Cam Newton says Jimmy Clausen wanted $1,000,000 for his jersey number, so he made it his mission to make sure nobody would hear his name again in Carolina
“The equipment manager said, ‘The person who has No. 2, you got to work out a deal with him.’ So I went direct to the source”
“When I felt that he was trying to play me, that took over to say, we will never hear Jimmy Clausen again in Carolina”
“I would've donated $100,000 to his foundation or whatever. When he hit me with a million, I thought he was joking”
“He called me back an hour later and was like, ‘I was just talking to some representatives of mine and we'll do $750,000’”
“I said, ‘Oh, you for real?’ I said, ‘Bro, moms don't even make a million dollars in their lifetime where I'm from. You think I'm about to give you a million dollars for a number?’”
“It went from becoming the best player to ever play for Carolina to, ‘You will never hear Jimmy Clausen's name as long as I'm here’”