Latest / Scouting the League / 2027 Draft Scouting - Cam Coleman - Texas (Auburn) WR
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- Rodrik David: Monday, July 6th. Hope you had a great, relaxing, and safe 4th of July weekend. This is Scouting the League. I know I ate too much across the weekend, but certainly enjoyed some time with family as well. The homestead, where I will soon be recording from, is coming along, which means plenty of sweat equity putting being put in there. But today it's all about football. We hit 2027 draft prospect on the offensive side of the ball, Cam Coleman. Formerly of the Auburn Tigers and now a Texas Longhorn, he is going to be the player we look at. Tomorrow I talk Edge Quincy Rhodes Jr. of the Arkansas Razorbacks on that defensive side. So as we get closer to kicking off the season, we will get back to a little bit more of a normal formatting with topics from across the scouting world coming Mondays, maybe Thursdays, maybe a few less profiles, or maybe we'll kick it up a gear and go more pro player profiles. Let me know what you want to hear of course as always. 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Highly ranked recruit, excellent basketball player as well coming into Auburn. You can see certainly see that. Inconsistent quarterback play. Cam jumped into the portal. That had to have been part of it. Yes, I know Texas paid him, paid him well. I'm sure Auburn had an offer there was that was very similar. So at Texas, there's going to be some high expectations. I fully expect Sartre to have a great plan for him and Arch to know that this is going to be a reliable, contested catch target for him. So Four wide receivers, a reminder of what we're going to look at. Of course, hands. You want to know how this guy's catching the ball, his releases, how is he getting off the line of scrimmage? What kind of routes is he running? Is he going to be limited to a certain type? how are those routes that he is running? Run after the catch. Again, we're gonna talk about that. Maybe a little bit of a weak spot for him. And then his blocking, of course, as well. As we start talking about Cam Coleman again, you looking at a six three, six two, six three frame, about two hundred pounds again, looks even, looks maybe slightly lower cut, which you don't always see out of the high end players. But again, for Cam Coleman, again, doesn't inhibit him at in any way. Again, you're gonna have plenty of size, good size, maybe very good size, depending on that height or metric that you put on him. A little bit more of an X wide receiver than a Z. And that really comes back to his routes. We're gonna talk about that in just a second. But again, the hands, again the first trait, got to be able to catch the ball. This guy's got very good, maybe even excellent hands. He's a soft hands catcher, plays with extension in traffic, on the sidelines, with with players draped all over him. Again, that inconsistent quarterback play at Auburn certainly lent itself to again seeing some off-target throws. Some adjust some ability to catch it outside the frame. Again, that is what Cam Coleman can do. He can catch it on the run. He does not always jump to frame it, which a lot of guys have a tendency to do. Can run through the ball, can catch it at every level with those good hands. So again, his hands are very good to excellent range. Again, that is going to be his calling card. Again, we start talking about player comparisons. Tet McMillan's gonna be one of those guys to come up, maybe not an elite separator. I think Cam's got maybe slight. Height slightly higher upside, but again, he's going to catch whatever the quarterback puts there. When we start talking about releases for Cam Coleman, again, I think they're good releases. I think he's got good initial movement. I don't think this is a natural double up, a natural shoulder through guy. I think there is some some fluidity that is going to improve. I really expect that to be a jump he makes this next year. We'll talk about that in our summary. But again, I think it's at a good level right now. He's got the ability to beat press. he's big, he's long, and he's strong enough. To use some muscle, use some physicality to get through the line of scrimmage. But again, there are some things that again just want him to be a little bit more fluid in the way he gets in and out of breaks. And that comes back to the routes now. Again, we're going to talk about. I think this guy's a sufficient route runner at this point with lots of upside. Again, the route running is not refined. His snap down Is burst in and out of breaks, not real precise at this point, probably just at a sufficient level. I think this guy is going to be able to run a full route tree. He's going to be a short, medium, and vertical route runner. He's got very good, maybe even excellent speed. I think this guy could be a mid to low 4-3 