BEREA, Ohio — Johnny Football became more than Johnny Manziel could handle.

“It just overtook who I was as a person,” the Browns quarterback said Wednesday.

Speaking to the media for the first time since spending 10 weeks in a rehab facility, the polarizing Manziel said he’s hoping to move past a regrettable chapter in his life. While he didn’t divulge the reasons for his stay in a Pennsylvania substance-abuse facility, Manziel acknowledged he got caught up trying to live up to a persona he helped create.

“I think at times Johnny Football probably took over me a little bit and I bought into that,” Manziel said.