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Ranking the SEC's College Football Coaches for 2024

Steven Lassan

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It's a new era when it comes to ranking the head coaches in the SEC. With Nick Saban's retirement, the No. 1 spot goes to Georgia's Kirby Smart, but the conference has solid depth in the top five. Entering the 2024 college football season, Alabama's Kalen DeBoer, Texas' Steve Sarkisian, or LSU's Brian Kelly all have a solid claim to the No. 2 spot behind Smart.

The depth in the SEC coaching ranks also extends to the next tier that includes Tennessee's Josh Heupel, Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz, and Kentucky's Mark Stoops. The arrival of new Texas A&M coach Mike Elko and Oklahoma into the league (Brent Venables) only add to the coaching talent in the SEC.

Success with any college football team starts with coaching. Even if a program doesn’t have the resources of the nation’s elite jobs, a good coach can elevate a program into national title or conference title contention. However, similar to any position on the field, statistics may not tell the full story when judging a coaching tenure.

How did we compile the rankings for coaches by conference? For starters, it’s an impossible task. However, we tried to weigh every possible factor into this ranking. This is not simply a list of coaches ranked by accomplishment or wins. While those aspects are important, it doesn’t provide a complete picture of how successful coaches are. Also, every program has a different amount of resources available. Hierarchy in college football also plays a vital role in how successful programs are. It's always easier for programs with more built-in advantages to contend for a national title on a more consistent basis.

The above factors, along with career biography/resume, success in developing talent and landing prospects on the recruiting trail factored into the ranking. Additionally, how well programs value staff (is the head coach better as a CEO or hands-on approach) and the facilities or program resources matter into forming an outlook of how coaches have performed at different stops throughout their career.

Also see:

Post-Spring Rankings: SEC | Big 12 | Big Ten | ACC

Post-Spring College Football Playoff Projections

Grading New Head Coaches | 6 Coaches on Hot Seat

Again, wins and the career biography to this point are important. But our rankings also take into account a blank slate and subjectivity. If you start a program from scratch, which coach would you hire knowing what they accomplished so far and their career trajectory? Remember, you don't get the assistants - only the head coach. And head-to-head wins do not matter for this ranking. Athlon will rank every coach in all conferences this offseason.

Here are the results for the SEC: 

Ranking the SEC's College Football Coaches for 2024

Georgia's Kirby Smart ranks as the No. 1 coach in the SEC entering the 2024 season.

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1. Kirby Smart, Georgia

After Nick Saban's retirement, Smart assumes the No. 1 spot in the SEC and takes over the title as the best in college football. Georgia has won two out of the last three national championships and is 94-16 overall since he took over in '16. The Bulldogs have not lost a regular season SEC game since the '20 season. Also, the lowest Smart's team has finished in the top 25 since '17 is No. 7 (2018).

Related: College Football's Post-Spring 12-Team Playoff Projections

2. Brian Kelly, LSU

Kelly is off to a strong 20-7 start in Baton Rouge, but the '23 season might be a bit of a missed opportunity after quarterback Jayden Daniels (the Heisman winner) led a high-powered offense that only resulted in a No. 12 finish in the top 25. A struggling defense was primarily to blame for the Tigers' struggles, and Kelly made a big-time investment to address this side of the ball with new assistants and a coordinator (Blake Baker) this offseason. Kelly has won at every stop in his coaching career (Notre Dame, Grand Valley State, Cincinnati, and Central Michigan in addition to LSU) and enters the '24 season with 304 all-time wins.

Related: College Football's Post-Spring Top 25 for 2024

3. Steve Sarkisian, Texas

After Texas struggled to meet expectations or realize the program's potential in recent years, Sarkisian has the program clearly on the right track going into '24. The Longhorns are coming off their first appearance in the CFB Playoff and won the Big 12 title for the first time since '09. After a 12-2 mark last year, Sarkisian's overall record in Austin sits at 25-14. Counting previous stints at Washington (34-29) and USC (12-6), Sarkisian is 71-49 overall at the FBS level. He's also regarded as one of the top offensive minds in college football.

