Cam Newton - "I'm an African American QB"

race may play a factor in why he's becoming a lightening rod for public criticism.

"I'm an African-American quarterback that scares people because they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to."

Newton has been the center of media attention all this time along, and he made controversial remarks on why he's been taking all the heat and furthered the conversation as to why parents have written to newspapers and websites criticizing his most minor missteps.

[Here is an excerpt from the news conference.]

In the video, Newton states that,

"I said that prior to me being in this situation. But when I said it then it was like, 'Oh he is immature,' or, 'Oh he's young and this that and the third.' I felt a certain type of way then and I feel a certain type of way now - nothing has pretty much changed. They talk about maturity. They talk about skillset. ... The only thing that has changed (about me) is that we're winning now.''

"It really should be about your merits more than anything else. More about what you have accomplished, what you have done.''

Cam Newton does not want to be known as the African American quarterback.

Football fans, do you think it's fair to say that Cam Newton has been the center of attention within the media because of his race? Comment below!