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What loses me is when folks compare JFF to Honey Badger or similar players. Honey Badger came from a very broken home with no money and with a Dad in prison and a ton of hanger on buddies that were trying to mooch off of him. Manziel is the complete opposite other than he is bound to have some friends who may have ill intent as that is hard to avoid, fortunately he has enough smart people around him to protect him.

Pretty sure he was adopted by his aunt and uncle at a young age (around 5 or so?). I want to say I read a post a while back by LSUfreek or someone on the Tiger Rant that works with his aunt, who's a nurse. For all intents and purposes, the aunt and uncle provided a stable home environment once Mathieu came to reside with them. I don't believe he was some poor abandoned child growing up in the projects

Like JFF, Mathieu got caught up in the hype and made some really dumb decisions.

Mattheiu may not have grown up in hell but the guy had a lot of problems to overcome and certainly didn't have the money or strong positive influences that Manziel has. It is also true that his father killed a man and is in prison for life. He also isn't an academic stud like Manziel is either. I have always liked Honey Badger and hope he gets his life together but his upbringing couldn't be more different than Manziel even if it wasn't all tragedy.

The Matt Barkley comp is actually closer to Manziel but still not the same.