Tevin Coleman
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| No. 26 Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running Back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | April 16, 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Tinley Park, Illinois | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Oak Forest (IL) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2015 / Round: 3 / Pick: 73 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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Tevin Ford Coleman (born April 16, 1993) is an American football running back for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Falcons in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Indiana University, where he was a unanimous All-American.
Early years
Coleman attended Oak Forest High School in Oak Forest, Illinois. He played running back, wide receiver, and cornerback, and also returned kicks and punts. He was named the 2011 Southtown Star Player of the Year. As a senior, he rushed for 949 yards on 83 carries with 13 touchdowns, and also had 16 receptions for 345 yards and five touchdowns.[1]
Coleman was also on the school's track & field team, where he competed as a sprinter and jumper. He was one of the best 100-meter sprinters and long-jumpers in the state of Illinois as a high schooler. At the 2011 IHSA State Championships, he placed fourth in the 100m, at 10.86, and took second in the long jump, getting a personal-best mark of 7.16 meters.[2] At the 2011 Thornton Classic Meet, he took gold in the long jump, with a mark of 6.88 meters, and finished second in the 100 m, at 10.8 seconds.[3] At the 2011 IHSA 2A State T&F Championship, he ran the 100 meters in a PR of 10.5 seconds, on his way to a second-place finish.
Considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Coleman was ranked as the No. 37 running back nationally in 2012. He chose Indiana over scholarship offers from Georgia Tech, Minnesota and Michigan State.[4]
| Name | Home town | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Tevin Coleman RB |
Oak Forest, IL | Oak Forest HS | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 202 lb (92 kg) | Jan 9, 2012 | |
Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
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| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 47 (RB) Rivals: 37 (RB) 247Sports: 42 (RB) ESPN: 140 (WR) | ||||||
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College career
As a true freshman in 2012 Coleman played in 12 games with two starts. He rushed for 225 yards on 51 attempts and one touchdown and also had 566 kick return yards and a touchdown. As a sophomore in 2013, Coleman started the first nine games of the season, before suffering an ankle sprain that caused him to miss the final three games.[5] He finished the year with 958 rushing yards on 131 carries with 12 touchdowns.[6][7]
In the first game of his junior season in 2014, Coleman rushed for 247 yards and two touchdowns against Indiana State.[8] Coleman's 307 yard day in a loss at Rutgers on November 15 became second highest rushing day in school history, behind only Anthony Thompson at Wisconsin in 1989.[9] On November 25, Coleman and fellow Big Ten Conference running backs Melvin Gordon (Wisconsin) and Ameer Abdullah (Nebraska) were named the three finalists for the Doak Walker Award.[10] In the final game of the 2014 season, on November 29 versus rival Purdue, Coleman rushed for 130 yards on 29 carries, finishing the season with 2,036 yards. He became the 18th player in NCAA Division I FBS history to reach 2,000 yard rushing mark in a season.[11] His 2,036 rushing yards also broke the school's single season record, which had been held by Vaughn Dunbar who had 1,805 yards in 1991.[12] Coleman finished seventh in the 2014 Heisman Trophy voting having received two first place votes.[13]
On December 29, 2014, Coleman announced that he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2015 NFL Draft.[14]
Statistics
| Season | Rushing | Receiving | Kickoff Returns | ||||||||||
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| Att | Yards | Avg | Yds/G | TD | Rec | Yards | TD | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| 2012 | 51 | 225 | 4.4 | 18.8 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 24 | 566 | 23.6 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 131 | 958 | 7.3 | 106.4 | 12 | 19 | 193 | 0 | 6 | 124 | 20.7 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 270 | 2,036 | 7.5 | 169.7 | 15 | 25 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | |
| Career Totals | 452 | 3,219 | 7.1 | 97.5 | 28 | 54 | 383 | 0 | 30 | 690 | 23.0 | 1 | [15] |
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||||
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| 5 ft 11 in | 206 lb | 4.39 s | 22 reps | ||||||||||||||||
| All values from Indiana Pro Day[16] | |||||||||||||||||||
Coleman was selected by the Atlanta Falcons with the 73rd overall pick (3rd round) of the 2015 NFL Draft.[17]
On September 8, 2015, due to the injury of Devonta Freeman, Coleman was named the Falcons feature running back to start the season.[18]
References
- ↑ http://www.iuhoosiers.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/tevin_coleman_808916.html
- ↑ http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=118921#16572
- ↑ http://patch.com/illinois/oakforest/gimme-5-oak-forests-coleman-sets-his-sights-on-the-nfl#.VBvn_vmSwrk
- ↑ https://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Tevin-Coleman-121538
- ↑ College Football: Health the key for Indiana’s Tevin Coleman
- ↑ College Football: Indiana’s Tevin Coleman ready for more duty in coming season
- ↑ Indiana RB Tevin Coleman poised to be one of Big Ten's best
- ↑ Tevin Coleman runs wild as Hoosiers defeat Indiana State 28-10
- ↑ Woods, David (November 16, 2014). "Tevin Coleman's 307 rushing yards can't save IU in loss". IndyStar. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
- ↑ "College Football Awards Finalists: Big Ten boasts all three Doak Walker Award finalists". Big Ten Conference. November 25, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Tevin Coleman reaches 2,000 yards". Associated Press. November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
- ↑ Huguenin, Mike (October 8, 2014). "NFL scouts taking notice of hyperproductive Tevin Coleman". NFL.com. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
- ↑ http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12025046/marcus-mariota-oregon-ducks-wins-heisman-trophy
- ↑ Indiana RB Tevin Coleman says he will enter 2015 NFL Draft
- ↑ "Tevin Coleman". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ↑ IU Pro day
- ↑ http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/football/falcons-draft-tevin-coleman-in-third-round/nk7bW/
- ↑ Tevin Coleman will get the start
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