Deebo Samuel posted and deleted texts he believed were from Cam Newton, but were actually from a group of high schoolers trolling him.
In a series of screenshots posted to social media, Samuel appeared to laugh off messages from someone claiming to be Newton. They even emulated the way the NFL free agent types on social media by using special characters. The culprits behind the prank wrote, "fuck you Deebo" in one of the messages, which Samuel responded to with a laughing emoji.
While it's unclear how the teenagers got ahold of Samuel's number, a screenshot from a text chat on SnapChat circulating on X, formerly Twitter, appeared to show someone explaining that someone knew someone who had Samuel's number from when he was at the University of South Carolina.
The situation kicked off after Samuel told Newton to "stop texting" him. "You were a fan like two weeks ago," he said on Kay Adams' show earlier this week. "You wanted me on your podcast after talking about my quarterback, which is funny to me."
Newton responded by brushing off the suggestion he was texting Samuel. "You must stop the cap, bro," he laughed. "Now my point is this, you said something like, 'Cam stop calling my phone.' Motherfucker I don't got your number."
The teens that pranked Samuel also posted a video in which they appear to be talking to him on the phone.
Samuel has since deleted all of the posts and has not addressed the situation.
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