KNOXVILLE – When Cameron Sutton gingerly walked off the Neyland Stadium field during the first half of Tennessee’s win against Ohio back in September, the fear was it would be the last sight of him wearing No. 23 for the Volunteers.
The All-SEC cornerback broke a bone in his ankle, and it would have been easy for him to turn his focus to preparing for the NFL draft, which he considered entering after his junior season.
Instead, Sutton ensured his senior season at Tennessee wouldn’t end there, returned earlier than expected and will play in his home finale against Missouri on Saturday.
“Whenever I texted Cam or called him after that happened,” fellow senior corner Malik Foreman said, “he was like, ‘Bro, I’m going to be back. I don’t know how, but some way I’m going to be back.’
“He was in the training room from when he could go in to when he had to leave. I never doubted Cam one bit. I knew he’d be back out there with us.”