Vincent Joseph Sutherland (born April 22, 1978) is an American former professional football player who played wide receiver for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears.

He scored a total of 14 touchdowns as the Rams finished 9-3, winning a district championship and advanced to quarterfinals of state playoffs.

After the season, he was named to the Class 6A second-team all-state, first-team all-area and made Florida's Super 11 Team.

[1] For Track & Field, Sutherland was all-state and all-county in both junior and senior years.

He registered 13 rushing attempts (usually bubble screen that resulted in an official lateral) for 111 yards (fourth on team) with two touchdowns.

[1] Sutherland received Purdue's Most Improved Offensive Player Award for 1999 spring practice.

[1] As a junior, Sutherland started all 12 games, and ranked second on team with 698 receiving yards and fourth with 39 receptions, to Chris Daniels, who set a school record in both categories.

He ranked seventh in Big Ten with 58.2 receiving yards per game, and led Big Ten with school-record average of 16.4 yards per punt return, which still stands as the Purdue record for punt return yardage average for one season.

[4][5] His regular season numbers were enough to make him a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award, the nations top receiver.

[6] His play also assisted the Boilermakers to win the Big Ten conference during the regular season, which allowed them to be invited to the 2001 Rose Bowl against the Washington Huskies.

[10] He was invited to the 2001 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he posted the following numbers during his workouts: Sutherland was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 5th round (136th overall).

[17] Sutherland came back to camp the following fall,[18] but was released on August 27 after suffering a hamstring injury.

Sutherland appeared in the team's first 3 games, grabbing 7 passes for 82 yards and 2 touchdowns.