Graduated

 
For the fourth straight year, Newton spent part of his offseason at Auburn. He didn’t walk at graduation, but he did keep his promise to his mom that he’d get his diploma.

“Someone may look at my situation and say, ‘He may be financially set, but yet he’s bettering himself.’ Maybe I can encourage somebody else who is in my situation or is down and out [to] always strive for a better you and that’s what this was pretty much all about: making myself better.”