At the beginning of the 2015 football season, and injury to LaDarrell McNeil and an illness to Todd Kelly Jr. forced then defensive coordinator John Jancek to reshuffle the secondary. Brian Randolph moved over to free safety while Evan Berry played strong safety.
The result was disastrous.
Although there wasn’t much help from Emmanuel Moseley that game, Berry, who is a true free safety instead of a strong safety, constantly got out of position, and Sutton was often left alone guarding three receivers on one side of the field.
Against Oklahoma, however, with McNeil still hurt, Kelly was able to return to strong safety.