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5 Sam Coleman
5 - Sam Coleman
Height: 5-10
Weight: 171
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Wetumpka, Ala.
High School: Edgewood Academy
Position: WR
gp 10
yds 797
yds/g 79.7
td 6

2015:

  • First Team All-UAA on offense and Second Team All-UAA on special teams
  • First Team All-SAA
  • Played in all 10 games
  • Led the team in receptions (45), receiving yards (797) and yards per catch (17.7) while adding six touchdowns
  • Returned nine kicks for 288 yards (32.0 yards per return) on the season
  • Caught eight passes for 166 yards with a touchdown against Hendrix
  • Tallied 138 receiving yards at Rhodes and 126 receiving yards at Majors
  • Scored three touchdowns versus Sewanee with two receiving touchdowns and an 87-yard kickoff return
  • Caught nine passes for 122 at Washington-St. Louis
  • UAA Athlete of the Week (11/2)

2014:

  • First Team All-UAA
  • Played in all nine games
  • Led the team with 25 catches for 413 yards (16.5 yards per catch) and six touchdowns
  • Posted season highs of six catches and 112 yards with one touchdown versus Rhodes
  • Caught six passes for 63 yards and a touchdown against Carnegie Mellon
  • UAA Offensive Player of the Week (10/6)

2013:

  • Honorable Mention All-UAA selection
  • Played in 10 games
  • Caught 29 passes for a team-high 475 yards (16.4 yards per catch) and five touchdowns on the season
  • Totaled six catches for 139 yards and two touchdowns at Rhodes
  • Hauled in two touchdowns at Beloit

2012:

  • Played in nine games; finished third on the team with 27 catches for 254 yards (9.4 yards per catch) and one touchdown
  • Caught five passes for 61 yards and a touchdown versus Allegheny
  • Tallied a season-best seven catches for 68 yards at Carnegie Mellon
  • Named the team's Offensive Rookie of the Year

Personal:

