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Harry Coleman
POSITION: Safety
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 205
CLASS: Freshman
EXPERIENCE: RS
HIGH SCHOOL: West St. Mary HS
HOMETOWN: Baldwin, La.
BIRTHDAY: November 10
Updated 02/19/2009

Hard-hitting safety who enters his second year as a starter for the Tigers ... Considered one of the hardest hitters on the team ... Coming off a season last year in which he led LSU in tackles with 71 ... Goes into senior season with 101 career tackles in 39 games.

JUNIOR SEASON (2008)
Played and started all 13 games at strong safety for the Tigers ... Led the team in tackles with 71 ... Had 42 solo tackles to go with 29 assists ... Added one tackle for a loss, seven pass breakups and three quarterback hurries ... Also forced one fumble and returned a fumble 15-yards ... Ranked second on team in PBUs ... Tallied a career-high nine tackles against Arkansas ... Had a big game in win over South Carolina with four tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery, which he returned 15 yards ... Had seven tackles against both Auburn and Florida and registered five stops and one PBU vs. Ole Miss ... Also had a pair of PBUs against North Texas and Florida ... Closed season with a pair of tackles in win over Georgia Tech in Chick-fil-A Bowl. 

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2007)
Played in 13 games with no starts ... Finished with 18 tackles, one QB hurry and a fumble recovery ... Most extensive action of season came against Ohio State in BCS National Championship Game ... Was pressed into duty in the first half against Ohio State when starter Craig Steltz went down with a stinger ... Coleman responded by recording two tackles, recovering a fumble and having a QB hurry in the LSU victory ... Big play against Ohio State came when he picked up a fumble and returned it 14 yards early in the fourth quarter ... Named to ESPN’s All-Bowl Team for his effort in the win over the Buckeyes ... Credited with a career-best four tackles, three of which were solo, against Mississippi State ... Had three tackles each against Tulane and Ole Miss ... Was also in on his first tackle for loss against the Green Wave ... A key contributor on special teams, he played on the Tigers’ kickoff, kickoff return and punt return units.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2006)
Played in all 13 games, contributing primarily on special teams ... A standout in that capacity as he ranked among team leaders with 12 special teams tackles in 2006 ... Named LSU’s Special Teams Player of the Week in wins over Louisiana-Lafayette and Mississippi State ... Had two special teams tackles vs. Louisiana-Lafayette and added five special teams tackles against Mississippi State.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2005)
Did not see any action in 2005 ... After originally signing with the school in 2004, joined the Tigers for the spring semester in 2005 ... Sat out the fall of 2004 ... Enrolled in school in January of 2005 and went through spring drills with the Tigers.

HIGH SCHOOL
One of the top linebackers in the state as a senior at West St. Mary High School in 2003 ... Also a standout on offense, catching 14 TD passes as a senior ... Added 170 tackles on defense in 2003 ... Recorded more than 100 tackles and seven sacks as a junior ... Grabbed nine touchdown passes in 2002 ... First-team 3A all-state in 2003 ... Helped the Wolfpack to consecutive 3A state playoff appearances, including a 10-0 regular season mark in 2003 ... A four-year lettermen in football, track, baseball and basketball ... Ran relays in track ... Coached by Andre Lockley.

PERSONAL
Full name is Harry Corday Coleman ... Nickname among his teammates is “Hitman” ... Born Nov. 10, 1985 in Franklin, La. ...Parents are Harry and Margaret Coleman ... Majoring in general studies ... Is a deacon at his church in Baldwin.

CAREER HIGHS   
Total tackles: 9 vs. Arkansas, 2008
Tackles for loss: 1 vs. Georgia, 2008
Sacks: 0
Interceptions: 0

COLEMAN’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATS

Year
G-GS
UT
AT
TT
TFL
Sacks

PBU

QBH

INT

FF

FR

2006

13-0

6

6

12

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

2007

13-0
11
7
18
0.5-2
0-0

0

1

0

0

1-14

2008

13-13

42

29

71

1-4

0-0

7

3

0

1

1-15

2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Totals

39-13
59
42
101
1.5-6
0-0

7

4

0

1

2-29

 

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