The Suggs athletic tree
Rickey Suggs, a 1980 Mr.Basketball finalist. Daughter Raena plays basketball for Hopkins. Sons Rickey Jr. and Renard were top players at Woodbury and played in college.
His brother, Donald Suggs, is the father of Terrell Suggs, who plays pro football for Baltimore.
DeMar Suggs and Dion Suggs-Young were star basketball players at St. Paul Johnson a decade apart.
Darren Suggs was an all-metro football wide receiver at St. Paul Highland Park in 2004.
Sherri Suggs played for the Highland Park girls' basketball team that reached the 1986 Class 2A state championship game.
Larry Suggs, a cousin of Rickey's, played basketball for Woodbury and in junior college. He is the father of Jalen Suggs, enrolled at Minnehaha Academy and one of the state's best players.
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Saturday’s game against Dallas presents an opportunity to indicate the team won’t repeat the flop in division games that wrecked last season.