Cam Newton is easily one of the best college football players ever. He carried an Auburn team bereft of future NFL talent on both sides of the ball to a national title, dominating the sport as he went. He also had one of the most unique college journeys, beginning behind Tim Tebow at Florida, landing in junior college, and then returning to Auburn. So he might know a thing or two about picking the right place to go to school.
Arch Manning chose to go to Texas even though Quinn Ewers was established there. He didn't transfer, either, and now he's the starter. Despite missing out on some potentially valuable playing time in the first portion of his college career, the highly-touted QB didn't make a mistake, Newton claimed.
"Texas is trying to put Arch Manning in the best situation to be developed over time. It's not about playing. That's going to come. But who's going to develop this specific talent to be the best talent by the time he's eligible to go to the next level?" The former NFL MVP asked.
Newton says far too many players, and their parents as well, get too upset about not playing early on in their careers. "Scratch that. Go somewhere that after three years, you can put yourself in position to go to the league. That doesn't mean that I can go somewhere I can play early or start," he added.
The former Auburn star said he felt like he was more talented than Tim Tebow, but he admitted that he needed Tebow to show him what he lacked for the college level. In the same sense, Newton said Manning would be a "fool" if he hasn't learned anything from sitting behind Ewers. And because of that, Newton believes it was worth the tradeoff of sitting for a while.