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CLARENCE COLEMAN HEIGHT: 511
WEIGHT: 215
DATE OF BIRTH: 06/4/1980 SPORT PLAYED: 1 SPECIFIC SPORT (if applicable): OTHER POSITION(S) PLAYED: WIDE RECEIVER, PUNT RETURN UNIVERSITY ATTENDED: FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY AWARDS: FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE CLASS OF 2011, RUNNER UP FOR HARLON HILL TROPHY, DIVISION 2 LEAD RECIVER ETC. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: NFL- 2002-2004 BUFFALO BILLS, ARENA- 2005 AND 2007 GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE, CFL-2008 BC LIONS TEST INFO: QUALIFIED REFERENCE(s): Vincent D. Noble, MBA
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Coleman currently holds the NCAA Division II’s all-time leader record in career pass receptions (323) and receiving yards (4,983), Coleman was a 2001 consensus All-America selection. Coleman was named a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association’s (AFCA) Division II Coaches,D2Football.com, Don Hansen’s Football Gazette, The Associated Press and Daktronics, Inc. in 2001. Coleman was also recognized following the 2001 season as the Don Hansen’s Football Gazette’s NCAA-II Most Valuable Receiver for two consecutive years.
Both a two-time (2000-01) All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) First-Team pick and FSU Most Valuable Player, Coleman led the nation in all-purpose yards (2,618) while ranking third nationally in receiving yards (122.4 ypg.), tied for fourth in receptions (8.5 rpg.) and sixth in punt returns (15.9 ypr.). For the 2001 campaign, Coleman registered 572 yards on 36 punt returns and had 29 kickoff returns for 661 yards (22.8 ypr.). Coleman, the 2001 GLIAC Co-Offensive Back of the Year, also had 84 receptions for 1,346 yards and 12 touchdowns while averaging 14.3 yards per catch in 11 contests.
Coleman concluded his four-year FSU career with 42 touchdown receptions while averaging 7.7 receptions per game, 15.4 yards per catch and 118.6 receiving yards a contest in 42 career outings. The 2000 consensus All-American closed out his career ranking among all four NCAA division career leaders in six statistical categories - second in receptions, third in receiving yards, sixth in all-purpose yards (8,009), ninth in receiving yards per game, tied for 13th in receptions per contest and tied for 16th in touchdown receptions. Coleman, who holds 11 school career and single-season records, totaled 11 double-figure reception games and 27 100-yard plus receiving single-game performances in his career. The Ferris State wideout is also the GLIAC's all-time record holder in receptions (291), receiving yards (4,594), all-purpose yards (7,227), punt return touchdowns (five) and receiving touchdowns (40). Coleman was among nine national finalists for the 2001 Harlon Hill Trophy as the NCAA-II College Football Player of the Year and finished fifth overall with 52 points in the final balloting. Coleman will be inducted into the Ferris State University Bulldog Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2011 Sept. 30 at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Big Rapids.
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