Kurt Coleman in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive back, Ohio State, 2006–⁠09

Kurt Coleman

Number
No. 4
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Clayton, OH
Born
Jul 1, 1988, in Clayton, Ohio

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Kurt Coleman played defensive back at Ohio State (2006–⁠09). The Philadelphia Eagles took Coleman in round 7, No. 244 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2009
First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 244
Round 7, 2010 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2008 and 2009

All-America: Sporting News first team 2009

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2008*Ohio State4
2009*Ohio State5
Career9

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2006N75490.50––––
2007N132935643.51–41–
200812433578414511
2009123731682.515430
On file11410521910.53––––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008Ohio State4DB
2009Ohio State4DB5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 Ohio State 4 games with an interception on file, 5 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 5vs.NavyW 31–⁠271
Oct 10vs.WisconsinW 31–⁠131
Oct 24vs.MinnesotaW 38–⁠71
Nov 21atMichiganW 21–⁠102
2008 Ohio State 3 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 20vs.TroyW 28–⁠102
Oct 18atMichigan StateW 45–⁠71
Nov 15atIllinoisW 30–⁠201

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2010 Senior Bowl (North team, won 31–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2010Combine or pro day 2010
Height5′10¼″
Weight192 lb
Arm length30¾″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash4.55 s
10-yard split1.53 sW
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump10′2″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill6.81 s
20-yard shuttle4.15 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 120 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2010Philadelphia Eagles113501
2011Philadelphia Eagles137804
2012Philadelphia Eagles148802
2013Philadelphia Eagles91200
2014Kansas City Chiefs143403
2015Carolina Panthers158517
2016Carolina Panthers158914
2017Carolina Panthers127500
2018New Orleans Saints152900
2019Buffalo Bills2200
NFL career120527221

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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