Texas A&M lands top WR in ’24 class Coleman
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 4, 2023, 08:02 PM ET First-class wide receiver Cameron Coleman, the top wideout in the 2024 class, devoted to Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M on Tuesday.Coleman is No. 8 general in the 2024 ESPN 300 and the 6th ESPN 300 possibility in the 2024 cycle for the Aggies. In addition to his main visit to College Station in June, the Central High(Phenix City, Alabama)item also took main visits to Auburn and LSU last month.”I wish to play in an offense where they’re utilizing my capability,” Coleman told ESPN in April.”I do not truly care what I do, as long as I do what’s finest for the group.”In becoming the 2nd ESPN 300 pass receiver to promise to the Aggies
in less than a week after Silsbee High(Texas )item Dre’ lon Miller (No. 89 total) did so, Coleman’s presence jump-starts Fisher’s efforts to get the program back to the top of the recruiting rankings.Editor’s Picks 1 Related Coleman is the very first five-star wideout to dedicate to the program because Evan Stewart(No. 13 general, No. 2 WR )in 2022. The program’s 2024 class is 16th
in ESPN’s rankings.In 2022,
the Aggies ‘offense completed 10th in the SEC in passing (219.4 yards per game), and their top 2 receivers from a season ago– Stewart(53 catches for 649
receiving yards and two goals)and Muhsin Muhammad III (38 receptions for 610 backyards and four TDs)– return this fall.”I seem like I’m good at taking training,”Coleman stated.”Making big-time plays in big-time minutes. Developing separation from my defender. Peak the ball, obstructing and simply being an excellent teammate overall.” A high school teammate of present Michigan freshman pass receiver Karmello English, the 6-foot-4, 185-pound Coleman caught 31 passes for 542 lawns and 6 goals last season. Central High coach Patrick Nix, who was Calvin
Johnson’s offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech, believes the ceiling for Coleman is quite high.”I had the fortune of recruiting and after that training Calvin at Georgia Tech, and there are similarities,”Nix informed ESPN in May.”I think Web cam certainly has that sort of speed, that sort of variety and the ball abilities that Calvin had– as far as whether it be track
a ball or whatever it may be. However [Coleman] has those freaky ball abilities that Calvin had and that speed that Calvin had.”He’s not quite as huge as Calvin, sizewise, as far as strength and all. Super long, terrific catch radius, that example that Calvin had. I think those are going to be the comparisons due to the fact that of the length, and I think the difference that both of those people have is simply their speed.
“I believe you have a great deal of huge receivers, however you do not have a lot of huge receivers that have legit, real speed that both of those people have. I believe that’s where a lot of the resemblances will originate from.”In 2015, Texas A&M’s class was 13th in ESPN’s rankings, a year
after completing No. 1 overall.