Former Carolina Panthers quarterback and NFL MVP Cam Newton was fired from ESPN as part of the network's major layoff announcements taking place on Tuesday.

Newton is reportedly part of the mass layoffs at ESPN, which were announced Tuesday. Here's a look at his media career to date.

ESPN caught the NFL media unawares with a long list of layoffs enforced on Tuesday, July 21, as the organization aims to restructure the NFL Network, a media property it acquired back in January. Part of the layoffs ensnared former NFL MVP Cam Newton,

Cam Newton has been ensnared in the latest round of ESPN layoffs, according to multiple reports on Tuesday. Newton, the 2010 Heisman Trophy winner at Auburn and longtime NFL quarterback, had been part of the regular rotating cast of ESPN’s “First Take” morning debate show alongside Stephen A.

On Tuesday, the team's first-year players reported back to Charlotte for the start of 2026 training camp. The Panthers provided quite a few shots of the youngsters arriving to their facility this morning.