Cam Newton Net Worth

 

Cam Newton was born on May 11, 1989 in Atlanta, GA. He is an American football player for the Carolina Panthers playing the quarterback position.

Newtons net worth is earned from Football and endorsements and is an estimated $47 million in 2016.

In 2011, Cam started his professional journey in the NFL, singing a 4 year contract with the Carolina Panthers for $22 million. This deal made his net worth jump to $3 million the first year of his professional career.

Cam is one of the only players who was a national championship, get a Heisman Trophy and become the first pick in the NFL draft all within the same year.

His rookie year, he broke a ton of records including the first quarterback to throw 400 yards their first game, first QB to throw 4,000 yards in a season and running for 14 touchdowns.

In 2015, Cam signed a 5 year agreement with the Panthers for $103 million dollars which grew his net worth by 5x.

Cam Newton Net Worth: Football

Football has been Cam Newtons life ever since a young age. Cam went to a small high school in Atlanta, Georgia called Westlake High School. As a junior, he passed for 2,500 yards and 23 touchdowns and ran for 638 yards and 9 touchdowns. This kind of skill got him a lot of attention from college recruiters.

During his senior year in high school, he was rated a 5 star prospect by Rivals.com. He received offers from a handful of great schools like Georgia, Oklahoma and Ole Miss but Cam ended up committing to the University of Florida in 2007.

As a freshman,  Newton was the back up quarterback and was able to play in 5 games but his sophomore year he was booted from the team from stealing another students laptop. He transferred to Blinn College due to potential expulsion for academic dishonesty.

He led Blinn to the NJCAA National Football Championship in 2009, getting him even more attention as a star athlete. During the season he was ranked number 1 quarterback and was the only 5 star recruit. He as eventually recruited to Auburn where he would finish out his college career.

At Auburn, Cam led the Tigers to a SEC Championship victory breaking all sorts of collegiate records and winning a whole lot of honors and awards. Here is a list of all the awards and honors he revived in college:

• Manning Award
• Davey O’Brien Award
• Heisman Trophy
• Walter Camp Award
• Maxwell Award
• AP College Football Player of the Year
• First team All Southeastern Conference