Lucky Sutton
Lucky Sutton
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Lucky Sutton has been at San Diego State through two head coaches in four seasons. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 158 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Wyoming — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Mountain West
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Sean Lewis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Mountain West
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San Diego State | 253 | 1,292 | 5.1 | 10 | -- |
| 2024 | San Diego State | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | San Diego State | 30 | 157 | 5.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | San Diego State | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 290 | 1,492 | 5.1 | 12 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San Diego State | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | San Diego State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | San Diego State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | San Diego State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025
W 17–7
vs Boise State
150 rush yds (25 car)
How he plays
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
San Diego State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · San Diego State
Returning around him
- 80% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 1 San Diego State player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (26 in / 26 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
San Diego State · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #86 · 2026 recruiting class #83
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Samuel Brown V’s 2022 season.
Matches Samuel on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Demetric Felton’s path through UCLA.
Demetric Felton
Joshua Samuel
Matches Demetric on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Brennan Armstrong's senior season at NC State (2023).
Matches Brennan on
Differs from Brennan on
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2022–2025+16050%
Up 16050% from first season to most-recent.