Career: Registered UND's 34th best rushing game with 190 yards on 29 carries against South Dakota (Oct. 3).
2011 (Junior): Appeared in eight games, earning three starts at running back ... Rushed 76 times for 290 yards and caught four passes for 31 yards on the season ... Earned the initial Great West Conference Player of the Week honor after rushing for 105 yards and catching two passes for 10 yards in the season-opening win over Drake (Sept. 1) ... Had nine carries for 22 yards at Idaho (Sept. 10) ... Suffered an injury at Fresno State after rushing eight times for 70 yards, including a season long 33-yard carry against the Bulldogs (Sept. 17) ... Returned to action vs. Cal Poly (Oct. 22), carrying six times for 14 yards ... Had a big fourth-quarter in the come-from-behind win vs. Sioux Falls (Nov. 4), rushing 11 times for 41 yards ... Had nine carries for 27 yards in the season finale vs. South Dakota (Nov. 18) ... Earned his third letter.
2010 (Sophomore): Named to the Phil Steele Preseason All-Great West Second Team Offense ... Made two starts and appeared in nine games as a running back ... Ranked second on the team with 288 rushing yards, scoring twice on the ground ... Also caught 15 passes for 148 yards ... Twice reached his season high of 76 yards vs. Lamar (Oct. 30) and at Montana (Nov. 13) ... Had a season-long reception of 26 yards vs. Lamar, finishing with season-highs of five catches for 73 yards in that contest ... Both of his rushing touchdowns were at Montana, including a season long 50-yard jaunt ... The two rushing scores equaled his career high set twice as a freshman ... Earned his second letter.
2009 (Freshman): Named the Great West Conference Rookie of the Year ... Selected to the Great West All-Conference first team ... Appeared in all 11 games with seven starts as a running back ... Led the Fighting Sioux in rushing in over half of the games ... Notched his first collegiate touchdown in the season opener at Texas Tech (Sept. 5) ... Against Northwestern State (Sept. 19), blocked his first kick, boasted his longest rush of the season - a 47-yard TD run - and registered his first-career touchdown pass - a 17-yard toss to Ryan Dressler ... Tallied a career-high 202 all-purpose yards, a personal-high 190 yards rushing and set a career-best with 18 points via a pair of rushing touchdowns and one receiving TD at Northwestern State (Sept. 19)... Recorded a GWC season-high 30 rushes and tallied his second game with a pair of touchdowns against Cal Poly (Oct. 31) ... Registered a career-best 69 yards receiving, including a season-long 51-yard reception, in the home finale against Southern Oregon (Nov. 7) ... Led North Dakota in rushing (689 yards; 62.6/game) and touchdowns (seven) ... Second on the team in scoring (42 points) and all-purpose yards (982 yards, 89.3/game) and third in receiving (280 yards; 25.5/game) ... Held the two highest single-game rush totals (30, CP; 29, USD) and finished with the second-longest rush total (190 yards) and second-longest rush (47 yards) ... One of four players in the GWC to record two games with over 100 yards rushing ... Ranked second in the conference in rushing, fifth in scoring (TDs only), seventh in total offense (704 yards; 64.0/game) and all-purpose yards, eighth in passing and 10th in scoring ... Selected Great West Conference Offensive Player of the Week following his performance against South Dakota (Oct. 3) ... UND's Offensive Player of the Week (USD, Oct. 3) ... Earned UND's Golden Block (Kick) of the Game honors (NWS, Sept. 19) ... Recipient of the 2009 Athletics Director Award of Merit .. Earned first letter.
2008: Redshirt season ... Named UND's Most Valuable Offensive Scout Player ... Named UND's Offensive Scout Player of the Week on three occasions.
Before UND: A 2008 graduate of Stevens Point Area High School ... Named the 2007 Gatorade Wisconsin Player of the Year after running for 2,673 yards and 35 touchdowns ... A 2007 Old Spice RedZone National Team Selection ... Named to all-state first team as a junior and senior by both the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and the Associated Press ... Was the Wisconsin Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior ... Named a News Channel 7 All-Star in each of those years ... Was Stevens Point Area Most Valuable Player in each of his final two seasons and served as a team captain during senior year ... Was an all-state honorable mention as a sophomore in 2005 ... Graduated with 11 school records to his name ... Finished his career with 5,934 rushing yards, 7,334 total yards and 101 total touchdowns ... Led Stevens Point Area to the state semifinals twice ... Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Majoring in biology and pre-health ... Son of Terry and Jean Sutton.
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» Sutton's career rushing // receiving statistics
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|
YEAR
|
GP-GS
|
ATT
|
YDS
|
AVG
|
TD
|
LONG
|
//
|
REC
|
YDS
|
AVG
|
TD
|
LONG
|
|
2009
|
11-7
|
149
|
689
|
4.6
|
6
|
47
|
//
|
27
|
280
|
10.4
|
1
|
51
|
|
2010
|
9-3
|
68
|
288
|
4.2
|
2
|
50
|
//
|
15
|
148
|
9.9
|
0
|
26
|
| 2011 |
8-3 |
76 |
290 |
3.8 |
0 |
31 |
// |
4 |
31 |
7.8 |
0 |
13 |
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TOTAL
|
28-13
|
293
|
1267
|
4.3
|
8
|
50
|
//
|
46
|
459
|
10.0
|
1
|
51
|
|
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» Sutton's career passing // punt return statistics
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YEAR
|
GP-GS
|
COMP
|
ATT
|
PCT
|
YDS
|
LONG
|
//
|
NO
|
YDS
|
TD
|
LONG
|
|
2009
|
11-7
|
1
|
2
|
50
|
17
|
17
|
//
|
1
|
13
|
0
|
13
|
|
2010
|
9-3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
//
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
TOTAL
|
11-7
|
1
|
2
|
50
|
17
|
17
|
//
|
1
|
13
|
0
|
13
|
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| » Sutton's personal highs |
| Carries: 30, 10/31/09 vs. Cal Poly |
| Yards rushing: 190 yards, 10/03/09 vs. South Dakota |
| TDs rushing: 2 (3x), last 11/13/10 at Montana |
| Receptions: 5 (4x), last 10/30/10 vs. Lamar |
| TDs receiving: 1, 10/03/09 vs. South Dakota |
| Longest reception: 51 yards, 11/07/09 vs. Southern Oregon |
- Go Sioux -
