Cam Newton's Legend Only Seems to Be Building as Draft Day Approaches
Most college football pundits will readily tell you that former Texas Longhorns quarterback Vince Young is the one of the best college football players they've ever seen. In fact, some might tell you that he was the best.
Ask those same pundits who former Auburn Tigers quarterback and 2010 Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton most reminds them of, and you'll probably get a pretty consistent response: Young.
Indeed, he's big, he's fast, he's powerful, he's got a great arm, and he's entering the NFL Draft fresh off a BCS National Championship. The only real difference is that it was so incredibly obvious in the days and weeks leading up to the 2006 draft that Young was going to be an impact NFL quarterback, whereas Newton still has some doubters.
Nevertheless, at the rate he's going, Newton should be the first quarterback off the board when the draft rolls around in late April. He could even go within the top five picks, which basically means he will charged with turning around one of the NFL's more downtrodden franchises.
Clearly, this is why the folks at Under Armour saw fit to ink Newton to a record-setting endorsement deal. With a bit of luck, Newton's NFL career will turn out better than the previous record holder, Reggie Bush.
Of course, there is so much positivity surrounding Newton at this point that his bust potential has seemingly dwindled down to nothing. After all, it's not like his talent is going to diminish any time soon, and he's certainly still working hard.
Nevertheless, there's always a "but." As far as Newton is concerned, it's the fact that we're dealing with a guy who has only had one good year. True enough, it was a great season. One of the best ever. But it was one season nonetheless.
One supposes we'll have to wait and see.
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