RB Sutton Smith signs with Razorbacks
Sutton Smith
Running Back | 5-9 | 185 | Powder Springs, Ga. | George Walton HS / Memphis
At Memphis
2025 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Produced his best season-to-date, playing in 12 games and running for 669 yards and seven touchdowns on 102 carries while adding 20 receptions for 109 yards, 155 yards on five kick returns and 125 yards on 15 punt returns for a total of 1,058 total yards … Placed on Doak Walker Award preseason watch list … Picked up 60 yards on nine carries and scored a touchdown in season-opening win vs. Chattanooga (Aug. 30) … Caught a season-high four passes for 43 yards and ran for 74 yards on 14 carries at Georgia State (Sept. 6) … Carried the ball a season-high 18 times and produced his first 100-yard game of the season 113 yards at Troy (Sept. 13) scoring a season-high two touchdowns … Ran wild in win over Arkansas (Sept. 20), rushing for a career-best 147 yards with one TD – his fifth in four games – on 12 carries … Rushed for 26 yards on seven touches at Florida Atlantic (Sept. 27) … Scored his sixth touchdown of the season vs. Tulsa (Oct. 4), running for 34 yards on 10 attempts … Returned a kick 99 yards for a touchdown at UAB (Oct. 18), adding 26 yards on five carries … Carried the ball 10 times for 35 yards in win over South Florida (Oct. 25) … Caught two passes for 11 yards at Rice (Oct. 31) … Gained 20 yards on two carries and caught a pair of passes for 12 yards vs. Tulane (Nov. 7) … Notched his third 100-yard game of the season with 109 yards on just seven carries at East Carolina (Nov. 15) … Ran six times for 25 yards vs. Navy (Nov. 27) in regular season finale.
2024 (JUNIOR): Redshirted after suffering season-ending injury … Played in one game, carrying the ball three times for seven yards vs. North Alabama (Aug. 31) … Named to Phil Steele’s Preseason First-Team All-AAC team as a kick returner and was on Paul Hornung Award preseason watch list.
2023 (SOPHOMORE): Started two games and played in all 13 for a Memphis team that went 10-3 with a win over Iowa State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl … Burst out of the gate in the season-opener vs. Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 2), rushing for a career-best 115 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries … Caught two passes for 26 yards and added five yards on the ground at Arkansas State (Sept. 9) … Returned one kick for 17 yards and four times for seven yards vs. Navy (Sept. 14) … Gained 15 yards on two carries and caught one pass for five yards vs. Missouri (Sept. 23) … Accounted for 28 total yards vs. Boise State (Sept. 30), rushing for five yards, catching one pass for five yards and returning one kick for 16 yards … Ran for 22 yards on four carries vs. Tulane (Oct. 13), caught two passes for nine yards and returned two kicks for 55 yards … Gained 70 yards on three kick returns and added 21 rushing yards on four carries at UAB (Oct. 21) … Ran for 59 yards on nine touches at North Texas (Oct. 28) … Racked up 86 yards on three kick returns vs. South Florida (Nov. 4) … Posted a career-best 111 kick return yards on four returns at Charlotte (Nov. 11) … Carried the ball twice for seven yards vs. SMU (Nov. 18), adding one catch for nine yards and two kick returns for 30 yards … Matched his season-best with three receptions at Temple (Nov. 24) gaining 31 yards and running for 19 yards on six attempts to go with 60 yards on two kick returns … Caught two passes for a career-high 45 yards while adding 64 kick return yards and 22 rushing yards for 131 total yards in Liberty Bowl victory over Iowa State (Dec. 29).
2022 (FRESHMAN): Played in 10 games as a true freshman, rushing for 135 yards on 29 carries, catching four passes for 58 yards and returning three kickoffs for 50 yards … Named to AAC All-Academic Team … Made his collegiate debut vs. Arkansas State (Sept. 17), running three times for 21 yards … Produced 116 total yards at No. 25 Tulane, running for 28 yards, catching two passes for 38 yards and returning three kicks for 50 yards … Scored his first career touchdown vs. North Alabama (Nov. 19), running for 55 yards on seven carries while adding one reception for 14 yards … Carried the ball four times for 11 yards and a score at SMU (Nov. 26) … Ran six times for 20 yards vs. Utah State in First Responder Bowl (Dec. 27).
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star prospect and ranked the No. 96 overall athlete in the state of Georgia at George Walton HS … Played in GMSAA All-Star game … As a senior, ran for 748 yards on 140 carries with 15 touchdowns while adding 363 receiving yards.
