Super Bowl-Bound Cam Newton Remembers God's Grace Amid the Accident that Nearly Took His Life

Robert Ashcraft, Mark Ellis : Feb 3, 2016
God Reports

"I am a prime example of how God can turn something that was bad into something that is good." -Cam Newton

When Carolina Panthers Quarterback Cam Newton walked away relatively unscathed from a horrible accident that rolled his truck in December 2014, he offered praise to God. (Photo via God Reports)

"Somebody had His good hands on me," Newton told reporters. "One plus one always equals two. I'm looking at this truck. I'm looking at this accident, and I'm like dude, one plus one ain't equaling two, because I'm looking at this truck, and I'm like, somebody is supposed to be dead. Me being a religious person, God is good. I'm lucky to be standing in front of you today."

Newton, arguably the NFL's greatest player of 2015-16 and a Super Bowl contender, is on top of the world. Passing for 400 yards in his debut game in 2012, he bested Peyton Manning's passing record of 280 yards in Manning's first regular season game. This year, the Panthers are 15-1. His dual threat capabilities crushed the Arizona Cardinals 49-15 in the NFC finals.

But while his professional trajectory seemed to sail through the air on Heaven's wings, things in his personal life have not always gone so well. He was hounded by an NCAA investigation for receiving payment to enroll at college, and he was accused of stealing a laptop at Auburn University. As a pro, he met and began to live with ex-stripper Kia Proctor. (Photo via God Reports)

Newton had grown up with God. His father, Cecil Newton, is a bishop overseeing five Pentecostal churches in Georgia.

But the intoxicating power of riding atop the sports world may have caused a momentary lapse from his humble, God-fearing roots. After the accident left him shaken, he received a none-too-subtle reminder about his need for God.

On that fateful day, he was negotiating a confusing intersection in Charlotte when another car slammed into the rear side of his black pickup truck and sent it rolling...

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