Before he was a Heisman Trophy winner and national champion at Auburn, Cam Newton played two years at Florida. A lot of fans may not remember that fact because Tim Tebow was in town and soaking up all the press.
His freshman year was 2007, when Tim Tebow won the Heisman Trophy, and the Gators won their second national championship in three years during his sophomore season in 2008.
Newton was in Gainesville for some of the teams portrayed in “Swamp Kings,” the latest documentary released by Netflix. He did not make an appearance, but he still had something to say about it. Newton took to TikTok to share some thoughts about the four-part “Untold” series.
One of the issues Newton had wasn’t with someone with whom he played.
“Some of the things I did not like about the documentary was how they played Chris Leak, in my opinion,” Newton said of the former Gators quarterback.
Leak was Florida’s starting quarterback before Tim Tebow, leading the team to the national title game in his final season in 2006.
“I was watching it like, they said things like, ‘We were just one quarterback away.’ Like, bro. Chris Leak was that motherf—er. Let’s not forget how pretty of a ball he threw. Started as a freshman in the SEC from Independence High School out of Charlotte. Like, what are we talking about?”
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Newton expressed disappointment in the lack of participation from some key members of the national championship teams.
“Lastly, where were these players? I really wanted to hear from Percy Harvin, Joe Haden, and the Pouncey twins [Mike and Maurkice]. Like there was so much that they left out. But other than that, it was a good documentary,” Newton added.
After backing up Tim Tebow for one season, Cam Newton was arrested on felony charges of burglary, larceny, and obstruction of justice and suspended from the team.
Newton, the former Panthers’ Super Bowl quarterback, transferred to Blinn College, in Brenham, Texas in the wake of that suspension. Newton had to sit out a year before he could play for another Division I team.
