Vincent Joseph Sutherland was born on April 22,1978 and is an American former professional football player who played wide receiver for two seasons in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears.
26 Facts About Vinny Sutherland
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Vinny Sutherland attended Palm Beach Lakes High School in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Vinny Sutherland ran a high school career best 10.4 100m dash in senior season.
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Vinny Sutherland choose to play his continue both his football and track and field career by signing a letter of intent to play for new Purdue Boilermakers head coach, Joe Tiller.
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Vinny Sutherland played in all 12 games and started three times as a true freshman.
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Vinny Sutherland finished the season ranked third on team with 34 receptions for 357 yards with two touchdowns.
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Vinny Sutherland registered 13 rushing attempts for 111 yards with two touchdowns.
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Vinny Sutherland served as the team's punt returner, finishing the season ranked sixth in Big Ten with 9.8-yard punt return average.
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Vinny Sutherland attempted two passes on reverse plays, completing one for 20 yards.
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Vinny Sutherland was named a 2nd Team Freshman All-American by The Sporting News.
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Vinny Sutherland received Purdue's Most Improved Offensive Player Award for 1999 spring practice.
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Vinny Sutherland had 31 receptions for 301 yards with three touchdowns as well as nine rushes for 58 yards.
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Vinny Sutherland served as the team's punter returner, returning 10 punts for 82 yards.
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Vinny Sutherland tied for team lead with seven touchdown receptions.
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Vinny Sutherland ranked seventh in Big Ten with 58.2 receiving yards per game, and led Big Ten with school-record average of 16.4 yards per punt return, which still stands as the Purdue record for punt return yardage average for one season.
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Vinny Sutherland caught a 99-yard TD pass from quarterback Drew Brees in a game against Northwestern, which is still the longest pass in NCAA history.
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Vinny Sutherland was still able to lead Purdue in receptions, receiving yards, touchdowns, all-purpose yards and scoring.
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Vinny Sutherland's play assisted the Boilermakers to win the Big Ten conference during the regular season, which allowed them to be invited to the 2001 Rose Bowl against the Washington Huskies.
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Vinny Sutherland went on to be named first-team all-Big Ten as a wide receiver and second-team all Big Ten as a returner.
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Vinny Sutherland was rated as the eighteenth-best wide receiver in the draft.
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Vinny Sutherland was invited to the 2001 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he posted the following numbers during his workouts:.
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Vinny Sutherland was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 5th round.
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Vinny Sutherland was quickly signed in September 2001 by the San Francisco 49ers.
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Vinny Sutherland saw limited action playing as a wide receiver as he only had one catch for 5 yards, and added one carry for 16 yards.
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In 2004, Vinny Sutherland signed with the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League.
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Vinny Sutherland appeared in the team's first 3 games, grabbing 7 passes for 82 yards and 2 touchdowns.