Suggs started his career at the
University of Tennessee under head coach
Phillip Fulmer. He was given a
redshirt season in 1999. In 2000, he started four games for the Volunteers and played in three others, completing 53.8 percent of his
passes for 785 yards, with five
touchdowns and three
interceptions. His best game came against
LSU where he had 319 passing yards and three touchdowns. He was initially sharing playing time with
sophomore Joey Mathews but both ultimately lost out to
freshman Casey Clausen. Suggs transferred to Georgia Tech in 2001 and ushered in the new
Chan Gailey regime, being the first skill position player to play for Gailey who was not recruited by previous coach
George O'Leary. Due to eligibility transfer rules, he had to sit out the 2001 season. Suggs's last start was in 2002 against
Fresno State University in the
Silicon Valley Bowl. He was taken out of the game in favor of
redshirt freshman Damarius Bilbo. Suggs's most notable game was a victory on November 2, 2002, in
Raleigh, North Carolina. Georgia Tech was 5–3 headed to face a #10 and 9–0
N.C. State squad led by All-American quarterback
Philip Rivers. Suggs led the Yellow Jackets past N.C. State by a score of 24–17 with a dramatic fourth quarter rally that ended Rivers's
Heisman hopes and N.C. State's national title run. Suggs passed for 211 yards and a touchdown in the victory. Suggs lost the starting job in 2003 to true freshman quarterback
Reggie Ball. Ball started every game but two for the next four years. Suggs's main playing time as a senior in 2003 came in a loss to
Georgia after Ball was injured and in a rout of the
Tulsa in the
Humanitarian Bowl. ==See also==