Eric Sutton

Eric Sutton (born September 5, 1998) is a Canadian former professional football defensive back who played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Early life Sutton was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, when his father, Eric Sutton, was playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He played in 37 games, starting in five of them, where he had 45 tackles while playing extensively on special teams. He was injured in 2019 which he was able to use as a redshirt season. In 2021, his last season of college eligibility, he played in ten games for the Bobcats where he recorded 22 tackles.

Sutton was drafted in the sixth round, 53rd overall, in the 2022 CFL draft by the Toronto Argonauts and signed with the team on May 10, 2022. Following training camp, he was placed on the team's practice roster, but made his professional debut in the team's second game on June 25, 2022, against the BC Lions, where he had one special teams tackle. He recorded the first two defensive tackles of his career on July 24, 2022, in a game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders and tallied a career-high five total tackles against the Ottawa Redblacks on September 24, 2022.