4. Kalen DeBoer, Alabama

DeBoer has the difficult task of replacing college football's greatest coach (Nick Saban), but he also has a track record of winning at every level and is well prepared for his debut in the SEC. DeBoer's first head-coaching job came in '05 at Sioux Falls, where he guided the Cougars to a 67-3 record with three NAIA titles from 2005-09. After that stint, DeBoer worked at Southern Illinois (2010-13), Eastern Michigan (2014-16), Fresno State (2017-18), and Indiana (2019) as an assistant before landing his first FBS head-coaching stop. DeBoer guided Fresno State to a 12-6 mark, including a 9-3 record in '21. Washington hired DeBoer in '22 and went 25-3 over the next two years, which included a trip to the national title last season. Adjusting to the SEC may take some time, but DeBoer should keep Alabama winning at a high level.

Related: Grading College Football's New Coach Hires for 2024

5. Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss

Ole Miss has posted double-digit wins in two out of the last three years under coach Lane Kiffin. 

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After guiding Ole Miss to the best single-season win total (11-2) in program history, Kiffin has his sights set on something better in '24: A trip to the SEC Championship and CFB Playoff. The "Portal King" has the Rebels positioned to be a preseason top-five team and addressed the defense (the team's biggest weakness) by landing a couple of high-profile transfers. Kiffin is 34-15 in Oxford and has guided the program to two double-digit win seasons since arriving in '20. His overall mark as a FBS head coach sits at 95-49 entering '24.

6. Josh Heupel, Tennessee

The Volunteers took a small step back in falling from 11 wins in '22 to nine last season. However, there's zero reason to panic in Knoxville. The two-win regression wasn't a major shock considering the departure of a few key players from the '22 squad, and Tennessee is positioned to rebound in '24 under the emergence of rising star quarterback Nico Iamaleava. In three years at the helm in Knoxville, Heupel has guided the Volunteers to a 27-12 record and is 14-10 in SEC play. Counting a stint at UCF (28-8), he's 55-20 as a FBS head coach. The one question mark for Heupel in '24 remains a defense that has lagged a bit compared to SEC contenders.

Related: Predicting the Best Game for Every Week in the SEC for the 2024 Season

7. Mark Stoops, Kentucky

The '24 season marks a critical point in Stoops' tenure. The Ohio native was reportedly set to become the next head coach at Texas A&M before the deal fell apart at the last minute. Stoops has posted back-to-back 7-6 seasons in Lexington, but his overall record at a tough job (73-65) is still impressive. He's also the winningest coach in program history and has posted two double-digit win totals since '18. 

8. Eli Drinkwitz, Missouri

The Tigers are coming off a breakout 11-2 season under coach Eli Drinkwitz.

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Drinkwitz entered 2023 in need of a breakthrough season to prove Missouri was on the right track. Mission accomplished. After going 17-19 in his first three years in Columbia, Drinkwitz guided the program to an 11-2 record. The Tigers knocked off Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl and finished No. 8 in the final rankings. Counting a one-year stint at Appalachian State (2019), Drinkwitz's overall record after '23 sits at 40-22. And with the bulk of the core returning from last year's squad, Missouri has an excellent opportunity to make their first CFB Playoff appearance in '24.

Related: Ranking the SEC Non-Conference Schedules for 2024

9. Mike Elko, Texas A&M

Elko was a popular (and highly regarded) pick to replace Jimbo Fisher in College Station. Under Elko's watch as coordinator from 2018-21, the Aggies boasted one of the top defenses in the SEC and finished No. 2 in the conference in fewest points allowed in '20. After thriving as a coordinator for several seasons, Elko finally got his chance to run his own program at Duke in '22. The Blue Devils went 5-18 in the two years prior his arrival but showed immediate improvement with a 9-4 mark. And if it wasn't for an injury to quarterback Riley Leonard, a better finish than 7-5 seemed within reach last year. The challenge for Elko in College Station is pretty simple: Do what Fisher couldn't do and take all of the potential and talent and turn it into wins. 

Related: College Football's Top 10 Wide Receivers for 2024

10. Hugh Freeze, Auburn

Freeze's return to the SEC in 2023 certainly didn't lack for drama. The Tigers nearly defeated Georgia and Alabama but also lost to New Mexico State and was dominated by Maryland in the Music City Bowl to cap a 6-7 debut. The offseason brought a major staff overhaul and a touted recruiting class, as both provide optimism for a step forward in '24. Freeze has been successful at every stop - Lambuth (20-5), Arkansas State (10-2), Ole Miss (39-25), and Liberty (34-15). But can he get Auburn back to the top of the SEC? 

