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WATCH: Cam Newton, Bruce Pearl hop into Auburn student section

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peery•10/09/21
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The student section at Auburn had a few surprise visitors this afternoon during the Georgia-Auburn game. Auburn football legend Cam Newton decided to jump in the student section a bit and join a shirtless Bruce Pearl, Auburn’s head basketball coach.

Check out the video below.

Cam Newton: College career highlights

Newton is one of the biggest Auburn football legends in the history of the school. His journey to Auburn was a roundabout one. He started out at Florida, would eventually transfer to Blinn College in Brenham, Texas.

The freakish dual-threat quarterback would go on to lead Blinn to the 2009 NJCAA National Championship. He threw for over 2,800 passing yards and 22 touchdowns, while rushing for over 600 rushing yards in leading the Buccaneers to a national title.

During his recruitment after JUCO, Newton had three finalists: Oklahoma, Mississippi State, and Auburn. He chose the Auburn Tigers.

His 2010 season for the Auburn Tigers was a magical one as he’d not only win the Heisman Trophy but lead the Tigers to a national championship.

The college football legend would make a number of incredible plays throughout the 2010 season, including an amazing throw off his back foot rolling to his right against Kentucky.

Check that out here.

Another one was the play that many people called his “Heisman winning run” in the Auburn–LSU game where he miraculously dodges a number of LSU defenders in the open field on his way to the end zone.

The legend of Cam Newton at Auburn would only continue to grow throughout the 2010 season. Down 24-0 against the Alabama Crimson Tide, Newton led the Tigers to an epic 28-27 comeback victory over their heated rivals.

Check out the highlights of the legendary comeback below.

Newton would go onto lead the Tigers to a 22-19 victory over Oregon in the 2011 National Championship game to cap off his legendary 2010-2011 season.

Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl

In just seven years as their head basketball coach, Pearl has led the Tigers to 138 wins, two SEC championships, and the program’s first ever Final Four appearance. In 2019, the Tigers lost a controversial heartbreaker in their Final Four appearance to the Virginia Cavaliers, the eventual national champions.