The Dude Projects Tyrell Sutton

August 9, 2008 by The Dude
Filed under: Draft, Player News, Player Ranking

Sutton

The Dude remembers back to 2005 when Tyrell Sutton owned college football. Drafting a back with almost 1,500 yards rushing and 16 touchdowns coupled with almost 400 yards receiving and another 2 touchdowns was a no-brainer in Round 1. However, these are different times. While his talent is unquestioned, Sutton has fought injuries ever since his freshman year. Where do you draft a Tyrell Sutton?

We’ll start with his strengths. Talent-wise, he is one of the best 5 all-purpose backs in the nation. Sutton won’t leave the field on 3rd down and has the hands to equate to around 500 yards receiving. His schedule this season is fairly light, highlighted with opening games against Syracuse, Duke, South Illinois, and Ohio. The Dude is using the 5 healthy games Sutton played for the Wildcats as the starting point in this projection.

2007 Fully Healthy Games
Games: 5
Rushing: 508 yards 4 touchdowns
Receiving: 223 yards

2008 Ceiling Projection (based on 2007 Healthy per Game Avg)
Games: 12
Rushing: 1,219 yards 10 touchdowns
Receiving: 535 yards 2 touchdowns* *(based on 2005 and 2006 totals)

PPG: 22.0 (see scoring article)

22.0 PPG!?! That would rate him as one of the best backs this season. Remember, I said ceiling.

Sutton can’t stay healthy. He’ll miss 6 quarters of football due to injury during the 2008 season. This leads us to…

The Dude’s final 2008 projection for Tyrell Sutton
Games: 10.5
Rushing: 1,067 yards 9 touchdowns
Receiving: 469 yards 2 touchdowns

This puts Sutton right around 10th best overall RB and most likely a 2nd Round pick in your draft.

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