Cam Newton of Auburn University Speaks At A News Conference

21-year-old defenseman from Auburn University, may have been an outstanding player in college last year, but he remains a controversial figure who has traveled a bumpy road to the summit.

His ability as a player no doubt, and it was no surprise that the Carolina Panthers hesitation, chose him as number one choice, after that, no doubt, clean his condition generally putting his life in the spotlight with a struggling team.

"This is a great responsibility and I accept it," Newton said of the offense leading the Panthers, who finished the NFL worst 2-14 last season.

Newton began his football career college in Florida, but after finding a stolen laptop and persistent rumors of academic fraud, he was transferred to the college.

In the Blinn College, he led the football team to the national junior college before transferring back to the heyday of American Football in the United States Auburn.

This process led to another crisis in Newton.

In mid-2010 a brilliant campaign Auburn track, which recommended a strong arm and bruises works of Newton, major differences arose on his right.

It was found that his father Cecil Newton, who played two seasons for the Dallas Cowboys, as security attempted to solicit payment from another university for the services of his son, in violation of the strict rules of the amateur.

Newton was briefly deprived of the right to play, but later reinstated after found no evidence that he had any knowledge about the activities of his father.

In the end, binding 6-foot-5, 250-pound (113 kg) quarterback has risen to new heights. He threw 30 passes touchdown and was intercepted only seven times.

He was a runaway winner of the Heisman Trophy, as the best player in college, and he showed his ability to overcome criticism when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced on the radio in the mayor's office Thursday that he is number one choice.

"Man, I'm happy. I'm glad to be over. There were a few sleepless nights," he said.

"Oh God, I'm relieved. What I really want to do, I can not do it. I just want to scream."

Newton was asked if his choice has made all of his travails worthwhile.

"To some extent it does. But at the same time, when I wake up in the morning, is another goal or task at hand that I need to be addressed. You know, this transformation is the organization that was the worst and try to be progress in the first queue. "

Others before him were paid lavishly to take on this task. Last year, quarterback Sam Bradford signed a six-year, $ 78 million deal with St. Louis Rams.

With the uncertainty surrounding the NFL's labor is not clear whether Newton can expect the same deal.

"I'm really not focused on the approval and money," he said.

"This is something that is going to take care of themselves. One thing I'm focused on my number one priority, it is in this organization and take steps, how do I become a better player."

Newton heard the criticisms that could cause problems adapting to a more complicated game NFL, but he seeks to prove the skeptics wrong.

"I learned a lot. I learned that you guys do the work in the criticism of each competitor in the main, but at the same time, I embraced this process ...