On March 21, the Detroit Lions severed their relationship with cornerback Cameron Sutton after Florida police revealed that the player was wanted for domestic abuse.
A concerning complaint from Sutton’s time playing college football at the University of Tennessee has now surfaced, and authorities are still looking for him on suspicion of strangling a woman. At the time, Sutton reported that he frequently blacked out during games and had concussion symptoms. These tales have piqued fans’ curiosity anew since Sutton’s accusations became public.
In college, Cameron Sutton admitted, “I just blacked out.”
Sutton experienced a concussion in November 2014, forcing him to exit a Tennessee football game for a short spell when he was still a college player. Concerns about a more serious issue were raised when the cornerback later disclosed that he experienced blackouts on a regular basis while playing.
“It just happens during the day sometimes,” Sutton said in 2014 to 247Sports, citing AL.com. Even if I might pass out, I just keep moving forward and nothing occurs. That has never occurred in a game before. However, I can’t let that deter me from returning to the game and completing the remaining stages.
Sutton emphasised that he experienced the ailment on a daily basis.
That doesn’t occur frequently. In those two seconds, it does happen. I simply go dark, wake up, and carry on with my day,” he remarked.
Resharing the account of Sutton’s in-game blackouts, some Lions supporters wondered if he had sustained additional concussion damage.
The Lions and Cameron Sutton part ways.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida requested assistance in locating Sutton on March 20. Sutton is wanted on a warrant and faces charges of domestic violence by strangulation, a third-degree felony with a maximum five-year prison sentence.
Phil Martello, a sheriff’s department communications officer, told MLive that “he’s been ducking us.” “All leads have been pursued by our deputies. He has homes and cars in the area, but he hasn’t been there. He has put his phone away.
On Thursday, the Lions said that Sutton had been discharged without providing an explanation. One of the team’s biggest offseason additions was Sutton. During the 2023–24 season, he started all 17 games for the Lions and recorded a career-high 65 tackles along with one interception.
“A little more than a year ago, the Lions signed Sutton to a $33 million, three-year contract, targeting him as a key player to acquire last offseason,” the article stated. “He helped the team win two playoff games in a single postseason for the first time since 1957, as well as a division title for the first time in three decades.”
According to Mike Payton of AtoZ Sports, the Lions made a bold statement when they released Sutton, and they deserve some credit for their quick decision.
“The Lions are demonstrating that they are not a team that will stand by that in a league where teams are currently rostering players who have been accused of domestic abuse and sexual assault,” Payton wrote.
“You don’t deserve to play for the Lions if you do anything like Sutton is accused of doing. You truly don’t deserve to be an NFL player at all, yet some teams will still accept you.
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