Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Cam Newton told Jimmy Clausen to ‘kiss his ass’ after Jimmy Clausen wanted $1M to change his jersey number so that Cam Newton could wear number 2.
Cam Newton says that former #Panthers QB Jimmy Clausen wanted $1 million to change his jersey number so that Cam Newton could wear #2, the number he wore at Auburn.
Cam Newton told him to kiss his ass. He said some people don’t even make $1M in their lifetimes, so to ask that for a jersey number is crazy.
Clausen lowered his asking price to $750k and Cam Newton still rejected it, going on to say: “𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮.”
Cam built his own legacy with #1….
Jimmy Clausen never played in Carolina after Newton got drafted, being demoted to third string in 2011 and getting cut before the 2013 season. He played for the Chicago Bears and Baltimore Ravens in 2014-2015. He finished his short six-year NFL career with seven passing touchdowns and 14 picks on just a 54% completion percentage.
Newton, who famously wore number two during his Heisman winning campaign while quarterback of the Auburn Tigers, revealed he attempted to get the number from Panthers teammate Jimmy Clausen, who just happened to be the QB Newton was drafted to replace.
“I didn’t even want number one,” Newton revealed. “Man, Jimmy Clausen, we cool now,” Newton said about his former teammate, who wore number two for the Panthers. Meanwhile, Cam Newton became an instant success, winning the 2011 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year. He accounted for 35 touchdowns that season. His best season came in 2015, leading the Panthers to the Super Bowl and finishing the year as the MVP. Newton threw for 3,837 yards, 35 touchdowns, and ten picks while rushing for 636 yards and ten scores. “Jimbo, he was like ‘shit, if you want it you gotta pay for it.’ I was like cool, how much? He said a million. I said, ‘Boy, kiss my ass boy.’ I said, ‘a million dollars bro?’ I said, ‘bro people don’t make a million dollars in a lifetime, let alone imma give you a million dollars just for a fuckin’ number,’” Newton exclaimed.
“I thought he was playing. The motherfucker comes back and said, ‘Ok bro I talked to my people, we’ll do it for $750,000,’” Newton claimed. “I said, ‘Oh — oh you for real.’”
“I hung that phone up, true story, hung that phone up, I called the equipment manager, I said I’m rocking with number one,” he claimed. “I made an oath to myself, I said that will be the last time Jimmy Clausen will ever be heard of in Carolina,” the NFL’s 2015 NFL MVP revealed.
