Westlake's Cameron Newton new Auburn QB

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Photos: Westlake's Cameron Newton new Auburn QB, August 2010.

Cameron Newton, a Westlake High School graduate, was named Auburn's No. 1 quarterback after joining the Tigers in January as a transfer from Blinn College in Texas.

Newton played for Florida in 2007 and 2008 but was arrested in Nov. 2008 and charged with stealing another student's laptop computer. Florida coach Urban Meyer suspended Newton indefinitely.

Newton (back right) won a national championship while at Blinn and posted 3,488 yards of total offense and 38 touchdowns (22 pass, 16 run) in 2009.

Newton told the AJC's Rana Cash that the transfer to Blinn and his entry into a pre-trial intervention program was his "life-changing experience."

A splendid athlete who has all of the physical tools to add another dimension to coordinator Gus Malzahn's offense, Newton is surrounded by playmakers at running back and wide receiver and has a veteran offensive line in front of him.

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Cameron Newton, a Westlake High School graduate, was named Auburn's No. 1 quarterback after joining the Tigers in January as a transfer from Blinn College in Texas.

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