Prior to capturing the 2010 Heisman Trophy at Auburn, Cam Newton was a backup quarterback at Florida as the school returned to prominence under coach Urban Meyer.
As such, Newton is well-qualified to speak on the widely criticized Netflix documentary Swamp Kings, which chronicles Florida’s program during Meyer’s tenure from 2005 through ’10, which included two national championships.
Among the issues Newton had with the documentary was how Netflix portrayed former Gators QB Chris Leak, who was the starter on Meyer’s first national championship team in 2006. Tebow played occasionally that season as a freshman in goal-line and short-yardage packages before emerging as one of the greatest college quarterbacks of all time after Leak graduated. But Leak’s role as the team’s starter in ’06 arguably was minimized in the documentary.
