A man who said he represented Cam Newton allegedly was soliciting a six-figure payment to secure his signature on a national letter of intent, ESPN.com has learned. Newton was a star junior college player last season. Former Mississippi State quarterback John Bond told ESPN.com a teammate of Bond's at Mississippi State in the early 1980s contacted him soon after Newton's official visit to Mississippi State during the Ole Miss game in December, and said he was representing Newton. "He said it would take some cash to get Cam," Bond said. "I called our athletic director, Greg Byrne, and he took it from there. That was pretty much it." Multiple sources told ESPN.com that Mississippi State called the SEC office with Bond's information shortly after he brought it to the attention of the school. Sources told ESPN.com the former teammate is Kenny Rogers, who played at Mississippi State from 1982 to '85. When interviewed by ESPN.com Thursday at the family's home in Atlanta, Cecil Newton, Cam's father, denied any wrongdoing. "If Rogers tried to solicit money from Mississippi State, he did it on his own, without our knowledge," Cecil Newton said.