Cam Newton

Cam Newton

Cameron Jerrell Newton  (born May 11, 1989)  is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. After starting his college football career as a backup to Tim Tebow at Florida, Newton transferred to Blinn College. He then joined Auburn, where he won the BCS National Championship and Heisman Trophy in 2010. Newton was then drafted as the first overall pick by the Carolina Panthers in the 2011 NFL Draft.

In his rookie year, Newton broke all-time NFL rookie records for passing and rushing yards by a quarterback. He became the first NFL quarterback to throw for 400 yards in his first game, shattering Peyton Manning's record by 120 yards. He also broke Otto Graham's 61-year-old record for passing yards by any quarterback in an NFL debut.  Newton went on to become the first rookie quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards in a season.  He also ran for 14 touchdowns, more in a single season than any other quarterback in NFL history, breaking Steve Grogan's 35-year-old record.

Newton capped off the 2015 season by capturing AP NFL MVP honors and leading the Panthers to a 15–1 record and a trip to Super Bowl 50. Newton, along with Steve McNair, became just the second African-American quarterback to win NFL MVP.  Over the next several seasons, Newton dealt with numerous injuries, and following the 2019 season, he was released by the Panthers.
Newton was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the son of Jackie and Cecil Newton Sr., who was cut as a safety from the pre-season rosters of the 1983 Dallas Cowboys and 1984 Buffalo Bills,  and the younger brother of Cecil Newton, Jr., a center who played for the Jacksonville Jaguars and was on the practice squad of Baltimore Ravens.  His youngest brother, Caylin, is starting quarterback for the Howard Bison.

Newton was a talented baseball and basketball player as a youth but developed a fear of being hit by a pitch in baseball and could not avoid foul trouble on the basketball court. He stopped playing baseball at 14 years old and quit basketball shortly into his high school career.
In the spring of 2015, Newton graduated from Auburn University with a degree in sociology
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_Newton