There are many NFL players who cannot still believe they are playing football at the highest levels. However, this is a feeling that is common with those who enter the league for the first time ever. Though that feeling does eventually fade away, the first year is always surreal. Not everything is a cherishable memory, though, as one particular tradition strikes the fear of God in rookies. That is, according to Cam Newton.
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Newton is a former NFL QB who played for the Carolina Panthers for 10 years. Though he was not able to win a Super Bowl, he finished his career as the QB with most rushing touchdowns, and second QB with most rushing yards. The 2015 MVP also had a single-year stint with the Patriots, though that ended when he was cut from the roster in 2021.
Cam Newton recollects how his rookie dinner bill almost gave him a heart attack
Newton, who was drafted #1 overall by the Panthers in 2011, talks on his podcast ‘Funky Fridays’ about his experience with a long-standing tradition. He says, “At the end of the year, we had a rookie dinner, and I remember that because…they close the restaurant. They got some big a** steaks. I don’t even drink but that’s a big a** wine bottle and champagne… And then they sent me that bill? Oh, My Goodness.”
He goes on to explain how he was lucky enough to get only a $17,000 bill. “The tab, I think was upwards of $17,000. I ain’t never spent that type of money in my life… but then I started hearing other stories like $50,000, $60,000, and this that and third, oh shoot I got away with murder,” he says.
Newton had a massive controversy overshadow his college career
While Cam Newton is known for making controversial statements, his saga with trouble started way before he was even picked by a college. Apparently, it seems his father tried to wrestle money out of the University of Mississippi, in order for Newton to play for them. When the NCAA caught wind of this, they quickly started a very slow investigation, which ended up exonerating Newton completely.
Since then, that controversy has taken a back seat, after he started making some very not-so-nice statements. He found himself in hot water after he made some unsavory, misogynistic comments about women not knowing how to cook. It seems he is simmering down a bit. Though with Cam Newton, can fans really expect him to not stir something up?
