Tyrell Sutton

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2006: Consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten selection ... Team Co-MVP ... True sophomore who started all 12 games ... Named to several major award preseason watch lists: Maxwell Award (top player), Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year and Doak Walker Award (top running back) ... Needed 110 rushing yards in his season finale vs. Illinois to reach 1,000 yards for the year, and hit that number on the nose to record his second straight 1,000-yard season ... The 100-yard game was the ninth of his career ... Also caught five passes against the Illini and scored a TD on a 2-yard run ... Had the fifth-best rushing effort of his career at Iowa (Nov. 4): 168 yards (28 carries) and a TD ... Also had five receptions for 35 yards, giving him 203 total yards ... Earned Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors for his effort at Iowa, the best rushing performance by any Iowa opponent running back in 2006 ... Also received an "ESPN College Gameday helmet sticker" for his showing at Iowa ... Had his top performance of the year against Michigan State: 172 rushing yards (21 attempts) and 20 receiving yards ... Had a career-long 64-yard run in that game ... With that performance, went over the 2,000-yard mark for career rushing ... Rushed for 63 yards (4.8 ypc) in season opener ... Caught three passes for 23 yards, including a 19-yard TD pass ... Rushed for 99 yards, which included a season-long 61-yard scamper, and a TD vs. New Hampshire ... Also had four catches for 35 yards against UNH ... Ran for 91 yards (5.1 ypc) and caught a pass vs. Eastern Michigan ... Ran for 94 yards and a TD at Nevada ... Held to 40 rushing yards (eight carries) at Penn State and then 18 rushing yards at Wisconsin ... Held to a career-low 6 yards by the nation's top-ranked rushing defense of Michigan ... Did score his 19th career rushing TD at Penn State -- a hard-fought 1-yard TD run ... Rushed for 82 yards (10 carries) against Purdue ... Totaled 132 all-purpose yards against Ohio State -- 57 rushing and 75 receiving ... Caught a season-high seven passes against the Buckeyes and scored a TD on an 8-yard pass play ... Scored 25 career TD's in his career (21 rushing, 4 receiving) ... Eclipsed the 1,500-yard career rushing mark in his 13th game (vs. Miami).

