Corey Xavier Sutton

Senior wide receiver for App State. 2021: 61 catches, 904 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · App State · Sr. · #2

6′3″ · 215 lb · Charlotte, NC

CFB Index 72 · #51 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceApp State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for App State. 2021: 61 catches, 904 receiving yards, 7 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at App State, 2,332 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 173 yds at Georgia State.Georgia State · W 56-272019

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

3 coaches

2016

Scott Satterfield

App State

2018

Scott Satterfield

App State

2019

Eli Drinkwitz

App State

era →

2021

Shawn Clark

App State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Kansas State9-4HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy

2018App State11-2HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2019App State13-1HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

2021App State10-4HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

72Quality starter #51 of 468?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (95th percentile). Strength: rec yards (92nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (7th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#27 / 557 · 95th pct

Rec yards#47 / 557 · 92nd pct

904

Rec TDs#51 / 557 · 89th pct

Receptions#67 / 557 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#171 / 557 · 69th pct

14.8

Fumbles lost#198 / 223 · 7th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.7	83.7	14.4	0.7
Road6g	3.5	53.0	15.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.7	82.0	14.8	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	3.9	58.9	14.9	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #51 of 468 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	App State	61	904	14.8	7	--
2019	App State	41	601	14.7	7	--
2018	App State	44	773	17.6	10	--
2016	Kansas State	4	54	13.5	0	--
Career		150	2,332	15.5	24	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2021

W 30–27

vs Coastal Carolina

6 rec · 113 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Brice — 347 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.4 · 34 rush yds (5 car) · M. Williams — 8 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.33Chase Brice pass complete to Corey Sutton for 79 yds for a TD (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 12 · Troy · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.22Chase Brice pass complete to Corey Sutton for 21 yds for a TD, (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.11Chase Brice pass complete to Corey Sutton for 40 yds to the CCaro 35 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Marshall · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Chase Brice pass complete to Corey Sutton for 24 yds for a TD, (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 1 · East Carolina · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +3.04Chase Brice pass complete to Corey Sutton for 13 yds to the AppSt 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Georgia Southern · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -2.89Chase Brice pass complete to Corey Sutton for a loss of 7 yards to the GeoSo 38
Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA -2.89Chase Brice pass complete to Corey Sutton for no gain Corey Sutton fumbled, forced by Teddy Gallagher, recovered by CCaro Manny Stokes Jr. , return for 15 yds to the AppSt 29
Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Chase Brice pass complete to Corey Sutton for 28 yds for a TD, (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 10 · Arkansas State · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.74Chase Brice pass complete to Corey Sutton for 21 yds to the ArkSt 44 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Chase Brice pass complete to Corey Sutton for 32 yds to the CCaro 19 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 33-19vs East Carolina	4	52	13.0	1	18
Wk 2	L 23-25@ Miami	7	60	8.6	0	15
Wk 3	W 44-10vs Elon	7	128	18.3	0	37	Season-high 128 yds
Wk 4	W 31-30vs Marshall	10	127	12.7	1	37
Wk 5	W 45-16@ Georgia State	4	106	26.5	1	79
Wk 7	L 13-41@ Louisiana	2	19	9.5	0	14
Wk 8	W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina	6	113	18.8	1	40
Wk 9	W 59-28vs UL Monroe	5	77	15.4	1	38
Wk 10	W 48-14@ Arkansas State	2	29	14.5	0	21
Wk 11	W 31-7vs South Alabama	3	34	11.3	1	17
Wk 12	W 45-7@ Troy	4	76	19.0	1	35
Wk 13	W 27-3vs Georgia Southern	5	55	11.0	0	36
Wk 14	L 16-24@ Louisiana	2	28	14.0	0	16
Total		61	904	14.8	7	79

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Corey Xavier Sutton

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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