Video: Football Camp Spotlight on Kurt Coleman – Ohio State Buckeyes
8/5/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Junior safety is toughest critic of own play, looks to use mistakes from 2007 to improve this season. Watch a video featuring Coleman at the link above. Check back tomorrow for a spotlight on senior tackle Alex Boone.
Kurt Coleman
No. 4 Cornerback – CB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 188
Junior Major: Sport and Leisure Studies
High School: Northmont
Hometown: Clayton, Ohio
Buckeye Bits: Returning starter at strong safety … one of the fiercest competitors in the Buckeye weight room.
2007 Highlights: 64 tackles, 4 PBU, 3.5 TFL for season … sack and five tackles against Michigan State … five tackles and forced a fumble at Penn State … seven tackles against Illinois … 10 tackles in the BCS championship game … defensive player of week: Illinois.
Did you know? Kurt spent the winter student teaching … he has a brother, Kyle, who graduated from Ohio State … he is the Ohio State chapter vice president of Uplifting Athletes, a student-run organization that raises awareness for cancer.
Quotable:
On facing the many weapons on Ohio State’s offense in practice
“It is hard to defend and you cannot specialize on one person. You have to make sure you study every person because it is always a different package. It makes game planning that much harder in stopping it.”
On opposing teams running the spread offense
“You just have to make sure you are mentally prepared for that, as well as physically. We have been running a lot and can handle the spread and the no huddle. Hopefully this year, we can gameplan and get some more stunts and create a little more mismatches.”
