Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2021Texas State
Eric Sutton
DB • 5'9" • 175 lbs • Cedar Hill, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Eric Sutton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- SMU • Texas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Eric Sutton built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive back from Cedar Hill, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with SMU and Texas State. The clearest part of Eric Sutton's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- SMU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Eric Sutton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · SMU. Eric Sutton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 67
- TFL
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Eric Sutton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 67
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cedar Hill · SMU
- High school pipeline
- Cedar Hill · 76 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · DB 399th (top 44%) · Sun Belt 152nd (top 33%) · National 1,865th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | SMU | 3 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.7 |
| 2017 Postseason | SMU | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | SMU | 7 | 13 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 31.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 8 | 16 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 4 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 32 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas State | 7 | 22 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.7 |
Related Context
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Eric Sutton played DB for SMU and Texas State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Eric Sutton recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Texas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
SMU paired 0 primary output with 11.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across SMU, Texas State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Texas State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
13.8
Usage
2.2
Consistency
4.8
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. South Alabama: 0. Troy: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Arkansas State: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 8.3. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Troy: 9 by 37.5. UL Monroe: 1 by 4.2. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas State: 4 by 21.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.2 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
37.5 vs Troy
Player Story
Eric Sutton story
Eric Sutton built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive back from Cedar Hill, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with SMU and Texas State. The clearest part of Eric Sutton's career was his defensive production: 67 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 2 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Eric Sutton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
SMU
2016-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Texas State
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 11.1 | 1.7 | — |
| 2017 Postseason | SMU | 1 | 9.8 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 9.8 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 8.3 | 1.5 | -1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 1 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas State | 0.5 | 13.8 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Arkansas State
Week 4 · W 44-21
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
44.4 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Texas State
Week 3 · W 47-17
1
Havoc Plays
40 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
#3
@ Arkansas State
Week 13 · W 24-22 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
35.8 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 35.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Troy
Week 7 · L 28-31 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
26.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.
#5
vs UConn
Week 5 · W 49-28 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
14.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · SMU
0 primary output · 11.1 efficiency · 1.7 usage
41.7
#2
2018 Regular Season · SMU
40.3
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.5 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · SMU
32
1 primary · 9.8 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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