Steve Spurrier recalls recruiting Cam Newton as potential TE

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Steve Spurrier recalls recruiting Cam Newton as potential TE

College coaches never quite Patrick Brown Jersey know what recruits will become over the course of three or four years, so forgive Steve Spurrier if he didn't clearly see what was coming for quarterback . Of course, Newton's ascent began with a Heisman Trophy-winning season at Auburn and continued with a national championship, followed by a No. 1 overall draft selection, and ultimately, a starting and starring role in Sunday's 50.What Spurrier saw when Newton attended a South Carolina football camp as a prep recruit, he now admits, was another po sibility."And I was smart enough to say, 'If you can't make it at quarterback, you could be a heck of a tight end,'" Spurrier told the .That, presumably, Gord Kluzak Jersey didn't go over well with the former five-star recruit who eventually signed with Florida. After a discipline-related dismi sal from UF, Newton had a spectacular season at Blinn College in Texas, then went on to the aforementioned succe ses. Now, at least at the college level, the next is what most colleges are looking for."Fantastic athlete. He's the quarterback of the future," Spurrier said. "Every Don Cherry Jersey team in America would like to have somebody who is big and strong and can run like him. It really puts a lot of pre sure on the defenses. So he's the prototype quarterback now."Spurrier also recruited Newton's counterpart for the , star , and mi sed on Manning as well. The former Gamecocks coach, who was Milan Lucic Jersey at Florida at the time, harbors no concern about mi sing on Manning."I said, 'You know, looking back now, obviously it was best for Peyton to go to Tenne see because we already had Danny Wuerffel. If both of them would have been at the same school, one of them wouldn't have gotten a chance to play and do what he did,'" Spurrier said, recalling a conversation with Peyton's father, Derek Sanderson Jersey Archie Manning. "'So sometimes in recruiting, maybe it's not supposed to be.'"Safe to say, playing tight end wasn't meant to be, either.Make sure to watch Opening Night live Monday on NFL Network at 8 p.m. ET.*Follow Chase Goodbread on Twitter *.
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