He earned many honors including All-State, All-Region, All-District, and AP Player of the Year for the state of Georgia.
[4] He was initially sharing playing time with sophomore Joey Mathews but both ultimately lost out to freshman Casey Clausen.
[7] During that time, he apprenticed under former star quarterback George Godsey and eventual Delaware transfer Andy Hall.
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'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.