Senior defensive back on Texas State's 2021 roster.
5′9″ · 175 lb · Cedar Hill, TX
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1896 nationally · Signed with SMU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Texas State's roster.
Eric Sutton
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Eric Sutton has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles against Troy, Week 7, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Texas State, 67 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Everett Withers, Chris Woods, and Jake Spavital. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Texas State | 22 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | SMU | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | SMU | 16 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | SMU | 14 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | SMU | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 67 | 44 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2021
W 33–31
1 SOLO · 2 TOT
Edged out South Alabama at home in a shootout.
With B. McBride — 187 yds · 2 TD · 3 INT · QBR 30.0 · 57 rush yds (15 car) · J. Banks — 4 rec · 104 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-29vs Baylor | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-59@ Eastern Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 33-31vs South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-31vs Troy | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 27-19vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-35@ Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-22@ Arkansas State | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Brandon Johnson’s 2021 season.
Matches Brandon on
Differs from Brandon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Josiah Allen's junior season at UTEP (2022).
Matches Josiah on
Player DNA