11. Brent Venables, Oklahoma

It didn't take Venables long to show Oklahoma was back on track after going 6-7 in his debut in '22. The Sooners rebounded in a big way last year, finishing 10-3 and ranking No. 15 in the final top 25. As expected, Venables - one of the top defensive minds in college football - has also made an impact on that side of the ball. Oklahoma allowed 30 points a game in '22 but cut that total to 23.5 points a contest last year. The Sooners have a difficult schedule in their SEC debut and need to continue to build up both lines of scrimmage on the recruiting trail. However, the overall trajectory under Venables is pointing up and should continue to do so in '24 and beyond.

12. Billy Napier, Florida

Florida coach Billy Napier is squarely on the hot seat after an 11-14 start to his tenure.

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The temperature on Napier's seat in Gainesville is starting to warm after an 11-14 start to his tenure. Although Napier inherited a roster that needed more talent and depth, the patience at Florida - a place you should compete for CFB Playoff trips on a regular basis - is starting to wear thin going into '24. The Gators went 6-7 in Napier's debut (2022) but slipped to 5-7 last fall. Additionally, the program is only 6-10 in SEC play over the last two years. Napier has been a successful head coach before, going 40-12 at Louisiana from 2018-21. That record should provide optimism for Napier to turn things around, but progress is needed in '24 against a difficult schedule to rebuild momentum.

Related: College Football's Coaches on the Hot Seat for 2024

13. Shane Beamer, South Carolina

Injuries and a tough schedule prevented Beamer and South Carolina from building off a promising end to the '22 season. After racking up wins over Tennessee and Clemson, the Gamecocks finished 8-5 - the highest victory total for the program since '17. However, the momentum quickly eroded with a 5-7 finish and 3-5 mark in SEC play last fall. Beamer's overall record sits at 20-18 going into the '24 season. With a tough slate ahead again in '24, just returning the postseason would be a good bounce-back year for South Carolina. 

14. Sam Pittman, Arkansas

The 2024 season is clearly a make-or-break campaign for Pittman. After inheriting a roster in need of repair in '20, the Razorbacks went 3-7 in a SEC-only schedule. However, the program showed big-time improvement the following year with a 9-4 mark and a No. 21 overall finish in the top 25. Arkansas slid to 7-6 in '22 and slumped to 4-8 with just one win in SEC play last year. Pittman enters '24 on one of the hottest seats in the nation.

Related: College Football Coaches on the Hot Seat for 2024

15. Clark Lea, Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt is one of the toughest power conference jobs in college football, but Lea seemed like the perfect pick for this program when he was hired in '21. Although the former Commodore fullback deserves patience to build in Nashville, Vanderbilt is only 9-27 and 2-22 in SEC play over the last three years. Also, the defense - Lea's specialty after a standout stint as Notre Dame's coordinator - has ranked last in the SEC in points allowed for three consecutive years.

16. Jeff Lebby, Mississippi State

Lebby is a first-time head coach at one of the SEC's toughest jobs. However, Lebby also seems equipped to thrive in Starkville, as his track record of producing high-powered offenses should be what Mississippi State needs (and has worked before at this job) to level the playing field in the SEC. The Texas native has previous SEC experience after spending two years as Lane Kiffin's offensive coordinator at Ole Miss (2020-21) and arrives after working the last two seasons at Oklahoma. His '23 offense in Norman ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 in scoring (41.7 points a game).

Steven Lassan is the senior college football writer and editor for AthlonSports.com. Follow him on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. 

Also see:

Post-Spring Rankings: SEC | Big 12 | Big Ten | ACC

Post-Spring College Football Playoff Projections

Grading New Head Coaches | 6 Coaches on Hot Seat

 

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Report No major improvements for Auburn RB Brian Battie after another surgery

Nathan King

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The Auburn running back has been in critical care after being shot last Saturday in his hometown Sarasota, Florida

Auburn running back Brian Battie underwent another surgery Tuesday while remaining in critical care at a local hospital after being shot Saturday in his hometown of Sarasota, Florida, FOX 13 in Tampa reported Wednesday.

