MEMPHIS, TN - MARCH24: Johnny Manziel #2 of the Memphis Express warms up before a game against the Birmingham Iron at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on March 24, 2019 in Memphis, Tennessee. The Express defeated the Iron 31-25.

Johnny Manziel asks to join XFL, then deletes Twitter account

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Johnny Manziel has done an about-face on the XFL.

Two weeks after tweeting he had no interest in "playing for another league that's going to fold on you midway through the season," Manziel reached out to the commissioner of the XFL for a job opportunity.

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Manziel's account has since been deactivated.

The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner has bounced around football leagues since last appearing in the NFL in 2015. He joined the CFL in 2018, splitting time between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes before he was released by the league and joined the startup AAF.

The AAF folded last spring after eight weeks.

The XFL debuted two weeks ago and drew an average of 3.3-million viewers across its four games. Those ratings dropped in Week 2 to an average of 2.06 million.

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