Career: Finished career among the App State leaders in touchdown receptions (No. 3 with 24), receiving yards (No. 6 with 2,278) and receptions (tied for No. 8 with 146) … Amassed 24 touchdown catches in just 35 career games for App State … All-Sun Belt honors in all three seasons he played in games for the Mountaineers, with a first-team selection in 2021 … Invited to the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl … Preseason watch list for the Reese’s Senior Bowl … Candidate for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2021 after missing the end of the 2019 season and all of 2020 while recovering from injury … Named the Sun Belt’s “Most Dangerous Deep Threat” during his career and had 23 catches of 30-plus yards at App State … Counting first FBS season at Kansas State, had 150 college catches for 2,332 yards.
2021: First-team All-Sun Belt … Started in all 13 of his appearances, missing just the bowl game … Ranked among the Sun Belt leaders in receiving yards (No. 4 with 904), receptions (No. 4 with 61) and receiving touchdowns (tied for No. 4 with seven) … Candidate for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award after missing the end of the 2019 season and all of 2020 while recovering from injury … Eclipsed 100 receiving yards in four games and scored a TD in six of his last 10 games … Had stretch of three straight 100-yard games, with 128 yards against Elon, 127 yards against Marshall (on a career-high 10 catches, with a 24-yard touchdown) and 106 yards against Georgia State (with a 79-yard touchdown) … Posted 113 yards with a 28-yard touchdown in the win against Coastal Carolina …Back-leg, toe-dragging touchdown catch in the fourth quarter against Marshall ranked as the No. 1 play of the day by SportsCenter … Tied for fourth in the league with eight receptions of 30-plus yards.
2020: Opted out of the season ... Preseason first-team All-Sun Belt from the league’s coaches/media as well as Lindy's and Street and Smith ... Second team from Athlon and Phil Steele .... Sun Belt's No. 7 NFL Prospect (Lindy's).
2019: Second-team All-Sun Belt receiver … In just nine games (seven starts), had a team-leading seven touchdown receptions with 41 catches for 601 yards … Before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the home finale against Texas State, made eight catches for 173 yards and three touchdowns in a win at Georgia State with scores from 12, 20 and 24 yards out … Followed that with a 45-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter against Texas State but left the game with a season-ending knee injury … Had two touchdown catches in the final nine minutes against Georgia Southern … Made season debut at North Carolina and had seven catches for 58 yards in the win at UNC … Also caught a touchdown pass while totaling 76 receiving yards against Coastal Carolina … Had at least 75 receiving yards in three games ... Named the Sun Belt’s “Most Dangerous Deep Threat” (Lindy’s) and the Sun Belt’s No. 9 NFL Talent (Lindy’s).
2018: Second-team All-Sun Belt … Led team with 10 touchdown catches (T-No. 1 Sun Belt, No. 21 nationally), 773 receiving yards, 44 receptions and a 17.6 average per reception (No. 1 Sun Belt, No. 32 nationally) … Touchdown reception total was the highest mark at App State since Brian Quick had 11 in 2011 and ranks fifth in App State's single-season records … Tied for 10th in school history with 17.6 yards per catch over a single season … Had three catches for 155 yards at Charlotte with touchdowns of 27 and 90 yards, the longest receiving touchdown in school history (Otis Smith didn't score on a 95-yard connection in 1994) … Became the first App State player to need less than four catches to gain 150 receiving yards in a game … Touchdown receptions of 16 and 15 yards in the first 18 minutes against Troy gave App State a 14-0 lead in a 21-10 win that clinched an East Division title. Second TD was a highlight-worthy, toe-dragging effort in the back of the end zone after officials initially ruled he didn’t get a foot in bounds … Also had two touchdowns in an eight-catch, 78-yard performance against Middle Tennessee in the New Orleans Bowl … Two 100-yard games included a four-catch, 101-yard effort with one touchdown against Georgia State … Acrobatic, 25-yard touchdown pass late in the first half at Arkansas State ranked No. 2 on the SportsCenter Top 10 list … Had six catches for 87 yards, including a 39-yard gain to the 1 in the fourth quarter, during his App State debut at Penn State … Tied for No. 3 in the Sun Belt with nine catches of 30-plus yards and one of seven players nationally with a 90-yard reception.
2017: Redshirted per NCAA transfer rules.
2016 (At Kansas State): Enrolled early and caught four passes for 54 yards in 11 games as a true freshman … Had a season-long reception of 28 yards in the Wildcats’ 2016 opener against Stanford … Also had a 12-yard catch at Iowa State, an 8-yard catch against Oklahoma and a 6-yard reception against Missouri State.
High School: Played his senior season at Mallard Creek under head coach Michael Palmieri... Rated the 32nd-best player in the state of North Carolina by ESPN and No. 38 by Rivals.com ... In 2015, helped Mallard Creek post a 14-1 record, including a 49-6 win in the Class 4AA state championship game ... Previously played at Hough High under Miles Aldridge, catching 41 passes for 584 yards and five touchdowns... Helped the Huskies go 10-4 with a state semifinal appearance.
Personal: Full name is Corey Xavier Sutton … Born Oct. 30, 1997 … Son of App State alums Clarence and Shannon Sutton ... Has three siblings … Father signed with the Chicago Bears after playing alongside Shawn Clark, Scott Satterfield and Mark Ivey as a standout safety for the Mountaineers from 1993-95.
