Born in
Fort Collins, Colorado,
Sports Football career Sutter was a
defensive back in
college with the
Colorado Buffaloes football team. He was drafted by the
Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the
1998 NFL draft. He was cut late in the 1998
training camp. He then signed with the
Carolina Panthers a few days later, not making the active roster until November 28, 1998 (he had been on the Panthers
practice squad). In the first play of his first game in the NFL, he injured his shoulder while making a tackle against the
New York Jets. He was immediately placed on
injured reserve and eventually released. The following summer, he signed with the
Seattle Seahawks, but was cut. In 2000, Sutter played one season for the
Barcelona Dragons of
NFL Europe. In the spring of 2005, Ryan was invited to a tryout with the
New Orleans Saints, but suffered a knee injury during the minicamp. He has not been in the NFL since. His "5 seconds" of game time (1 play) is generally recognized as the shortest NFL career ever.
Other Ryan Sutter was a competitor on
season 9 of American Ninja Warrior. In the Denver Qualifiers, he failed on the third obstacle, the Bouncing Spider, and did not qualify for the Denver Finals. ==Personal life==