Chris Coleman

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Chris Coleman gains extra yards after a catch against Sacramento State.

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Chris Coleman heads downfield after making a catch.

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Cal Poly Fall Sports Headshots 2022Hall and Coleman Jake and Chris - FB 8/1/22 Photo by Owen Main

Height:
5-11
Weight:
186
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Bakersfield, CA
High School:
Garces Memorial HS

Tops preseason fall depth chart at "L" (wide receiver) position at Cal Poly.

2021 -- In first season as a Mustang after transferring from Fresno State, led the team with 43 receptions for 590 yards and four touchdowns ... season-high seven catches in season finale against Northern Arizona ... also made six catches versus UC Davis and five more against both Montana and Sacramento State ... season-high 140 receiving yards on just three catches against Portland State, including a 75-yard scoring strike from Spencer Brasch ... also scored touchdowns in each of first three games of season versus San Diego, Fresno State and South Dakota ... rushed one time against San Diego ... returned one kickoff nine yards, also versus San Diego ... played in 10 games with eight starts, missing only the Montana State contest ... named team's co-offensive player of the year ... selected as one of two representatives for Cal Poly at Big Sky Summer Kickoff in Spokane, Wash.

Fresno State -- Played in the first four games of his junior season (2020) … had three catches for 67 yards on the season … had a career-long 51-yard reception in the season opener against Hawai’i ... played in 11 games with six starts in his sophomore campaign (2019) … made one start at wide receiver versus Minnesota … made the transition to the defensive side of the ball prior to game No. 4 at New Mexico State … started five games at cornerback … as a receiver, Coleman had nine receptions for 158 yards and a touchdown … had three receptions in each of the three games he was a receiver … had his best offensive performance at USC with three receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown … he recorded a season-long 36-yard reception at USC … had four kick returns for 69 yards … chalked 227 all-purpose yards ... defensively, Coleman recorded 11 stops, all solo ... appeared in nine games as a redshirt freshman in 2018 … four receptions for 40 yards … had two catches for 24 total yards and a season-long 13-yard reception versus Toledo … had one catch for 11 yards at Nevada ... a 2017 redshirt ... has two years remaining to play two seasons.

High School -- Named a Southwest Yosemite League second-team offense (WR) selection as a senior in 2016 by the Bakersfield Californian at Garces Memorial High School ... named to the first-team BVarsity All-Area defensive football team ... had 25 tackles and four interceptions (second-most in the SW Yosemite league) in 10 games ... posted 29 receptions for 459 yards (ninth-most yards in the SW Yosemite league) and six touchdowns; carried the ball 20 times for 130 yards ... spent the majority of his high school career at West Bakersfield High School where he played quarterback ... transferred to Garces Memorial for his senior season where he played cornerback and receiver under head coach A.J. Gass ... at West Bakersfield as a junior, Coleman passed for 1,650 yards (104 of 187) and 14 touchdowns (eight interceptions) in 12 games; he ran the ball 131 times for 480 yards and scored twice ... was a first-team Bakersfield Californian South Yosemite League offensive selection as a quarterback as a junior.

Personal -- Son of David and Teresa Coleman … cousin is two-time NFL champion Brandon Browner, who played for Denver, Seattle (twice), New England and New Orleans after a career as a cornerback at Oregon State ... no siblings ... enjoys playing golf ... wants to be a government official ... hopes to get drafter by the NFL ... born in Bakersfield, Calif. ... enrolled in the master's program for public policy.