He has been getting alot of love in the fins camp.
Some Blogs from fins training camp from Bedard of the Palm Beach Post.
Rookie free-agent David Sutton could be a go-to WR in the red zone in a couple of years. He moves well for his size (6-6, 223) and makes more circus catches than anyone but Chris Chambers. Cam Cameron might have found a player in the mold of San Diego’s Vincent Jackson, a 6-5, 241-pound ex-hoops star, who had six TDs in 27 catches last season for the Chargers.
My boy Sutton catches a TD from Hamdan on the final play of the drill.
Sutton made an outstanding leaping catch over S Geoff Pope. I’m telling you, Sutton is a guy to watch.
Chambers and Sutton have exceled. Ginn doesn’t seem to like the physical play in this area of the field (that was a knock on him at Ohio State) but, boy, does he get off the ball well. He’s definitely a glider
WR David Sutton is making a name for himself. He’ll be a forced to be reckoned with come training camp;
Big Props to Our Gang for shedding the light on this potential stud. This could be our Colston 2.0 Theres been a little info about him here and there I rounded up in this post to help get a good fantasy scout on him.Photo of Sutton (passes the eye test) -
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Name: David Sutton
Height/Weight: 6-6, 222
Position: WR
Born: 5/30/84
College: Texas E-Paso '07
Acquired: FA, '07
NFL: Rookie
Dolphins: Rookie
Sutton did not play football while attending Long Beach Polytechnic High School. However, he was a two-year letterman in track and field, competing in the high jump and long jump. He also competed in volleyball in high school, earning team MVP his junior year and most-improved player his sophomore season.
Notes from mini camp upto now -
(realfootball365.com) July 27th - WR David Sutton (undrafted) - Not only has Sutton been the offseason's best surprise for Miami, apparently he's the team's best dunker (even better than Michael Malone, Moses Malone's son). He's still drawing rave reviews, and with his blend of size and athleticism could, he very well make the team. He's reminiscent of the San Diego Chargers ' Vincent Jackson, a former Cam Cameron project.
(Palm Beach Post) July 27th - DAVIE — Charles Collins, who makes his living developing receivers, has overseen his share of rising stars. He believes he's found another one, even if the Dolphins aren't quite sure what to make of rookie David Sutton.
Sutton, who is 6-feet-6 and 222 pounds but wasn't drafted this spring, made plays and won his coaches' confidence during rookie camp this week.
But Collins, who helped develop All-Pros Chad Johnson and Steve Smith, and Sutton understand that good practices before the veterans even report today count for only so much.
"I just try to make plays every day so I can stay around here," said Sutton, who signed May 4 as a free agent from Texas-El Paso and also was impressive in Dolphins mini-camps. "But that doesn't mean anything now. You can't live on the past."
These days, Sutton's future is his main selling point.
His lack of experience and production, including just six catches in two seasons at UTEP, cost him any chance to be drafted. But his potential earned him a look.
Collins, who runs an off-season training camp for receivers in Los Angeles, isn't surprised. But he also isn't close to satisfied.
"He has a high bar to live up to," said Collins, 44, who also trains established NFL receivers T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Dennis Northcutt. "The light hasn't come on yet. He's making plays and whatnot, but I also know what he's capable of doing."
Collins said he regularly warns Johnson, whom he coached at Santa Monica College, to keep an eye out for Sutton.
"I keep telling him I've found a bigger version of Chad Johnson," Collins said. "Chad laughs right now, but this kid has a chance to be really good."
Dolphins receiver coach Terry Robiskie, who said he never had heard of Sutton until this spring, is impressed but cautious in his assessment.
"The big thing for David is to keep it up," said Robiskie, who said the priority for Sutton is learning the Dolphins' offense.
"I'm in my playbook and trying to learn things, but my lack of playing football inhibits me," Sutton said.
Sutton said he sat on the bench during his only season of high school football in Long Beach, Calif. He played one season at Lincoln University of Missouri, a Division II school in Jefferson City, and one season at Compton (Calif.) Community College before heading to El Paso.
Each step of the way, no one questioned his athletic gifts. He was a high school All-America volleyball player who said he received multiple scholarship offers in that sport. He said he was a 7-foot high jumper in only two seasons in track and field.
But Collins said Sutton was "goofy, clumsy and immature" when he first saw him at his receivers' camp three summers ago.
Collins said Sutton didn't seem to really care until his career at UTEP wound down.
"He wanted to play football, but he was frustrated because he didn't know what to do," Collins said. "I didn't know how bad he wanted it. Then, he called me every day his senior year.
"He convinced me to work with him. He bugged the heck out of me."
Miami's five available active roster spots at receiver seem to be filled, but Marty Booker and Az-Zahir Hakim both are 30. If Sutton earns a spot on the eight-man practice squad, he might one day join Chris Chambers, Derek Hagan and rookie Ted Ginn Jr. on the 53-man roster.
"(Coaches) made a statement, we're all out here fighting for zero spots because nothing's guaranteed for us," Sutton said of the rookies. "So you have to make a play a day just to get recognized - and not make any mistakes, which is hard."
Collins believes things will get easier and easier for Sutton.
"He can realize he can be very good and he can dominate," Collins said. "That's the goal."
(Sun Sentinel) June 27th - Despite his inexperience, instead of soaring for spikes, Sutton, 23, has been leaping for end-zone lobs in this week's rookie camp as he attempts to earn a roster spot or practice squad berth on the Dolphins.