  • Major: Public Policy
  • UChicago activities: Order of the "C" vice president
  • Participated in four years of football, four years of basketball and two years of baseball in high school
  • In football, was named AISA East All-Star Game MVP, AISA Back of the Year, Finalist for Mr. Football in Alabama
  • AISA All-Star in baseball and basketball
  • Teams won threee 2A AISA State Championshops in football and two 2A AISA State Championships in baseball
  • Salutatorian
Recent Games
Oct 10 Berry L, 24-17
Oct 17 at Rhodes W, 21-7
Oct 24 Hendrix L, 27-21
Oct 31 Sewanee W, 31-0
Nov 7 at Carnegie Mellon L, 52-7
Nov 14 at Washington (Mo.) L, 37-23
Statistics category Overall Conf
Receptions 45 39
Yards 797 749
Yards per game 79.7 93.6
Yards per catch 17.7 19.2
Touchdowns 6 6
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 5 Case Western Reserve W, 31-30 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Millsaps W, 31-27 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Sep 26 Centre W, 49-30 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 at Birmingham Southern W, 28-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Berry L, 24-17 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Rhodes W, 21-7 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 Hendrix L, 27-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Sewanee W, 31-0 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Carnegie Mellon L, 52-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Washington (Mo.) L, 37-23 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 5 Case Western Reserve W, 31-30 - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Millsaps W, 31-27 - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Centre W, 49-30 - - - - - - -
Oct 3 at Birmingham Southern W, 28-14 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 10 Berry L, 24-17 - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Rhodes W, 21-7 - - - - - - -
Oct 24 Hendrix L, 27-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Sewanee W, 31-0 - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Carnegie Mellon L, 52-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Washington (Mo.) L, 37-23 1 4 4.0 4 0 - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 5 Case Western Reserve W, 31-30 2 29 14.5 21 0 - -
Sep 19 at Millsaps W, 31-27 3 126 42.0 63 1 - -
Sep 26 Centre W, 49-30 3 25 8.3 12 0 - -
Oct 3 at Birmingham Southern W, 28-14 5 51 10.2 30 0 1 1
Oct 10 Berry L, 24-17 3 86 28.7 62 1 - -
Oct 17 at Rhodes W, 21-7 6 138 23.0 52 1 - -
Oct 24 Hendrix L, 27-21 8 166 20.8 43 1 - -
Oct 31 Sewanee W, 31-0 2 35 17.5 33 2 - -
Nov 7 at Carnegie Mellon L, 52-7 4 19 4.8 12 0 - -
Nov 14 at Washington (Mo.) L, 37-23 9 122 13.6 22 0 - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 5 Case Western Reserve W, 31-30 - - - - - 0
Sep 19 at Millsaps W, 31-27 - - - - - 0
Sep 26 Centre W, 49-30 - - - - - 0
Oct 3 at Birmingham Southern W, 28-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 10 Berry L, 24-17 - - - - - 0
Oct 17 at Rhodes W, 21-7 - - - - - 0
Oct 24 Hendrix L, 27-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 31 Sewanee W, 31-0 - - - - - 0
Nov 7 at Carnegie Mellon L, 52-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 14 at Washington (Mo.) L, 37-23 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 5 Case Western Reserve W, 31-30 - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Millsaps W, 31-27 - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Centre W, 49-30 - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 at Birmingham Southern W, 28-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Berry L, 24-17 - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Rhodes W, 21-7 - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 Hendrix L, 27-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Sewanee W, 31-0 - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Carnegie Mellon L, 52-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Washington (Mo.) L, 37-23 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 5 Case Western Reserve W, 31-30 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Millsaps W, 31-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Centre W, 49-30 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 at Birmingham Southern W, 28-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Berry L, 24-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Rhodes W, 21-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 Hendrix L, 27-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Sewanee W, 31-0 1 87 87.0 87 1 - - - - -
Nov 7 at Carnegie Mellon L, 52-7 3 100 33.3 53 0 - - - - -
Nov 14 at Washington (Mo.) L, 37-23 5 101 20.2 26 0 - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 5 Case Western Reserve W, 31-30 1 - 29 - - 29
Sep 19 at Millsaps W, 31-27 1 - 126 - - 126
Sep 26 Centre W, 49-30 1 - 25 - - 25
Oct 3 at Birmingham Southern W, 28-14 1 - 51 - - 51
Oct 10 Berry L, 24-17 1 - 86 - - 86
Oct 17 at Rhodes W, 21-7 1 - 138 - - 138
Oct 24 Hendrix L, 27-21 1 - 166 - - 166
Oct 31 Sewanee W, 31-0 1 - 35 - 87 122
Nov 7 at Carnegie Mellon L, 52-7 1 - 19 - 100 119
Nov 14 at Washington (Mo.) L, 37-23 1 4 122 - 101 227
