- SMU WR Courtland Sutton enters the 2017 college football season as one of the top draft prospects at the position. Sutton earned All-AAC honours last season which has earned him a PFF Day 1 projection and among the top three WRs on the PFF draft board.
- Sutton is one of the best deep threats in college football as he ranked No. 2 among draft-eligible receivers with 16 receptions on deep passes a season ago. He dropped only one of the 17 catchable deep passes thrown his way and his 574 yards ranked No. 5 in the class (a deep pass is any pass targeted 20 or more yards downfield).
- Last season, Sutton’s best three routes by passer rating when targeted were on Go routes, hitches and slants. SMU quarterbacks achieved a passer rating of 98.5 (+11.2 vs NCAA average) on Go routes, 99.9 (+13.8) on hitches and 133.3 (+41.3) on slant routes, all when targeting Sutton.
- Sutton returns to SMU as the third highest overall graded FBS receiver from last season with a PFF overall grade of 84.3. His receiving grade of 84.9 also ranked third in 2016.
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