Auburn's Newton...voted AP player of the Year

Newton already has raked in the Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien and Maxwell awards for his spectacular season. He now added, AP Player of the Year to his collection on Wednesday.

Newton received 51 votes from the 60-member AP football poll panel. Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore received three, Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck got two, and four ballots went unreturned. It took less than a year, for Newton to go from the junior college ranks to helping transform a team that went 8-5 last season and started this one ranked No. 22 in the AP top 25 poll (No. 23 ESPN/USA Today) to a perfect Southeastern Conference championship.