A family friend of the Battie's told FOX 13 that there were no "major improvements" in Battie's condition after his surgery. 

Battie, a former USF transfer, was one of five victims of a shooting over the weekend. His brother, 24-year-old Tommie Battie IV, was pronounced dead Saturday.

The GoFundMe page for Brian said he immediately went into intensive care at a local hospital. Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze tweeted that there was a "setback" in Brian's condition Sunday and that he was still on a ventilator as of Monday. The Tampa Bay Times reported Brian was shot in the head.

On Wednesday, Darryl Brookins, 28, was arrested by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, and is being charged with murder, attempted murder, and possession of a firearm as a felon.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, which received a copy of the arrest affidavit, security footage shows Brian and Tommie approached Brookins shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday at a Sarasota shopping center. Brookins pulled a gun and began firing, and the Battie brothers fired back before both being shot. 

A video from ABC 7 in Sarasota shows people at the other end of the shopping center react to the gunfire.

Brian played his first three college seasons at South Florida, where he amassed 1,841 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. He was a consensus All-American kick returner in 2021, when he led the nation at 32.5 yards per return, and housed three kicks for touchdowns.

Brian transferred to Auburn last January. In his lone season as a Tiger, he rushed for 227 yards and a touchdown, and returned 28 kickoffs.

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An oldie but goody............are reminder of what freeze was left with.

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It is friday of a huge holiday weekend! i hope you guys enjoy it and have lots of fun!

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35 minutes ago, aubiefifty said:

It is friday of a huge holiday weekend! i hope you guys enjoy it and have lots of fun!

Back at you brother.   Thanks for all you do on here.  God bless.

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2 minutes ago, ArgoEagle said:

Back at you brother.   Thanks for all you do on here.  God bless.

I do it for us "little" guys. We make this board. drink one for me if ya drink! i will consume some gummys. be safe we want to see you back!

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1 hour ago, aubiefifty said:

I do it for us "little" guys. We make this board. drink one for me if ya drink! i will consume some gummys. be safe we want to see you back!

I'll drink a coke for you.  No alcohol.

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I'll drink a coke for you.  No alcohol.

if i drink any more it is red table wine and it has been in the fridge two or three years.........

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https://www.on3.com/news/college-football-top-25-ranking-post-tranfer-portal-ohio-state-leads-the-way/
 

Interesting…

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59 minutes ago, AUwent said:

https://www.on3.com/news/college-football-top-25-ranking-post-tranfer-portal-ohio-state-leads-the-way/
 

Interesting…

We'll see what the rankings are at the end of the season. That piece never mentions defense, or names AU players at all , except for Coleman. Seems like the writer got a bit lazy as he went down the list. 

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The Best Receiver From the Class of 2024 May Not be Jeremiah Smith...

VolumePigs

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The iceman cometh.

- Mr. Freeze, Batman & Robin (1997)

Far be it from me to commit the unthinkable—comparing an Auburn man to a Georgia Bulldog—but one can’t help it if Cam Coleman’s sprawling catch on a deep pass from Hank Brown in the spring game didn’t look like an almost carbon-copy to George Pickens’ diving catch against Alabama in the natty a few seasons ago. I know Auburn fans were fired up about that play, now just imagine if it had been against someone else’s defence. Well, you might not have to much longer.

Coleman, the true freshman from Phenix City, looks primed to occupy a starting position in the WR rotation this year, just as GP did for Georgia in 2019. Also like Pickens, Coleman’s QB service may not exactly be the stuff pig dreams are made of this season. However, unlike with Pickens, the system here at Auburn under Hugh ‘Iceman’ Freeze has a history of featuring its WR1 (more on this later).

Cam ‘Batman’ Coleman and his sidekick, Perry ‘Robin’ Thompson form an exciting freshman duo for the Tigers this year. Both of these players were flips under Freeze— Coleman swapping Aggie maroon for Blue and Orange, Thompson swapping in-state allegiances from Tide to Tiger. However, Coleman is the only one of the two who currently figures to occupy a starting role in the rotation. Georgia State transfer Robert Lewis and Penn State transfer Keandre Lambert Smith round out the projected depth chart at WR.