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 5 Case Western Reserve W, 31-30 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 19 at Millsaps W, 31-27 6 - 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 26 Centre W, 49-30 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 3 at Birmingham Southern W, 28-14 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 10 Berry L, 24-17 6 - 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 17 at Rhodes W, 21-7 6 - 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 24 Hendrix L, 27-21 6 - 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 31 Sewanee W, 31-0 18 - 2 1 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 7 at Carnegie Mellon L, 52-7 0 - 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 14 at Washington (Mo.) L, 37-23 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 5 Case Western Reserve W, 31-30 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 19 at Millsaps W, 31-27 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 26 Centre W, 49-30 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 3 at Birmingham Southern W, 28-14 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 10 Berry L, 24-17 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 17 at Rhodes W, 21-7 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 Hendrix L, 27-21 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 31 Sewanee W, 31-0 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 at Carnegie Mellon L, 52-7 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 14 at Washington (Mo.) L, 37-23 1 0 1.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2012-13 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2013-14 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2014-15 9 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
2015-16 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 38 0 2 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2012-13 9 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 9 2 -2 -0.2 -1.0 0 4 1 0
2015-16 10 1 4 0.4 4.0 0 4 1 1
Total 38 3 2 0.1 0.7 0 4 2 1
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2012-13 9 27 3.0 254 28.2 9.4 1 29
2013-14 10 29 2.9 475 47.5 16.4 5 41
2014-15 9 25 2.8 413 45.9 16.5 6 44
2015-16 10 45 4.5 797 79.7 17.7 6 63
Total 38 126 3.3 1939 51.0 15.4 18 63
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2012-13 9 - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 10 - - - - - - - 0
2014-15 9 - - - - - - - 0
2015-16 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 38 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2012-13 9 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 9 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 38 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2012-13 - - - - - - - - - -
2013-14 1 17 17.0 0 17 - - - - -
2014-15 1 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - -
2015-16 9 288 32.0 1 87 - - - - -
Total 11 305 27.7 1 87 - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2012-13 9 - 254 - - 254 28.2
2013-14 10 - 475 - 17 492 49.2
2014-15 9 -2 413 - 0 411 45.7
2015-16 10 4 797 - 288 1089 108.9
Total 38 2 1939 - 305 2246 59.1
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2012-13 6 0.7 - 1 - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 30 3.0 - 5 0 - - - - - - 0
2014-15 36 4.0 0 6 0 - - - - - - 0
2015-16 42 4.2 0 6 1 - - - - - - 0
Total 114 3.0 0 18 1 - - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2012-13 9 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 1 1 2.0 .2 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 9 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Total 38 3 1 4.0 .1 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Total 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Conference 8 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Wins 6 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
September 3 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Total 10 1 4 0.4 4.0 0 4 1 1
Conference 8 1 4 0.5 4.0 0 4 1 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 1 4 0.8 4.0 0 4 1 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 - - - - - - 1 1
Losses 4 1 4 1.0 4.0 0 4 - -
-
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - 1 1
November 2 1 4 2.0 4.0 0 4 - -
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Total 10 45 4.5 797 79.7 17.7 6 63
Conference 8 39 4.9 749 93.6 19.2 6 63
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 18 3.6 341 68.2 18.9 4 62
Away 5 27 5.4 456 91.2 16.9 2 63
Neutral - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 21 3.5 404 67.3 19.2 4 63
Losses 4 24 6.0 393 98.3 16.4 2 62
-
September 3 8 2.7 180 60.0 22.5 1 63
October 5 24 4.8 476 95.2 19.8 5 62
November 2 13 6.5 141 70.5 10.8 0 22
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 6 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - 0
-
September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 - - - - - - - -
-
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Total 9 288 32.0 1 87 - - - - -
Conference 6 188 31.3 1 87 - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 1 87 87.0 1 87 - - - - -
Away 8 201 25.1 0 53 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 1 87 87.0 1 87 - - - - -
Losses 8 201 25.1 0 53 - - - - -
-
September - - - - - - - - - -
October 1 87 87.0 1 87 - - - - -
November 8 201 25.1 0 53 - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Total 10 4 797 - 288 1089 108.9
Conference 8 4 749 - 188 941 117.6
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
-
Home 5 - 341 - 87 428 85.6
Away 5 4 456 - 201 661 132.2
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
-
Wins 6 - 404 - 87 491 81.8
Losses 4 4 393 - 201 598 149.5
-
September 3 - 180 - - 180 60.0
October 5 - 476 - 87 563 112.6
November 2 4 141 - 201 346 173.0
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Total 42 4.2 0 6 1 - - - - - - 0
Conference 42 5.3 0 6 1 - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 30 6.0 - 4 1 - - - - - - 0
Away 12 2.4 0 2 0 - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 30 5.0 - 4 1 - - - - - - 0
Losses 12 3.0 0 2 0 - - - - - - 0
-
September 6 2.0 - 1 - - - - - - - 0
October 36 7.2 - 5 1 - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Total 10 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
-
September 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 1 0 1.0 .5 - - 0 - - - - - - - -