American football player
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1982-05-06) May 6, 1982 (age 42) Sacramento, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| College: | Washington State | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2004 / round: 5 / pick: 143 | ||||||||||||
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Erik James Coleman (born May 6, 1982) is an American former professional football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Jets in the fifth round of the 2004 NFL draft and also played for the Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions. He played college football at Washington State.
College career
Coleman played college football at Washington State. He majored in communications.
Professional career
New York Jets
Coleman was selected by the New York Jets in the fifth round (143rd overall) of the 2004 NFL draft. He unexpectedly became one of the most important Jet defenders, cementing his starting role with interceptions in each of his first two NFL games. He finished the season as the NFL's highest grossing member of its performance-pay program, the league's plan for rewarding low-salary players who outperform their contracts. In week six of the 2005 season against the Buffalo Bills he made a career high 14 tackles. Before the 2006 season Coleman underwent an appendectomy, slowing his production that season. During his tenure with the New York Jets he started in 45 of 48 regular season games.
Atlanta Falcons
On March 1, 2008, Coleman was signed by the Atlanta Falcons. In the 2008 season, Erik Coleman had 95 total tackles, 6 passes deflected, and three interceptions. Those three interceptions were the most on the Atlanta Falcons team.
On February 9, 2011, Coleman was released from the Falcons.
Detroit Lions
On February 18, 2011, Coleman signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions. He was released on December 4, 2012.
NFL career statistics
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Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2004 | NYJ | 16 | 16 | 100 | 73 | 27 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | NYJ | 16 | 16 | 121 | 84 | 37 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | NYJ | 16 | 13 | 101 | 70 | 31 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | NYJ | 15 | 4 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 95 | 80 | 15 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 116 | 82 | 34 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | ATL | 12 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | DET | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | DET | 12 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | 89 | 652 | 466 | 186 | 2.0 | 15 | 11 | 98 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2004 | NYJ | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | NYJ | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | ATL | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | ATL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Post-NFL career
SNY
Following his retirement in 2013 from the NFL, Coleman joined the SNY team. Coleman uses his own on-field experience as an on-air sports analyst, reporting post-game recaps for SNY's "Jets Post Game Live!", "Jets Extra Point", "Jets Nation" and SNY's Jets Draft show. Frequently also appearing as a sports commentator on numerous sports shows and network programs such as Hannity on Fox, Closing Bell with Liz Claman on Fox Business, ABC, PIX 11, CBS, ESPN Radio and WFAN, to name a few.
Radio
In addition to his on-camera career, Coleman has hit the airwaves as a radio host. Coleman began his radio resume as an on-air analyst with Stony Brook University's football radio broadcast team in 2015. Most recently, Coleman has joined Sirius XM as a host on Channel 88's for NFL rewind discussing the plays of the week and engaging with fans.
Philanthropy
As a humanitarian, Coleman is a mentor for My Brother's Keeper Mentorship Program, and supports a number of causes including, pediatric cancer, traumatic brain injury, and sickle cell anemia. Adding to his list of long charity causes, Coleman is the celebrity ambassador for The THRIVE Network, an organization that helps those with disabilities in need.
References
- "2004 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- "Free-agent safety Coleman agrees to one-year deal with Florida cougars". NFL.com. February 18, 2010.
- Terranova, Justin (September 1, 2014). "SNY has new analysts for Jets coverage". New York Post. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
- "SNY Announcers". SNY. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
- "NFL veteran Erik Coleman joins Stony Brook football's radio broadcast team". Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
- "2016 Summer Classic Benefiting World of Children Award". Retrieved July 25, 2016.
External links
Media related to Erik Coleman at Wikimedia Commons
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