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The No. 1 jersey Cam Newton wore with the Carolina Panthers was not his first choice.
When the Auburn Tigers standout quarterback was drafted as the No. 1 pick in 2011, he hoped to keep the jersey number he wore in college: No. 2.
At the time, the Panthers were led by signal-caller Jimmy Clausen, the 48th overall pick in 2010, who proposed a deal to Newton for the No. 2 jersey that Newton took for a joke.
"[Jimmy] was like s---, if you want it, you gotta pay for it," Newton recalled in a YouTube video.