Cam Newton
Career information High school: Atlanta (GA) Westlake College: Auburn NFL Draft: 2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 Debuted in 2011 for the Carolina Panthers Career history Carolina Panthers (2011–present) Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards NFL 2× Pro Bowl (2011, 2013) Panthers Offensive MVP (2013) AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (2011) Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year (2011) Sporting News Rookie of the Year (2011) PFW/PFWA Offensive Rookie of the Year (2011) 3× Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month (September 2011) 3× NFC Offensive Player of the Week NFL single-season record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback: 14 (2011) Ranked #24 in the Top 100 Players of 2014 List of his accomplishments College AP Player of the Year (2010) Walter Camp Award (2010) Maxwell Award (2010) Davey O'Brien Award (2010) Manning Award (2010) Heisman Trophy (2010) 2x BCS National Champion (2009, 2011) 2× SEC Champion (2008, 2010) SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2010) First-team All-SEC (2010) Consensus All-American (2010) NJCAA National Football Champion (2009) NJCAA All-American (2009) Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2014 TD–INT 82–54 Passing yards 14,426 Passer rating 85.4 Rushing yards 2,571 Rushing TDs 33 Stats at NFL.com Cameron Jerrell "Cam" Newton (born May 11, 1989 ) is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers in Alabama and was drafted as the first overall pick by the Panthers in the 2011 NFL Draft. He is the only player in the modern era to be awarded the Heisman Trophy, win a national championship, and become the first overall pick in the NFL draft all in the same one-year span. In his rookie year, Newton broke numerous rookie and all-time NFL records for passing and running the ball. He became the first rookie quarterback to throw for 400 yards in his first game, shattering Peyton Manning's first-game 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 would go on to become the first rookie quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards in a season, as well as the first rookie quarterback to rush for 700 yards. He also ran for 14 touchdowns, more in a single season than any quarterback in NFL history, breaking Steve Grogan's 35-year-old record.