He also played for the Phoenix Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as well as in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Ottawa Rough Riders.

Manley played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and was selected by the Redskins in the fifth round of the 1981 NFL draft.

[2][1] He had a series of arrests related to his drug problem and was ultimately convicted and served two years in prison.

Manley underwent brain surgery in June 2006 to treat a colloid cyst.

His prognosis was for a relatively full recovery, although doctors have said that memory loss is a common side effect of the operation.