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In Week 5’s matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles, Courtland Sutton torched Quinyon Mitchell and Co. for 99 yards on eight catches, further building his legacy in Broncos Country.
That yardage total lifted him to a career total in Denver of 5,705 yards, past Broncos legend Vance Johnson (5,695), for eighth-place in franchise history. Meanwhile, his eight receptions brought his career total to 405, breaking him out of a tie with Riley Odoms and surpassing Emmanuel Sanders, now the seventh-most in franchise history.
Plus, Sutton now ranks 10th all-time among Broncos in receiving touchdowns, as his Week 3 score in Los Angeles moved him past Eric Decker.
The 2018 second-round pick isn’t just a compiler, either, as he currently places 11th among all Broncos in receptions per game (3.9), 10th in receiving yards per game (55.4), and 12th in receiving touchdowns per game (.34). Had he not suffered his career-changing ACL tear in 2020, he might already have earned his spot on Denver’s receiver Mt. Rushmore.
Sutton already had one of the more prodigious résumés in franchise history when the season started, ranking ninth in career receptions, 11th in career receiving yards, and tied for 11th in receiving touchdowns. Still, he now has a chance to cement a future spot in the Broncos’ Ring of Fame.
With 26 catches for 365 yards and three touchdowns already this season, Sutton is on pace to finish his 2025 campaign with 1,095 yards and 10 touchdowns on 88 receptions, which would put him in rarified air with the likes of Rod Smith, Shannon Sharpe, Demaryius Thomas, and Lionel Taylor.
If he can stay on that statistical trajectory all year, he’ll finish the regular season ranking fifth in franchise history in receptions (467), fifth in yards (6,435), and seventh in touchdowns (42).
Only those four aforementioned Broncos legends would rank ahead of Sutton in all four categories, though both Ed McCaffrey (46) and Haven Moses (44) would rank ahead of him on the touchdown leaderboard.
If Sutton can achieve all that this season, it will certainly help immortalize him in the minds of Broncos Country, but considering his recent contract extension, this season is merely scratching the surface.
The new guarantees in the new contract will ensure Sutton remains in Denver through 2026, and likely 2027, meaning he could climb much higher.
In the short term, Sutton needs 11 catches to pass Vance Johnson for sixth on Denver’s all-time receptions leaderboard; 51 yards to pass Riley Odoms for seventh among all Broncos in career receiving yards; and just two touchdown receptions to pass Steve Watson for ninth-place in franchise history in career receiving touchdowns.