2005: Sporting News Offensive Freshman of the Year and first-team Freshman All-American ... Consensus Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... Rivals.com first-team All-American (all-purpose position) ... Runner-up in Rivals.com national freshman of the year voting ... True freshman ... SI.com's honorable mention All-America ... Named the 2005 Greater Cleveland Sports Outstanding Collegiate Athlete ... Doak Walker Award candidate ... NGN Offensive Newcomer of the Year Award recipient ... Honored as the Freshman of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus ... Made, arguably, the most impressive debut by a true freshman in school history ... Went over the 1,000-yard mark for rushing against Michigan (season's eighth game), giving NU nine 1,000-yard rushers in the last 11 seasons ... Had he gained 1,000 rushing yards by his seventh game, he would have joined Emmitt Smith, Marshall Faulk and Adrian Peterson as the only freshmen in NCAA history to gain 1,000 yards in seven games ... Finished with the third-best rushing total (1,474 yards) in NU history ... Ranked 16th nationally in scoring (9.0 ppg) and eighth nationally in rushing (122.8 ypg) -- the best marks by a freshman ... Big Ten's third-leading rusher behind Laurence Maroney and Brian Calhoun ... Notched six 100-yard rushing games, including three of 200 or more yards ... Team's fourth-leading receiver with 44 receptions ... Notched the second-best single-season reception total by an NU running back ... Tabbed the Rivals.com National Freshman of the Week for performances against Northern Illinois (Sept. 10) and Wisconsin (Oct. 8) ... Was atop the Big Ten list for rushing for one week after his 244-yard performance against Wisconsin (the sixth-best single-game rushing effort in NU history) ... The 244-yard game was the 16th-best in Division I-A football in 2005 ... One of four nominees for the Cingular/ABC Sports All-America Player of the Week award for his performances against Northern Illinois and Wisconsin ... Tabbed the College Football News Co-Big Ten Player of the Week with teammate Tim McGarigle for his Wisconsin game ... Earned an ESPN College GameDay "Helmet Sticker" for the Wisconsin game ... Featured in the Oct. 6 Sports Illustrated as one of college football's "Young Guns" ... Established a number of NU firsts, many of them by mid-season: first NU freshman to be named a Big Ten player of the week, first freshman to score four touchdowns in a game (he did it twice), first freshman to rush for more than 100 yards in his first game, first freshman to total two 200-yard rushing games and first freshman to score more than six rushing TD's in a season (he has 16) ... Set NU's rookie mark for season rushing yards in fifth game (vs. Wisconsin) ... Equaled NU's freshman record for touchdowns scored (six) after his first two games ... Ranked fifth nationally among running backs in cbssportsline.com RB ranking -- a ranking that is computed on player statistics and strength of schedule ... Debuted with 104 yards and two TD's vs. Ohio (Sept. 3) ... Came back with a 214-yard, four-TD performance against Northern Illinois (Sept. 10) that earned him Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors ... Also named the College Football News Big Ten Player of the Week for his effort vs. NIU ... His four TD's equaled a single-game record held by many ... Just missed his third straight 100-yard game with 98 yards on 15 carries (6.5 ypc) against Arizona State (he did not play the final quarter) ... Totaled 112 rushing yards and two TD's on Penn State's stingy run defense ... Also had three receptions for 32 yards vs. PSU ... Averaged 8.4 yards per carry (29 for 244) with a career-long 62-yard TD run vs. Wisconsin ... In addition to his three rushing TD's, he caught his first TD reception, a 9-yard pass ... Finished with 13 carries and 89 yards at Purdue (6.8 ypc), but caught a career-high 10 passes for 89 yards, giving him 178 total yards ... Scored the game's winning touchdown on a fourth-down 1-yard plunge with 1:50 remaining ... Notched his fifth 100-yard game (109 yards on 21 carries) at Michigan State ... Added 47 receiving yards vs. the Spartans, including a career-long 41-yard reception ... Limited to a season-low 10 carries (50 yards) vs. Michigan ... Had six catches for 56 yards vs. the Wolverines ... Rushed for 65 yards and two TD's vs. Iowa ... Added four receptions for 28 yards vs. the Hawkeyes ... Averaged 6.6 ypc on 14 carries (93 yards) at Ohio State ... Scored his second receiving TD of the year on a 5-yard catch ... Notched his third 200-yard game with 212 yards (career-high 34 carries) at Illinois ... Also had five receptions for 24 yards vs. the Illini ... Rang up 151 total yards (84 rushing, 67 receiving) against UCLA in the Sun Bowl ... Caught seven passes against the Bruins ... Registered 100 or more total yards (rushing and receiving) in every game except Arizona State (98 yards), Iowa (93 yards) and Ohio State (98 yards) ... Finished rookie year with 396 receiving yards (on 44 receptions) for 1,870 all-purpose yards, the 12th-best figure nationally ... Among players with no punt or kickoff returns in their all-purpose yardage, ranked sixth nationally in combined rushing and receiving yardage ... Scored two or more touchdowns in six of his first career 12 games.

High School: Ohio's 2004 Mr. Football winner (following former NU cornerback Jeff Backes, Ohio's 2000 Mr. Football) ... Two-time Akron Beacon Journal Player of the Year ... Two-time first-team all-state selection ... 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Player of the Year ... 2004 FOX 8 Player of the Year ... SuperPrep All-Midwest Region and Rivals.com Top 50 running back ... Ranked 32nd among players in the Midwest (six-state region) ... Ranked 16th among all players in Ohio by SuperPrep ... Rated 32nd in Ohio by Rivals.com and 41st nationally in running back ranking ... Ranked 20th nationally among running backs by Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report ... Four-time Beacon Journal all-star ... Second-team all-state selection in 2002 and honorable mention all-state in 2001 ... 2004 Dapper Dan Sports Person of the Year ... 2004 ONN Player of the Year ... 2004 Greater Cleveland Sports Awards Outstanding High School Athlete finalist ... 2004 Team and Offensive MVP ... During his four-year career at Hoban, rushed for an Ohio-record 9,426 yards ... Broke the state rushing record in game vs. Canton Central Catholic ... Rushed for 400-plus yards vs. Warren Harding ... Scored 117 career TDs ... Ran for a career-best 3,241 yards and scored 38 touchdowns in 2004 ... Totaled 38 consecutive 100-yard games (Nov. 2001 through Nov. 2004) ... Ran for 100 or more yards in 44-of-49 games ... Scored 702 career points ... Rushed for a career-high 505 yards (third most in Ohio history) and scored eight rushing touchdowns (equaling Ohio's state mark) vs. Youngstown Ursuline ... Helped the Knights go 40-9 during his four years and advance to the state playoffs each year ... Broke school rushing record three consecutive seasons ... Played in the Big 33 and North-South All-Star games ... Was named MVP of the North-South game, rushing for 203 yards (21 carries) and three touchdowns in the North's 45-17 victory ... Honor Roll ... Coached by Ralph Orsini.

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