During the game, he broke the single season record for offensive production in the SEC with 4600 yards, surpassing Cam Newton and Tim Tebow, notable recent Heisman Trophy winners. He also became the first freshman and only the fifth player in NCAA history to pass for 3000 and rush for 1000 yards in a season, reaching that mark two games earlier than any other player. Manziel was awarded the Davey O'Brien Award on December 6 and the Heisman Trophy on December 8, making him the first freshman to win the award.^[5]

Sto se tice NFL karijere jos je rano govoriti, tek je odradio prvu sezonu u NCAA, ali zna baciti i moze trcati. Ove sezone je bio iznenadjenje jer nitko nije mislio da ce tako rano biti tako dobar, treba vidjeti kako ce reagirati iduce sezone kada se obrane budu spremale za njega. Medjutim prelazak iz NCAA u NFL je veliki korak i mnogi koji su bili odlicni u NCAA se ne snadju. Recimo Tebow je bio legenda u College Footballu a u NFL-u nista. Matt Leinart je bio bog u USC, cak su mu i jersey retireali a u NFL-u nista. S druge strane Tom Brady je bio vise manje prosjek u NCAA a postao je jedan od najuspjesnijih NFL QB-ova. Tako da o dometima je tesko govoriti cak i kod igraca koji su odigrali vise od jedne sezone u NCAA.