Newton will join Pat Sullivan (No. 7), Bo Jackson (No. 34) and Terry Beasley (No. 88) as former Tigers football players whose numbers are formally retired. The jerseys of Sullivan and Beasley were retired following Sullivan’s 1971 Heisman Trophy season, and Jackson’s number was retired as part of Auburn’s football centennial celebration in 1992.

In June, the head coach with an 11-14 record on the Plains was revealed to have played 10 rounds of golf, and at the time had already eclipsed 20 rounds of golf. All of this happened while Auburn lost multiple commits.