guy. There are some vertical routes with free releases where man, he eats up some ground. Really impressive looking. again, this guy is going to be able to open up and run. But when you start talking about be able to snap down To run a dig, to be able to, you know, bend a curl, to be able to get across the field and create some separation against top end NFL corners. I think that's this guy still telegraphs it a little bit and is just not real refined and precise. I expect that to be a big improvement from his time at Auburn to his time at Texas, where again, in an offense where their precision is going to be the name of the game for Sark, you got to put it in a spot. You got to be able to run these certain things. There's gonna be some big windows for Arch to throw to. With all the outside zone, the boot, the you know, the movement stuff. But again, the route running has to get better. I think it's sufficient at this point. I think there are some certainly some good routes, but I think this guy has the ability, the athleticism, the twitch, the the the quick twitch, change of direction type stuff to be a very good route runner. But again, it is not there yet. But again, when you start talking about the upside, you can certainly see where this could go. I think this guy's going to end up being at least A good route runner with maybe some very good routes in there. Run after the catch. Again, we start talking about wide receiver one, Jeremiah Smith. This is where a spot where he is sufficient. Cam Coleman, I think he's just sufficient as well. Maybe a little bit twitchier, not as strong and physical as Jeremiah Smith is, but this is a get what is there. vision to see where he needs to go, gets out of bounds, get down when he needs to. This is not going to be a break-you off wiggle, not going to be highly used in the screen game, probably more hitches. and get him getting the ball maybe out in space a little bit more. You're going to have to design some lanes for him. This isn't a guy, hey, just get it out there, let him make a move and go get vertical. Again, sufficient in this area, still plenty, though. He's not going to be a guy where you're just really regretting taking this player because his run after the catches in there. He's got enough. He's going to get whatever yardage is there. And then from a blocking standpoint, hey, this is just grave. This guy has a good willingness, good toughness, good physicality, good strength at the point of attack to make blocks. He's going to be able to work in an offense. You're going to have to account for him with that 6'3, 6'2, 6'3 frame of 200 pounds. Again, he's not going to be oversized by any any even big corner. So again, he is going to be able to do everything there. So again, you start talking about all this stuff. You're talking good to very good, maybe even some excellent traits for Cam Coleman across the board. So again, a player that I really like. as we take a look at our scouting board now here, again, we're going to go ahead and drop those notes in there. this beautiful scouting board brought to you by Kyle Morgan, who if you have interest, let me know. I'll get you connected with Kyle. He'll happily get you aboard going. Again, it is something that's I'm continuing to use and do everything with a can. so again, gonna get notes dropped in there. Again, I think this is gonna be an elite first round type wide receiver. I think there is upside. I don't think he challenges Jeremiah Smith for that number one spot. I think he's a tier A notch a step above everybody else in this class, but I think this could be wide receiver two. I think there's gonna be some other guys in consideration. We get through our 2027 draft prospects. We're gonna throw that 1-0 elite right on there. We're gonna hit save. We're gonna come in here. where's my receivers again? Dropped in there. He's our second wide receiver, so he's wide receiver two. We're gonna stick him right there. So again, you got maybe two of the top wide receivers in the draft class that we have in here. Our beautiful board that we have brought to you by Kyle. Again, hit me up if you're interested in that. So again, we're We're gonna have him in there. An elite first round type wide receiver is where I have Cam Coleman. But again, not always what I think, also about what you think. Where do you think Cam Coleman ends up? Does he have the ability to be wide receiver number one in this class? Can he over overtake Jeremiah Smith for that number one spot? Let me know at right step ADV on Twitter or drop that comment in the notes here on YouTube. Tomorrow we jump to the defensive side. Talk Quincy Rhodes Jr. of Arkansas. Break time for the NFL team. Just means time for us on the outside, maybe to get a little bit ahead on our report. So we will do that with all our player profiles. We will keep an eye on all things football and of course we will keep scouting.