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

Receiver, Auburn, 2011–⁠14

Sammie Coates

Number
No. 18
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Leroy, AL
Born
Mar 31, 1993, in Leroy, Alabama

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Sammie Coates played receiver at Auburn (2011–⁠14). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Coates in round 3, No. 87 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
902
Receiving yards, 2013 (Auburn, 12–⁠2)
Best game
206 yards
At Alabama, week 14, 2014: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 87
Round 3, 2015 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Career highs

6catches, career highvs. Missouri, 2013206receiving yards, career highat Alabama, 20142receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Alabama, 2014

Honors

Team titles: SEC champions, 2013

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Auburn611419.0242
2013Auburn4290221.5788
2014Auburn3474121.8468
Career821,75721.41388

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Auburn18WR
2012Auburn18WR
2013Auburn18WR
2014Auburn18WR6′2″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Auburn331.2093rd (n=341)0.8139.64%
2014Auburn730.5961st (n=496)0.5243.28%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Auburn 12 games, 34 catches, 741 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.ArkansasW 45–⁠21113013
Sep 18atKansas StateW 20–⁠14224012
Sep 27vs.Louisiana TechW 45–⁠17219013
Oct 4vs.LSUW 41–⁠74144156
Oct 11atMississippi StateL 23–⁠38322011
Oct 25vs.South CarolinaW 42–⁠35114014
Nov 1atOle MissW 35–⁠315122157
Nov 8vs.Texas A&ML 38–⁠41258052
Nov 15atGeorgiaL 7–⁠34331017
Nov 22vs.SamfordW 31–⁠7264049
Nov 29atAlabamaL 44–⁠555206268
Jan 1 ✦vs.WisconsinL 31–⁠3442409
2013 Auburn 13 games, 42 catches, 902 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.Washington StateW 31–⁠24344034
Sep 7vs.Arkansas StateW 38–⁠9168168
Sep 14vs.Mississippi StateW 24–⁠20355034
Sep 21atLSUL 21–⁠354139052
Oct 5vs.Ole MissW 30–⁠2221307
Oct 19atTexas A&MW 45–⁠415104143
Oct 26vs.Florida AtlanticW 45–⁠103113267
Nov 2atArkansasW 35–⁠173102188
Nov 9atTennesseeW 55–⁠23210013
Nov 16vs.GeorgiaW 43–⁠38439020
Nov 30vs.AlabamaW 34–⁠28260139
Dec 7vs.MissouriW 59–⁠42694154
Jan 6 ✦vs.Florida StateL 31–⁠34461022
2012 Auburn 5 games, 6 catches, 114 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 15vs.UL MonroeW 31–⁠28234133
Oct 6vs.ArkansasL 7–⁠24116016
Oct 13atOle MissL 20–⁠41142042
Nov 3vs.New Mexico StateW 42–⁠7113013
Nov 17vs.Alabama A&MW 51–⁠71919

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–⁠34).

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′1⅜″
Weight212 lb
Arm length33⅜″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.43 s
10-yard split1.55 sW
Vertical jump41″
Broad jump10′11″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill6.98 s
20-yard shuttle4.06 s

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

4 seasons, 26 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Pittsburgh Steelers11110
2016Pittsburgh Steelers14214352
2017Cleveland Browns76700
2018Houston Texans41120
NFL career26295282

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.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2020XFLHouston Roughnecks
2021–⁠22CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders
2023CFLEdmonton Elks *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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