Fox Sports' Bruce Feldman on Courtland Sutton
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:30 amhttp://www.foxsports.com/college-footba ... hip-091116
A wide receiver you need to know
I’m not sure any player I see in person this year will pass the eye-ball test as emphatically as SMU’s sophomore WR Courtland Sutton does. The 6-4, 220-pounder is someone college football fans need to get to know.
He was recruited by the old SMU staff as a safety before being moved to WR. As a redshirt freshman last fall, Sutton caught 49 catches for 862 yards and nine touchdowns. Head coach Chad Morris and his staff were at Clemson and saw Sammy Watkins have a sophomore slump and challenged Sutton to work hard to avoid that, and they say he has.
"He’s a special kid and he’s really a different player this year,” SMU OC Joe Craddock says. “He’s more comfortable in this scheme. He’s gotten faster and stronger. That’s scary."
Morris says Sutton, who probably runs in the mid-4.5s, is very similar to DeAndre Hopkins with great body control, huge hands and ball skills and that he’s even bigger than the NFL star. Actually much bigger. In two games this season, Sutton has 10 catches for 274 yards and four touchdowns.
A wide receiver you need to know
I’m not sure any player I see in person this year will pass the eye-ball test as emphatically as SMU’s sophomore WR Courtland Sutton does. The 6-4, 220-pounder is someone college football fans need to get to know.
He was recruited by the old SMU staff as a safety before being moved to WR. As a redshirt freshman last fall, Sutton caught 49 catches for 862 yards and nine touchdowns. Head coach Chad Morris and his staff were at Clemson and saw Sammy Watkins have a sophomore slump and challenged Sutton to work hard to avoid that, and they say he has.
"He’s a special kid and he’s really a different player this year,” SMU OC Joe Craddock says. “He’s more comfortable in this scheme. He’s gotten faster and stronger. That’s scary."
Morris says Sutton, who probably runs in the mid-4.5s, is very similar to DeAndre Hopkins with great body control, huge hands and ball skills and that he’s even bigger than the NFL star. Actually much bigger. In two games this season, Sutton has 10 catches for 274 yards and four touchdowns.