BOONE, N.C. — App State wide receiver
Corey Sutton is officially a nominee for the 2021 Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year.
Through four games this season, he has a league-leading 28 catches, a team-leading 367 yards and two receiving TDs. Last week, in a nationally televised win over longtime rival Marshall, he set a career high with 10 receptions for 127 yards and scored a highlight-reel, comeback-starting touchdown that ranked as the No. 1 play of the day on ESPN's SportsCenter.
Sutton recorded 85 receptions for 1,374 yards and 17 touchdowns in his first 22 career games for App State but tore the ACL in his left knee in the 11th game of the 2019 season against Texas State. The injury cost him the final three games of the season for a 13-1 team, and he sat out the entire 2020 season to completely rehab his knee.
Ten times during the 2021 college football season, three inspiring student-athletes from all levels of college football who have overcome injury, illness, or other challenges are recognized as Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year nominees by a panel of writers, editors and sports information directors from CoSIDA, the AP and Touchdown Illustrated.
In December, three of the 30 nominees will be chosen as winners of the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award and will be recognized at a special ceremony during the PlayStation® Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1.
Justyn Ross, a wide receiver at Clemson, and Avery Samuels an offensive lineman at Stetson, were also nominated this week. The previously announced nominees include Terrel Bernard (LB, Baylor); Yohance Burnett (LB, Tulsa); Jack Coan (QB, Notre Dame); Aidan Hutchinson (DE, Michigan); Brian Kearns Jr. (RB, Stonehill College); and John Mitchell (TE, Florida Atlantic).
