Professional Career
The Minnesota Vikings selected Newton in the sixth round (164th pick overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft, and he played for the Vikings for five seasons from 1985 to 1989. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1990 and 1991, and the Kansas City Chiefs in 1992 and 1993. In his eight-season NFL career, Newton played in a total of 108 regular season games, and started forty-seven of them.
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