The Arizona transfer came in and took over as the No. 1 running back.
In recent seasons, the University of Washington football team has turned to a veteran running back-for-hire because it hasn't been able to recruit and develop one. The younger guys have been injured, got in trouble, were too slow or no longer fit the offense.
The list of scholarship departures from the Husky backfield is a long and wieldy one, with Caleb Berry, Aaron Dumas, Emeka Megwa, Will Nixon, Tybo Rogers and Jay'Veon Sunday all exiting in the past two years, either by choice or by suggestion. This is one in a series of articles — going from 0 to 99 on the Husky roster — examining what each scholarship player and leading walk-on did this past spring and what to expect from them going forward.Things to like about the 5-foot-9, 225-pound Coleman are his toughness and quickness, plus he's very straightforward in the way he thinks. Such as, he's tired of people disparaging his mostly young Husky offensive linemen. Give them time, he says.
Of course, those horizons will include him, as well. For Arizona, Coleman had breakout games last season against Colorado, rushing 11 times for 179 yards, and against USC, with 22 carries for 143 yards, the only times he's been over the century mark as a collegian.
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