Cam Newton has one more thing to celebrate beyond signing a massive, 5-year, $103.8 million contract with the Carolina Panthers this week: Graduating from college.
Keeping a promise he made to his mother, Newton completed coursework last month to complete his college degree. He has been taking classes at Auburn, the school he led to a BCS National Championship title in 2011.
Newton, a lock to be taken number-one overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, decided to forgo his senior year, and was in fact drafted first-overall by the Carolina Panthers. But he promised his mother, Jackie, that he would return to school and earn a degree.