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Running back, Northwestern, 2005–⁠08

Tyrell Sutton

Born: Dec 19, 1986, in Akron, Ohio

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Tyrell Sutton played running back at Northwestern (2005–⁠08).

Best season: 1,474; Rushing yards, 2005 (Northwestern, 7–⁠5)
Best game: 244 yards; Vs. Wisconsin, week 6, 2005: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week

244rushing yards, career highvs. Wisconsin, 2005 4rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Northern Illinois, 2005 10catches, career highat Purdue, 2005 89receiving yards, career highat Purdue, 2005

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

1,474

1,000

522

890

7–⁠54–⁠86–⁠69–⁠4

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2005	Northwestern	250	1,474	5.9	16	62
2006	Northwestern	189	1,000	5.3	5	64
2007	Northwestern	108	522	4.8	4	46
2008	Northwestern	184	890	4.8	6	66
Career		731	3,886	5.3	31	66

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2005	Northwestern	44	396	9.0	2	41
2006	Northwestern	40	261	6.5	2	34
2007	Northwestern	30	282	9.4	0	32
2008	Northwestern	35	305	8.7	2	27
Career		149	1,244	8.3	6	41

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2008 Northwestern 9 games, 890 rushing yards, 6 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Aug 30	vs.Syracuse	W 30–⁠10	21	144	0	4	41	1
Sep 6	atDuke	W 24–⁠20	16	66	2	–	–	–
Sep 13	vs.Southern Illinois	W 33–⁠7	17	101	3	5	16	0
Sep 20	vs.Ohio	W 16–⁠8	9	76	0	3	27	0
Sep 27	atIowa	W 22–⁠17	24	77	0	6	72	0
Oct 11	vs.Michigan State	L 20–⁠37	23	139	0	6	44	0
Oct 18	vs.Purdue	W 48–⁠26	18	96	0	4	62	1
Oct 25	atIndiana	L 19–⁠21	27	77	1	2	14	0
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Missouri	L 23–⁠30	29	114	0	5	29	0

2007 Northwestern 6 games, 522 rushing yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 1	vs.Northeastern	W 27–⁠0	24	108	1	4	24
Sep 8	vs.Nevada	W 36–⁠31	3	14	0	5	59
Oct 27	atPurdue	L 17–⁠35	12	72	0	1	19
Nov 3	vs.Iowa	L 17–⁠28	23	116	1	7	40
Nov 10	vs.Indiana	W 31–⁠28	33	141	1	6	72
Nov 17	atIllinois	L 22–⁠41	13	71	1	7	68

2006 Northwestern 12 games, 1,000 rushing yards, 5 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Aug 31	atMiami (OH)	W 21–⁠3	13	63	0	3	23	1
Sep 9	vs.New Hampshire	L 17–⁠34	14	99	1	4	35	0
Sep 16	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 14–⁠6	18	91	0	1	1	0
Sep 22	atNevada	L 21–⁠31	16	94	1	–	–	–
Sep 30	atPenn State	L 7–⁠33	8	40	1	2	9	0
Oct 7	atWisconsin	L 9–⁠41	8	18	0	2	0	0
Oct 14	vs.Purdue	L 10–⁠31	10	82	0	3	2	0
Oct 21	vs.Michigan State	L 38–⁠41	21	172	0	2	20	0
Oct 28	atMichigan	L 3–⁠17	7	6	0	6	55	0
Nov 4	atIowa	W 21–⁠7	28	168	1	5	35	0
Nov 11	vs.Ohio State	L 10–⁠54	12	57	0	7	75	1
Nov 18	vs.Illinois	W 27–⁠16	34	110	1	5	6	0

2005 Northwestern 12 games, 1,474 rushing yards, 16 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 3	vs.Ohio	W 38–⁠14	17	104	2	2	23	0
Sep 10	vs.Northern Illinois	W 38–⁠37	30	214	4	2	16	0
Sep 17	atArizona State	L 21–⁠52	15	98	0	–	–	–
Sep 24	vs.Penn State	L 29–⁠34	32	112	2	3	32	0
Oct 8	vs.Wisconsin	W 51–⁠48	29	244	3	2	9	1
Oct 15	atPurdue	W 34–⁠29	13	89	1	10	89	0
Oct 22	atMichigan State	W 49–⁠14	21	109	2	2	47	0
Oct 29	vs.Michigan	L 17–⁠33	10	50	0	6	56	0
Nov 5	vs.Iowa	W 28–⁠27	17	65	2	4	28	0
Nov 12	atOhio State	L 7–⁠48	14	93	0	1	5	1
Nov 19	atIllinois	W 38–⁠21	34	212	0	5	24	0
Dec 30 ✦	vs.UCLA	L 38–⁠50	18	84	0	7	67	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2009	Combine or pro day 2009
Height	5′8″
Weight	211 lb
Arm length	31½″
Hand size	9½″
40-yard dash	4.75 s
10-yard split		1.66 s
Vertical jump	33″
Broad jump	9′6″
Bench press		12 reps
3-cone drill	6.94 s
20-yard shuttle	4.32 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

Other pro football

Years	League	Team
2012	UFL	Sacramento Mountain Lions
2013–⁠18	CFL	Montreal Alouettes
2018	CFL	BC Lions
2019	CFL	Toronto Argonauts
2019	CFL	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2020	CFL	Montreal Alouettes *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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At a glance

Career highs