Courtland Sutton

#16 · WR · SMU6′4″ · 216 lb · Brenham, TX

Courtland Sutton: WR · SMU · #16.

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Courtland Sutton

WR · SMU · #16

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. The four seasons at SMU span two head coaches: June Jones and Chad Morris. One game to point at: 163 receiving yards and 8 receptions against North Texas — Week 2, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

SMU in the news

Former SMU coach June Jones diesWFAA Oct 30
Temporary restraining order granted for BJ EdwardsOU Daily Oct 30
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
SMU releases depth chart for Syracuse gameOn3 Oct 27

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	SMU	68	1,085	16.0	12	62
2016	SMU	76	1,246	16.4	10	88
2015	SMU	49	862	17.6	9	51
2014	SMU	2	27	13.5	0	20
Career		195	3,220	16.5	31	88

Season	Team
2017	SMU	1	2	--
2016	SMU	--	--	--
2015	SMU	--	--	−8
2014	SMU	--	--	--
Career		1	2	−8

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 58-14vs Stephen F. Austin	2	22	11.0	1	13
Wk 2	W 54-32vs North Texas	8	163	20.4	4	62	Season-high 163 yds
Wk 3	L 36-56@ No. 20 TCU	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 4	W 44-21vs Arkansas State	2	32	16.0	0	20
Wk 5	W 49-28vs UConn	7	112	16.0	2	34	2 TD catches
Wk 6	L 22-35@ Houston	11	160	14.5	0	30	160-yard receiving day
Wk 8	W 31-28@ Cincinnati	6	81	13.5	2	33	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 38-34vs Tulsa	6	136	22.7	0	44	136-yard receiving day
Wk 10	L 24-31vs No. 15 UCF	5	46	9.2	0	14
Wk 11	L 40-43@ Navy	7	123	17.6	2	49	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 45-66@ No. 18 Memphis	1	35	35.0	1	35
Wk 13	W 41-38vs Tulane	6	107	17.8	0	24
Bowl	L 10-51vs Louisiana Tech	6	68	11.3	0	22
Total		68	1085	16.0	12	62

Signature game

Week 2 · 2017

W 54-32

vs North Texas

8 rec · 163 yds · 4 TD

Dominant 22-point win at home against North Texas.

With B. Hicks — 312 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.6 · J. Sackville — 39.7 yards per punt · 7 punts · 47 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · North Texas · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +6.60Ben Hicks pass complete to Courtland Sutton for 62 yds for a TD, (Josh Williams KICK)
Week 2 · North Texas · 3rd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +5.42Ben Hicks pass complete to Courtland Sutton for 40 yds for a TD, (Josh Williams KICK)
Week 9 · Tulsa · 3rd and 19 · Q4 · EPA +4.06Ben Hicks pass complete to Courtland Sutton for 42 yds to the Tulsa 42 for a
Week 5 · UConn · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Ben Hicks pass complete to Courtland Sutton for 19 yds to the UConn 47 for a
Week 1 · Stephen F. Austin · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.07Ben Hicks pass complete to Courtland Sutton for 13 yds for a TD, (Josh Williams KICK)
Week 2 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Ben Hicks pass complete to Courtland Sutton for 35 yds for a TD, (Josh Williams KICK)

4 more plays

Week 12 · Memphis · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.97Ben Hicks pass complete to Courtland Sutton for 35 yds for a TD, (Kevin Robledo KICK)
Week 5 · UConn · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.94Ben Hicks pass complete to Courtland Sutton for 34 yds for a TD, (Josh Williams KICK)
Week 9 · Tulsa · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.91Ben Hicks pass complete to Courtland Sutton for 44 yds to the Tulsa 25 for a
Week 11 · Navy · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Ben Hicks pass complete to Courtland Sutton for 29 yds for a TD, (Ben Hicks pass to Trey Quinn for Two-Point Conversion)

Teams and coaches

2014SMU1-11HC: June Jones · Balanced

2015SMU2-10HC: Chad Morris · Run-leaning

2016SMU5-7HC: Chad Morris · Balanced, fast tempo

2017SMU7-6HC: Chad Morris · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (87th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (84th percentile). Concern: catch rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#88 / 709 · 87th pct

9.5%

Yards / catch#113 / 709 · 84th pct

16.0

Explosive rate#134 / 709 · 81st pct

17.5%

EPA / target#362 / 709 · 49th pct

0.49

Catch rate#661 / 709 · 7th pct

54.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#8 / 539 · 98th pct

Rec yards#21 / 539 · 96th pct

1085

Receptions#37 / 539 · 93rd pct

Rush TDs#9 / 283 · 89th pct

Yards / catch#118 / 539 · 78th pct

16.0

Long catch#156 / 539 · 71st pct

Rush yards#220 / 283 · 21st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

83rd → 49th percentile

Explosive rate

81st → 81st percentile

Catch rate

24th → 7th percentile

TD rate

76th → 87th percentile

Yards / catch

89th → 84th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.1	88.3	16.2	1.0
Road5g	5.2	79.8	16.1	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	79.6	12.7	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	88.0	19.3	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Chad Morris

Pass share

50.1%

485 pass / 483 run

Plays / game

74.5

13 games

Team sack rate

4.4%

523 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

68 catches and 1 carry in 13 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Courtland Sutton

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Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

Starter

Four seasons at SMU, drafted

2014

2018