On a day when he won the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award for the fourth time in his career, an introspective Cam Newton talked more about the Carolina Panthers’ team accomplishments – and also brought up his arrest for stealing a laptop in college.
Newton, Carolina’s fifth-year quarterback, mentioned the laptop incident at Florida in the context of his hope that his perseverance can serve as inspiration to others.
Newton said when he talks to student groups or other young people, he tells them if he can make it to the NFL anybody can.
“You’re talking about a person, what, six or seven years removed from a stolen laptop, things that people don’t really want to talk about,” Newton said Wednesday.