Cam Newton Gets Jumped

Overview

Cam Newton Gets Jumped, also known as Cam Newton Youth Football Tournament Fight Video, refers to a viral video featuring former NFL Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton fighting off several people at a "We Ball Sports" 7-on-7 youth flag football tournament in Atlanta, Georgia. Videos showing Newton fighting off several assailants while donning a brimmed hat spread on X / Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube on February 25th, 2024. Many NFL fans commented on how Newton's NFL training may have aided him in the brawl, given the supposed ease with which he held off the men jumping him and how his hat did not fall off his head during the fight. Memes about Newton getting jumped and emerging relatively unscathed began to proliferate online soon after the video went viral in late February 2024.

Background

The earliest known clip of former NFL athlete and Carolina Panthers footballer Cam Newton getting into a scuffle at a youth football tournament in Atlanta was posted to X on February 25th, 2024, by X users @vanman_1000 and @MobzWorld (shown below). The video appears to show Newton trying to break up a fight before taking on several assailants at once.

X user @vanman_1000's^[1] post gathered over 4 million views and 8,000 likes in a day, while X user @MobzWorld's^[2] clip gathered over 18,000 views and 90 likes in a similar timeframe.

According to news reports,^[3][4] Newton was at a "We Ball Sports" 7-on-7 flag football tournament in Georgia to support his youth football team "C1N" when combatants reported to be from "Top Shelf Performance" attacked him.

Online Reactions

Various internet users reacted to the clips of Cam Newton fighting off assailants at the sporting event, with many commenting on how Newton's skill as a footballer may have aided him in staving off his attackers. Others noted how Newton's hat did not budge from his head during the fight as evidence of his skill as a football player.

On February 25th, 2024, X^[5] user @LisaESnowden posted an image of a statue in which a man appears to be fighting several babies, writing, "Cam Newton beating 40 men wearing a ridiculous hat with a plume of feathers in it is my entertainment for the day" and "Cam Newton on a random Sunday in late February," gathering over 19,000 likes in a day (seen below, left).

Also on February 25th, X^[6] user @RealThomasJames posted an image of Cam Newton, writing, "Yall thought a mf that walks around in public like this dont got hands? Cam Newton aint no bitch yall better learn," gathering over 13,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

The Instagram^[7] page @NFLMemes_IG posted a slideshow of memes about the Cam Newton incident on February 25th, 2024, gathering over 140,000 likes in a day (seen below).

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