While KLS wasn’t yet with Auburn during the spring game, it was evident for all to see who the big dog on campus was. Coleman announced himself to the world with the aforementioned diving grab off of Brown’s arm. He later went on to finish the day with four receptions for 92 yards and a score. Here is a note post-spring game:

Beginning with the obvious, there wasn't anyone who was more exciting than Coleman. The early enrollee was targeted five times, catching four of those passes for 92 yards and a score. The attempt he couldn't haul in may have been his best effort, as he reached around the back of cornerback Colton Hood and nearly corralled the ball.

"He made a couple MAs (missed assignments) in the tight red zone today on balls that we were hoping to throw him down there," coach Hugh Freeze said of Coleman. "Kind of got us in trouble and made us kick some field goals. That's on us. We've got to clean it up and make sure he knows the whole system and what he can do. But when he knows what to do, he's really, really talented."

As is usually the case with incoming freshman players, it sounds like Coleman doesn’t really know what he’s doing yet. That’s okay, most of that will figure itself out by the season. The quote from Freeze regarding Coleman’s undeniable talent is noteworthy, however.

I recall Pickens’ first offseason with the Dawgs. He too was putting on a clinic in camp and made—still to do this day—one of the best catches I’ve ever seen. It was evident he was going to play a big role on a team that needed WRs to step up that year, the question was: how much of the playbook could he learn, and would he buy into doing all the other stuff (e.g., blocking). The answer to the latter was an emphatic ‘yes’, he passed that one with flying colours.

Pickens finished his first season leading UGA with 49 receptions for 727 yards and eight scores. Pretty good for a true frosh in the SEC (one that was OC’d by James Coley no less). It doesn’t feel out of the question that Coleman could do something similar. The trump card that he’ll have over GP here is that the guy who’s calling his plays has a history of funnelling a lot of targets to his WR1 (over 30% share twice in the last five years, in fact). Let’s talk a little bit more about this.

WR1 PPG AVERAGE: 13.17 (half PPR)1

Hugh Freeze is the head coach of Auburn, in case you didn’t know. His OC is a man named Derrick Nix. Now I know what you’re wondering, and the answer is no—he is not related to Bo. He also doesn’t have any history of play calling experience to draw on. He spent the previous 16 years at Ole Miss, 12 as running backs coach and the last four as the Rebels' wide receivers coach.

That’s okay, because I’m pretty sure the guy who’s calling the shots on offence is the Ice Man himself. Freeze has an interesting profile. His overall average in terms of tendencies is about a 56/44 run/pass split. In fact, this past season his Tigers averaged a 61% run rate. Not very becoming of a potential WR kingmaker you say. Well, peep this (ignore the projections):

Table 1.

From the above chart we see that Freeze’s WR1 averaged a gargantuan 31.4 and 30.5 percent target share in 2019 and 2022, respectively. The other two seasons? A much more pedestrian 17.5 and 8.5 percent. Indeed, Freeze is quite an enigmatic figure.

But what do these target shares actually produce? The 2022 season is a good case study to understand Freeze’s offences. Yes, Demario Douglas dominated target share, but he still finished with less than a thousand yards receiving with 993 and six scores. He caught 79 passes, which is good, but not quite what you’d hope for when you originally see the target share number. The underwhelming production numbers are due to the fact that the team was a run-heavy team; so while it’s true that when they passed it was going to Douglas approximately one out of every three passes (amazing), they didn’t attempt enough passes to really create the CFF magic you’d like to see.

Still, when a player has 79 receptions you’d expect them to go over 1000 yards and score more than six times. In fact, that’s exactly what Freeze’s WR1 in 2019 did with his 31.4% target share. Antonio Gandy Golden caught 79 passes for 1396 yards and 10 scores. That’s a little more like it.

Freeze’s program moved at an average clip last season with 26.2 seconds per play, which was 72nd among FBS programs. Typically the more run heavy teams are going to be slower on a seconds per play basis, but what is important here for the reader is to note whether the system is typically a fast offence, an averaged paced offence, or a slow one. Freeze’s historical track record at both Auburn and Liberty lends itself to the middle.

Some of you may recall that Freeze also spent some time at Ole Miss in the 2010s. His five seasons with the Rebels yielded one 1000-yard WR in Laquon Treadwell. He spent one year as the head coach of Arkansas State before that in 2011, and his leading receiver finished with 1156 yards on 94 receptions.

