Overview

• The ceremony is scheduled for halftime of Auburn’s 6:30 p.m. CT kickoff against No. 9 Georgia, with the game airing on ABC.
• Newton said on his podcast he wants “nothing more” than to wake up to an Auburn win; the 3-2 Tigers are a 3.5-point underdog and have not beaten Georgia since 2017.
• In 2010 he led Auburn to a 14-0 season with SEC and BCS titles, won the Heisman, and posted 2,854 passing yards and 30 TDs plus 1,473 rushing yards and 20 TDs, the SEC single-season rushing record for a quarterback.
• Coverage revisits the NCAA inquiry into his junior college recruitment; the NCAA cited violations by Cecil Newton and Kenny Rogers but reinstated Cam Newton after finding insufficient evidence he or Auburn were aware.
• Newton’s No. 2 will join Pat Sullivan’s 7, Bo Jackson’s 34 and Terry Beasley’s 88, marking Auburn’s first jersey retirement since 1992.