![]() ![]() ![]() He fell just 73 total yards shy of a 3,000-yard passing, 1,500-yard rushing season, while accounting for 51 TDs and just seven picks in 2010. There was nothing Newton couldn’t do on a football field. ![]() He brought the Tigers back from a 24-point deficit to beat Nick Saban’s Alabama team 28-27 in a game we still refer to as “The Camback.” You know that Auburn team finished 14-0 and won the national title. In 2010 at Auburn, he put together the greatest single season in the history of the sport. Here’s what the article said about Newton being the best player out of the state of Georgia.ĭan Mullen wanted Newton to start over Tim Tebow at Florida. Jackson finished his career at Auburn with 4,575 all-purpose yards and 45 total touchdowns, while also averaging 6.6 yards-per-carry. He is one of three Auburn players to have won the Heisman Trophy and is the only running back in the school’s rich football history to rush for more than 4,000 career yards. Known as one of the greatest athletes in modern history, Jackson was a three-time All- SEC selection and a two-time All-American on the gridiron, while also lettering in baseball and track and field at Auburn. Here’s what the article said about Jackson being the best player ever from the state of Alabama. Auburn had two representatives on a pretty prestigious list.įox Sports put out The all-time greatest college football players from each of the 50 states and Auburn had the best player from the state of Alabama and Georgia.īo Jackson was named the best player from Alabama and Cam Newton was named the best player from Georgia. ![]()
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