Cam Newton’s brother, Jacksonville Jaguars offensive lineman Cecil Newton, Jr., has answered multiple media reports about his brother on Facebook in the past few hours.
Starting on his own Facebook page, Cecil, Jr., posted the following:
As cam’s older brother , I would like to Thank all of his fans and supporters for your support and love.. With all of the negative publicity and false accusations facing cam , it’s nothing more than a tool for haters to use against cam to keep him from being successful..
However ; in the midst of all of this we are proud and extremely happy to be apart of Auburn Nation.! This is just the long bumpy road that leads to an extremely successful season.. WAR EAGLE!!!!
Newton’s brother posted the same message on the “Vote for Cameron Newton for Heisman” Facebook page and the”Cam Newton for Heisman” page.
Cecil Newton, Jr.’s brother Cam is facing allegations that he and father Cecil, Sr. - in separate phone conversations - referenced soliciting money from schools during the current Auburn quarterback’s recruiting process.
Two sources who recruit for Mississippi State said that Cecil Newton and his son, quarterback Cam Newton, said in separate phone conversations that his college choice would be part of a pay-for-play plan while Newton was being recruited late last year.
Mississippi State compliance officials relayed the alleged conversations to Southeastern Conference compliance officials in January, according to two other sources close to the football program.
Despite ESPN’s report, an SEC spokesman last week referred to information turned over to conference officials by Mississippi State. “several months” before July as “rumor and innuendo.“ (ESPN reported that the information about the Newton calls was provided to the SEC by MSU in January.)
Wednesday Auburn football coach Gene Chizik once again reiterated that Newton is eligible and will play against Georgia on Saturday.
Despite Chizik’s assurance, one wonders if the NCAA is now in a full court press to get to the bottom of the Newton controversy, as if ESPN’s latest report is in fact true, Newton would undoubtedly be guilty of a serious NCAA violation and be ruled ineligible for the balance of the season.
4:29 pm on November 10th, 2010
How much does the Heisman trust have to pay Cam’s daddy to get him to come to NY to pick up the trophy?
4:29 pm on November 10th, 2010
Good to see some mention that Cam’s older brother plays in the NFL.
5:49 pm on November 11th, 2010
His older brother is NOT on the Jacksonville Jaguars or even the Jaguars practice squad. He did not survive training camp cuts. Please correct your facts.
6:36 am on November 12th, 2010
I agree with the poster above. I was wondering how greedy these guys had to be that the older son was in the NFL and they were still asking for money. I checked the Jags roster and Cecil Jr isn’t even listed. Report the facts.
9:39 am on November 12th, 2010
http://www.jaguars.com/team/Player.aspx?id=2889
facts checked and reported….
1:28 pm on November 12th, 2010
,,face it,, where there is smoke, there is fire. Cam is one “finals test” buying, arrogant, self absorbed, self entitlement crook who got caught (again) and deserves to go down hard,, to bad he, (like Reggie Bush) take down an entire university with him.
Like I always said here before, parents, parents, parents! Cam’s are raging failures and should be severely punished. That families compromised integrity and honesty are of epic proportions. The true crime is that he might actually get a college diploma, when he appears to be as dumb as an lazy adult 4th grader. Way to go dad, football or the fall-back slinging burgers,,, solid foundation!
4:53 pm on November 17th, 2010
Ok…I know the Newtons and Cecil, Jr…
From the Jacksonville Jags website…
The center position is the latest to be hit by the injury bug for the Jaguars.
When the Jaguars cut the roster from 80 to 75 players Tuesday, they put two players on injured reserve, waived a third injured and waived three more. Two of the injured players are centers — John Estes and Cecil Newton.
1:37 pm on November 27th, 2010
Tjones is a hater.. Innocent until proven guilty and from the way it looks after Kenny Rogers, the same guy who started this thing, said no money was exchanged between Miss St and Cam or Auburn and Cam. So looks like you need to select another post to hate on and you’ll be watching us play for a National Championship in jus a couple of months…. Happy Holidays to your family!!!! Killed him with kindness… LMBO.. WAR EAGLE!!!!!