How Did Cam Newton Influence On American Football

The Carolina Panthers found themselves a star in Kelvin Benjamin drafting him 28th overall in 2014 draft. We took him 28th overall I think he has already become a steal for the Panthers and Dave Gettleman who is a great evaluator of talent. He took the NFL by storm becoming quarterback Cam Newton's favorite target right away and for good reason; setting Panther rookie records for receptions receiving yards and touchdowns with 79 catches 1008 yards and nine touchdowns.

Cam Newton is the quarterback (QB) for the Carolina Panthers. He was born May 11th, 1989, in Atlanta Georgia. Cam is currently 26 years old. He went to school at Westlake High School, Auburn University, University of Florida, and Blinn College. He was the youngest of 2 brothers, Cecil Newton Jr., and Caylin Newton. His mother’s name is Jackie Newton and his father’s name is Cecil Newton, Sr. Eager to prepare his sons for a shot at the NFL, Cecil put Cecil Jr. and Cameron through college-type drills before they reached their teens. When Cam’s older brother invited him to play football with his friends, it was the younger Newton who ran circles around them. Between his sophomore and junior seasons, Cam grew three inches and

Johnny Manziel wins the highest honor in college football, the Heisman as a freshman, the very first freshman to do so. The quarterback from Texas A&M was the second Heisman winner from Texas A&M, first since John David Crow in 1957. Manziel won the award in the year of 2013, his stats were unbelievable, he accumulated: 3,419 passing yards, 1,181 rushing yards, 24 passing touchdowns, and 19 rushing. The ballot was not even close, Johnny Manziel gathered 474 First Place votes and the runner up Manti Tèo only had 321 first place First Place votes. Although of a great year Manziel did not leave to go to the NFL draft and went on to play one more year at Texas

Brett Favre at first got traded to the Atlanta Falcons and did a few snaps but they did not like him. So After he got drafted to the Green Bay Packer’s. In the game of september 20,1992 Don Majkowski had an ankle injury. So Brett Favre was the back up and he stepped in and threw the game winning touchdown to Kitrick Taylor. And ever since that he never missed a game for his 17 year career. He became the three time mvp in 1995, 1996 and 1997 and that lead him to win super bowl XXXI. He played a NFL record 297 games. He had the most completions in the NFL in 1998 and 2005 and has the most touchdowns in all the seasons between 1992 and 2007. In 2008 he got traded to the New York Jets and just missed the playoffs. and in August he signed a contract to play with the Minnesota Vikings and went 12 and 4. Also in the championship game he threw an interception and lost the game. Brett Farve had a amazing NFL

Cameron Jerrell Newton was born on May 11, 1989 in Savannah, Georgia. He was the younger of two sons born to Cecil and Jackie Newton. Cecil was so eager to prepare his sons for a shot at the NFL, he put Cecil Jr. and Cameron through college-type drills before they reached their teens. Cam grew up in College Park, a suburb south of Atlanta. Cam began playing organized football as soon as he was allowed, and by age 8, he was a star. Since it was a weight-based football league, he often skipped meals in order to remain eligible. Cam was a so-so student at Seaborn Lee Elementary School and at Camp Creek Elementary School, but his parents refused to let him slip through the cracks. Cam was bright enough, and the teachers liked him, but his abundant energy, often made him hard to handle in the classroom. (jockbio.com)

Let’s face it, regardless if you were his biggest fan or thought there was no room for Johnny Football’s style of play and immaturity in the NFL, the kid was something to watch when he was still in college. There weren’t many in the game who could scramble and create something out of nothing better than Manziel, even Alabama head coach Nick Saban couldn’t put together a game plan to keep the kid

