Cam Newton takes shot at Auburn football and other Power Five programs

Cam Newton took a shot at Auburn football, as well as several other Power Five programs, while speaking to high school prospects on April 12 — claiming that such schools merely “protect themselves” and don’t value individual recruits once they’re on campus.

“You think (Georgia head football coach) Kirby Smart needs you? You think (Alabama head coach) Nick Saban needs you?” Newton asked before forcefully answering, “You stupid. You going to Tennessee? Half y’all going to schools that don’t even offer you. If you’re good, it don’t matter where you go, they’re going to find you. I promise you that. A lot of you wanna go to the Alabamas the North Carolinas, the North Carolina States. Y’all gonna be there for four years and not have a meaningful game. Oh, but I got a catch, though. It was senior day,” Newton said mockingly. “It was a slant — relax. Bro, you better go somewhere where you put yourself first. Because when you play for that G, and you play for that A, when you play for that T, when you play for that AU — bro they are putting themselves first. They are bullet-proof.”

Newton has been making waves this offseason has he attempts to find a new job as an NFL backup. This latest video attacking his alma mater, the conference his alma mater played in, and North Carolina’s flagship programs is sure to ruffle many feathers of fans of these schools.

Auburn football legend made the case for HBCUs

Newton is seemingly making the case to go to smaller schools, including HBCUs, instead of going to a program like Auburn football — one that put him on the map as a Heisman winner and BCS National Champion. HBCU Gameday’s Steven J. Gaither pointed out that Newton made a “pretty good argument” for HBCUs.

“Cam Newton didn’t attend an HBCU, but in his most recent video, he made a pretty good argument for prospects to look at them,” Gaither wrote.

That he included AU in his criticism despite what the program did for him during (and after) his one season on the Plains is mind-boggling.