After Grieb's suffered a season-ending injury earlier in the year, Dutton quarterbacked the SaberCats to a 52–14 victory over the Arizona Rattlers in ArenaBowl XVI.

Dutton then played college football for the Texas Longhorns, but was only a backup to starting quarterback James Brown.

Dutton helped the Wolf Pack win two Big West championships, and the 1996 Las Vegas Bowl.

[3] After being placed on the IR, Dutton signed to play in the Arena Football League where he was the backup quarterback for the San Jose SaberCats behind Mark Grieb.

After Grieb suffered a season-ending injury earlier in the year, Dutton quarterbacked the SaberCats to a 52–14 victory over the Arizona Rattlers in ArenaBowl XVI.

As the quarterback and wide receiver coach, Dutton helped lead Linfield Christian on to a 10–2–1 overall record.

[citation needed] He served as quarterback and running backs coach at College of the Siskiyous in Weed, California in 2015.