His first name is an instant icebreaker.

Lucky.

Lucky Sutton has heard all the plays on his name, “Lucky to be here” perhaps more than anything else. That, he is. Lucky, and good. It is talent and work ethic that provided Sutton with the hard-earned opportunity to start in Thursday night’s season opener against Stony Brook.

Sutton had five carries for 35 yards all last season. He had more than that — 7 carries for 48 yards — on SDSU’s opening drive against the Seawolves. That last yard came on a 1-yard touchdown run to open the scoring at Snapdragon Stadium.

Sutton nodded his head as he looked up at the SDSU student section and saw thousands of schoolmates nodding back.

Good for him. The Lucky part? That’s another story. It’s appropriate enough, given the circumstances surrounding his

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