Foxsports.com has learned that Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton had three different instances of academic cheating while attending the Florida and faced potential expulsion from the university.

According to a source, Newton first violated Florida’s student honor code by cheating in a class in 2007.

Newton was to appear for a hearing in front of Florida’s Student Conduct Committee during the spring semester of 2009, but instead transferred to Blinn College. “He knew that he was facing a bad outcome,” the source said.