Lucky No. 7 is back.

San Diego State running back Lucky Sutton jogged out for practice this week wearing jersey No. 7 after sporting No. 27 ever since spring practice.

Sutton wore No. 7 at Cathedral Catholic High School and during his first three years with the Aztecs, but SDSU coach Sean Lewis is making players earn the honor of wearing the single-digit jerseys coveted by the players.

“It’s a very real currency,” Lewis explained in the spring. “The expectations are going to be significantly higher for you individually if you’re a single-digit guy. Those are the elite of the elite.”

Sutton, a 6-foot-1, 212-pound redshirt junior, initially downplayed the honor — “It means a lot, but I’m just worried about winning games,” he said — when asked about it after Wednesday’s practice.

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