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Corey Coleman gets another shot, again. The wide receiver, a former first-round draft pick of the Browns with minimal success in the NFL, is returning to the Giants on a one-year deal, The Post confirmed. This means new head coach Joe Judge believes there is talent worth looking into with a player who is only …
Corey Coleman gets another shot, again.
The wide receiver, a former first-round draft pick of the Browns with minimal success in the NFL, is returning to the Giants on a one-year deal, The Post confirmed. This means new head coach Joe Judge believes there is talent worth looking into with a player who is only 25 years old and returning to health.
Coleman, signed by the Giants in 2018 to the practice squad and later to the active roster, was expected to make a strong push to make the roster in 2019. He never got the chance, as he went down with a torn ACL on July 25, the very first day of training camp. He spent the year on injured reserve and the Giants, with a new coaching staff in place, will give Coleman another opportunity to recalibrate a stalled career.
It has been a struggle for Coleman. He caught 173 passes for 3,009 yards and 33 touchdowns at Baylor and the Browns selected him with the 15th overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. As it turned out, Coleman’s most productive season was as a rookie, with 33 receptions for 413 yards and three touchdowns.
The Browns went 0-16 in 2017 and then traded Coleman to the Bills. He lasted one month in Buffalo before getting released. The Patriots picked him up, but Coleman spent only six days on the roster and nine days on the practice squad before getting dumped. Judge was the special teams coordinator in New England and got a chance to work, albeit briefly, with Coleman, who is also a kick returner.
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The Giants signed Coleman to their practice squad in October of 2018. He ended up playing in eight games and caught five passes for 71 yards. Coleman showed his greatest promise on kickoff returns, averaging 26 yards on 23 returns.
Coleman will need to do a whole lot of impressing to stick around, with Sterling Shepard, Golden Tate, Darius Slayton at the top of the depth chart and Cody Core, Da’Mari Scott, Davis Sills, Reggie White Jr. and Alex Bachman all fighting for jobs.