Tomlinson was now a horned frog. Before Ladanian got there they only appeared in one bowl game in the previous 12 seasons and only 2 in the last 32 seasons. They got dropped to a minor conference called the western athletic conference (WAC). During his freshman and sophomore year he was second string behind Basil Mitchell. In his sophomore year he did help the frogs to their first bowl win in 41years. They were against the USC Trojans in the Sun Bowl. In 1999 his junior year he broke an NCAA FBS record for the most rushing yards in just a single game with 406 total rushing yards. The record stayed the same until just 2 years ago in 2014 where Melvin Gordon for the Wisconsin Baggers with 408 yards in a single game. Which it was broken just a week later by Oklahoma’s Samaje Perine rushing for 427 yards. Tomlinson finished his junior year rushing for 1.850 yards and adding on 18 touchdowns of his own. Tomlinson’s senior year came in 2000 where he led the NCAA for the second time rushing for over 2000 yards (2,158) and adding 22 touchdown’s to himself. Tomlinson was recognized as a first-team all American. He also won the Doak Walker Award, Mobile Alabama bowl most valuable player (MVP), Got the Jim Brown Trophy, Senior bowl MVP, was a two time All-WAC First team, two time WAC offensive player of the year, and added on top of all that was a finalist in the 2000 Heisman Trophy, but fell short getting voted fourth. After having

There are very few people (those few being Alabama fans) who will not call Deshaun Watson one of the best College quarterbacks of the decade. When we look at the way he played against Alabama in the Championship game, especially in the fourth quarter when he let the Tigers to a stunning win, all of his stats point to the NFL. But, so did Tim Tebow, Mr. Football Johnny Manziel, and Vince Young.

After enduring probably the longest 7 months of his life, Tom Brady overcame adversity after beating the 4 game suspension that was handed down by NFL Commissioner Rodger Goodell. There was a lot of speculation behind "deflategate" that tainted Tom Brady's name and legacy after hearing about him destroying his phone during the investigation, but in the end, Brady's suspension was overturned by a judge in court which automatically made him eligible to play against the Steelers in Week 1. During the whole ordeal, Brady remained silent and kept his name clear of any attention while the investigation was active, but on September 3rd, his suspension was nullified and Brady finally spoke out.

Manziel, called "Johnny Football" in college, had impressive statistics in college, along with his Heisman Trophy. Starting 26 games over two years, he was 595 for 863, 68.9%, for 7,820 yards, with 63 touchdowns and 22 interceptions. He was the first freshman and fifth play to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 in the same season. He was the first freshman ever to win the Heisman and led Texas A&M to a 41-13 victory over Oklahoma in the 2013 Cotton

Florida State only won four games in a three year stretch before Bowden came along in ‘76. After taking the reins at Florida State, Bobby immediately got to work transforming the Seminoles into the team that it is today. Over the years he has recruited many star athletes to come play football for Florida State including dozens of All-Americans, two Heisman Trophy winners and many star athletes that would also become stars in the NFL.

With the first pick in the 1998 NFL Draft, the Indianapolis Colts selected Peyton Manning. Peyton's background looked to set him up for a great career from the start. Manning was talked up to be a great player, and he has proved himself throughout the years. While already being one of the most known quarterbacks in NFL history, Peyton is also considered by many to be the greatest of all time. Peyton Manning is the best quarterback in NFL history because of the following: he's humble on and off the field, he's resilient through neck injuries and surgeries, and he holds a lot of NFL records.

Tom Brady rose to stardom quickly, but he was once an underdog. Starting off his football career, Tom Brady was unwanted and did not get any playing time in college. First he red-shirted his first year at the University

In 2005 the world had been introduced to one of the best collegiate running backs to ever go through the University of Southern California. His name is Reggie Bush and he achieved one of the best personal awards any collegiate football player could want and that would be the Heisman award. Reggie bush played running back for USC in 2005, he was 6 foot tall and weighed 200 pounds, and he played tailback as a sophomore in college and played in 13 games. He was named “Pigskin club of Washington D.C offensive player of the year.” He was also named the2004 PAC-10 offensive player of the year, “Then He was named the 2005 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year (just the fifth

Cheating scandals in collegiate athletics have been happening since the beginning of the NCAA, ranging from paying players to play, recruiting violations and other cases of academic cheating. One of the greatest scandals of all time was when the Southern Methodist University football team was sentenced to the athletic program’s “death penalty” (termination of the program) for paying athletes to play football for their school (Ribock, 2012). Louisville’s case of recruiting violations has been the most recent. The Cardinals (Louisville) were found to have had athlete-held parties with drugs, alcohol and strippers that were paid over $10,000 in the time period of 2010 to 2014 by former Assistant Coach Andre McGee, who left after the case opened in 2014. These outrageous parties were held to persuade the new basketball recruits to attend their school. This case came to a close in