Despite the prestige of these extraordinary accomplishments, I think Cam Netwon has earned an even more important title: sports’ greatest redemption story.
Kicked off the team at Florida for stealing and then exiled to Blinn Community College, Newton seemed destined to take his place among the thousands of promising young athletes never able to realize their potential.
Fortunately for Newton he found Auburn.
From the moment Newton became a Tiger his life has been on a fast track past simple redemption to full-fledged sports icon.
An SEC Championship, the Heisman Trophy and Auburn’s first national championship in over 50 years would have cemented Newton as one of college football’s greatest turnarounds.