to release Tuesday, is the latest of the Netflix series that gives an inside look at one of the top football stars of the 21st century who ultimately flamed out of the NFL despite winning the 2012 Heisman Trophy at Texas A&M. 

His lack of success in the league, mixed with substance abuse issues and a bipolar disorder diagnosis, left Manziel seeing no way out. 

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Former quarterback Johnny Manziel talks prior to the SEC Championship game between the LSU Tigers and the Georgia Bulldogs at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Dec. 3, 2022, in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

"I had planned to do everything I wanted to do at that point in my life, spend as much money as I possibly could and then my plan was to take my life," Manziel explained in the documentary, per multiple reports.

In the documentary, Manziel said that following the 2015 NFL season, his second in the league during which he went 2-4 as a starter with Cleveland, he began using OxyContin and cocaine on a daily basis, per multiple reports. 

He was 215 pounds in January of that year, and by the time September rolled around, he had dropped to 175 pounds. 

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More off-the-field problems came in January 2016, when his girlfriend accused him of hitting and threatening her, which led to a misdemeanor assault charge. 

Though lawyers reached an agreement with officials to get the charge