As is typically the case with five star prospects, Coleman is a well known name in the world CFB already. While he was rated a five star according to most services for the entire second half of 2023, he was actually something of a late riser as he finished the cycle rated #3 overall on the 247 Composite and #5 overall player on 247’s internal ranking, despite being outside the top 50 in May of his senior year.

I’ve always been partial towards late rising prospects. They usually turn out to be the best players in their classes. Will Anderson and Jalen Carter immediately come to mind from recent cycles. Usually there’s a specific reason why (position change, body transformation, transferred schools and now gets more exposure). You always want to weight evaluators’ assessments more as they get more information.

Coleman, like a good Phenix City native, spurned Alabama and originally committed to Jimbo’s Texas A&M Aggies. When the old regime was cleaned out, he looked elsewhere, turning to Florida State and Auburn.

Every cycle there are a few obvious NIL recruitments and I’d put Coleman in that category. However, if the early returns from spring are any indication that appears to be money well spent. Here’s what 247’s Cooper Petegna said about Coleman in his evaluation coming out of high school:

Verified at 6-foot-3 and 180-pounds plus, possesses an athletic frame with growth potential to add an additional fifteen to twenty pounds to his frame on Saturdays. Possesses outstanding verified athletic ability at the receiver position, showing the ability to operate out of the slot and on the perimeter.

Explosive straight line receiver that exhibits good initial quickness off the line of scrimmage and in and out of breaks at the top of the route. Possesses excellent play and verified speed, in addition to showing the ability to change gears and accelerate to top end speed quickly. Regarded as more of a vertical threat as a junior, shown ability to expand his route tree and develop into a much more polished version of a route runner as as a senior.

Exhibits the ability to create consistent separation with size, speed, quickness, and leaping ability. Flashes some natural pass catching ability, plus shows the ability to attack the football in contested areas. Plays above the rim down the field and possesses some of the best jump ball ability of any pass catching prospect in the country. Demonstrates good play strength at the catch point and as a run after catch receiver, a part of his game that will most likely be accentuated at the next level.

Projects as an immediate contributor at the next level and a potential Day-1 NFL Draft choice with a rare combination of size, speed, and athleticism that differentiates him from the rest of his peers.

Will turn eighteen years of age in August of 2024, indicating he's in the infancy stages of his physical growth and on field development.

Ironically—and I swear I didn’t see this before writing this article—Cooper’s comp for Coleman is actually George Pickens... You know what they say about great minds… or, it’s just an obvious comp, there’s that too.

Coleman’s senior year concluded with him catching 61 passes for 1372 yards and 18 TDs. That included an MVP performance in the championship game where he scored a 73-yard touchdown.

The opportunity to be Freeze’s WR1 this season is here, however there are other veteran players in the fold now, namely KLS and Robert Lewis who will siphon away targets even if Coleman manages to secure that role.

Historically, we saw that Freeze’s WR1 averages around 22% target share, which is good. But, we also saw that his teams skew heavy run usually. With Payton Thorne as the presumed starter this season, we could be in for another heavy dosage of run plays à la IHOP Saturday specials. Or at least, that might be the plan.

I have Coleman included in the Q2 rankings as a player worth taking a shot on for CFF. The reasoning is that there is the opportunity mentioned above, plus the fact that Coleman is extremely talented (based on all indications so far).

Coleman is obviously a hot commodity in C2C and DEVY right now, but what I wasn’t expecting was that Coleman would have ADP data for CFF. He is currently selected at 322.3 according to Campus2Canton, so most likely only a dart throw option in 30-round bestball formats, but his April ADP suggests he’s starting to climb with an ADP of 292.7. I view him as a viable late round option in both standard and bestball drafts, though it is harder to justify taking him in a 16 round format. ◾

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6 hours ago, JuscAUse! said:

We'll see what the rankings are at the end of the season. That piece never mentions defense, or names AU players at all , except for Coleman. Seems like the writer got a bit lazy as he went down the list. 

Maybe, but how many others are doing the inverse with PT? Progression to the mean, I guess.

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Sorry to DP but yet again, upon seeing us ranked behind Kentucky in several other rankings, it pisses me off hard that we’re not trying to get as many young guys starting XP as possible.

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Yeah.