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Alabama lost a member of its quarterback fraternity on Thursday morning.
Former Tide quarterback Vince Sutton died after years of battling kidney disease and multiple strokes, which made him partially blind.
My "Little brother, my friend, and my favorite Alabama Quarterback Vince Sutton passed away this morning after years of health issues. Vince & Pierre Goode, my parents with Vince during his playing days @AlabamaFTBL pic.twitter.com/yvWEaYFtix
— Terry Robinson (@Trafficman813) February 15, 2018
Before Jalen Hurts did so in 2016, Sutton was the last Alabama quarterback to start as a true freshman back in 1984.
He finished his college career with 1,102 passing yards, 10 touchdown passes, as well as 122 rushing yards and 3 rushing touchdowns.
Sutton most recently spent his time as a high school football coach back in his hometown of LaGrange, Georgia at Dawson Street Christian School.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Down South. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.
