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Tyrell Sutton

Tyrell DelShawn Sutton (born December 19, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats. Sutton was also a member of the Carolina Panthers and Seattle Seahawks of the NFL, the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League (UFL), and the BC Lions, Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.

Sutton is the son of Connie and Anthony Sutton Sr. His brother, Tony, played football at The College of Wooster.

Sutton attended Archbishop Hoban High. While attending, he rushed for 9,426 yards, which makes him second in all time rushing yards per career in Ohio. Also, his career high of 505 yards in one game is the fourth most in Ohio history. Furthermore, Sutton broke the school rushing record three times.

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While attending Northwestern University, he majored in Communications.

As a freshman, Sutton rushed for 1,474 yards and 16 touchdowns. His rushing total was the third highest in Northwestern's history. He fell one game short of joining Emmitt Smith, Marshall Faulk, and Adrian Peterson as the only NCAA freshman players to achieve 1,000 yards in 7 games. In addition to rushing, he caught 44 passes for 396 yards and 2 touchdowns. His freshman year awards included the Sporting News' Offensive Freshman of the Year and first-team Freshman All-American and Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

Although injured as a sophomore, he rushed for 1,000 yards and 5 touchdowns and caught 40 passes for 261 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was the team co-MVP and had an honorable mention at the All-Big Ten selection.

Because of a lower-leg injury early in his junior year, he played in only 5 games, and rushed for only 522 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 30 pass receptions for 282 yards.

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