On Saturday, Auburn will officially retire Cam Newton's No. 2 jersey for good, 15 years after he led the Tigers to a national title with one of the greatest individual seasons in college football history.
ESPN recently looked at some of the most unlikely national champions of the past 75 years, and Newton's version of the Tigers was on that list.
"After more than a half-century without a real title*, Auburn finally achieved another one with one of the most lightning-in-a-bottle seasons in college football history. The Tigers had gone just 13-12 in their two previous seasons, and they would go 11-14 over the next two, but in between they played 14 games with Cam Newton at quarterback and won all of them, seven by just one score.