“We were transparent on both sides,” Harrell said. It was Harrell who worked directly with the Newton family, guiding the process in partnership with Howard athletic director Kery Davis, all the while tempering expectations. Harrell, a 1994 Howard graduate, was a starter for the Bison team that went undefeated in 1993, winning the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship. “But we wanted a very simplified process for him to choose a school, and we felt Caylin needed a more enriched college experience that’s going to catapult him beyond football.” Caylin can do everything Cam can do, maybe even a tad better, in high school,” Newton Sr. “Obviously, Cam is 6-5 and Caylin is 5-11, but the skill sets are quite similar. But the Newtons have been dealing with that chatter for years. Try as they might, it won’t be easy to ignore comparisons to his big brother. He said Caylin is undecided on his major but hopes to enroll in Howard’s School of Business.
“It was a combination of campus culture, strong academics, as well as an opportunity to play football,” said Newton Sr., an alumnus of Savannah State.
We’re all in this together.”įootball alone was not the only factor that made this decision easy, Newton Sr. We’re all on board – Cam, my oldest son, Cecil Jr., the whole family. “ Howard was a great institution before we got here. “We’re happy to be Bisons,” Cecil Newton Sr. Having been down the recruitment road before with Cam, who was drafted as the first overall pick by the Panthers in the 2011 NFL draft, the Newtons wanted no parts of a drawn-out process. But they wanted an HBCU, and they figured if it’s going to be an HBCU, why not the school that is considered to be the highest of all HBCUs.” He could have gone anywhere in the country, and they could have paid his tuition anywhere. “Caylin’s father wanted something different for him. “The process started before the season,” former Howard coach Gary Harrell told The Undefeated. His only other offers were from Hampton University, Kentucky Christian University, Texas Southern University and Savannah State University. While his brother’s alma mater Auburn showed some interest, no official offer came. His highlights show the escapability and open-field running reminiscent of his much bigger big bro, Cam, who dabs for the Carolina Panthers.īut those numbers and that last name weren’t enough to get the younger Newton a slew of Division I offers. He ran for 1,036 yards on 92 carries with 13 touchdowns. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound quarterback threw for 3,322 yards with 33 touchdowns and eight interceptions this past season playing for Grady High School in Atlanta. I am extremely blessed to be attending Howard University for this upcoming Spring semester! On to the next chapter in my life! #TherealHU /NSVq4ULKpk 5, Cam Newton’s little brother announced to the world that he’s taking his talents to Washington, D.C., to attend Howard University - and, presumably, play quarterback for the Bison. In true signal-caller fashion, Caylin Newton opted to call his own play - and break his own news, on Twitter, no less.
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