Coleman Named to Street & Smith's All-America Team

A 2001 candidate for the Harlon Hill Trophy as the nation's NCAA Division II player, Coleman was among 13 individuals on offense to comprise the publication's preseason All-America team. He joins Hillsdale College's Todd DeVree (defensive lineman) and Tim Mustapha (defensive back) as the only representatives from a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) member institution.

Coleman has also been chosen a 2001 preseason All-American by Preview Sports College Football.

A season ago, Coleman was recognized as a first-team All-American by Daktronics, Inc., Associated Press, Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette, and D2Football.com. Coleman, who attained All-GLIAC First-Team honors on offense and second-team accolades on defense as a specialist, was also selected as the 2000 Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette's Receiver-of-the-Year and was a Detroit Free Press 2000 finalist for Michigan's top sports figure.

The 5-11, 184-pound receiver was both Ferris State's Most Valuable Player and Most Valuable Offensive Skill Player last season after setting both FSU and GLIAC career records for most receptions and receiving yards this season. He has currently totaled 3,637 career receiving yards on 229 catches in 31 contests at Ferris State while compiling 212 career receptions for 3,460 yards in conference games only. Coleman established school single-season records for receptions (97), receiving yards (1,519) and touchdowns (15) last fall. His 89 catches for 1,441 yards in GLIAC outings only last season both represented conference records. He compiled nine 100-yard plus game receiving performances during the 2000 campaign and three double-figure reception outings, including a conference and school-record tying 15 catches at Grand Valley State (10/7).

For his three-year career to date, Coleman is presently third among the GLIAC's all-time leaders in all-purpose yards (4,912 yds.) and is ninth in scoring (202 pts.). The FSU wideout currently ranks fifth in all-time scoring at Ferris with 214 career points in 31 contests. Coleman was also listed nationally in several individual statistical categories last season, finishing second in both pass receptions (8.8 rpg.) and receiving yards (138.1 ypg.), sixth in all-purpose yards (194.8 ypg.), tied for 19th in scoring offense (8.9 ppg.), and 46th in punt returns (10.3 avg.).