Amari Coleman

Defensive back for Central Michigan. 2017: 3 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 44 tackles.

DB · Central Michigan · #7

5′11″ · 188 lb · Flint, MI

Central Michigan 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1885 nationally · Signed with Central Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive back for Central Michigan. 2017: 3 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 44 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Central Michigan, 92 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20148 games

Signed with Central Michigan3-star out of New Lothrop

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1885 national

CFB

College

Central Michigan

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014

Dan Enos

Central Michigan

2015–2017

John Bonamego

Central Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Enos → John Bonamego. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Central Michigan7-6HC: Dan Enos · Run-leaning

2015Central Michigan7-6HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

2016Central Michigan6-7HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

2017Central Michigan8-5HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (95th percentile). Strength: forced fumbles (95th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#104 / 2682 · 95th pct

Forced fumbles#11 / 715 · 95th pct

Interceptions#66 / 795 · 87th pct

Solo tackles#599 / 2682 · 77th pct

Tackles for loss#773 / 2682 · 69th pct

4.0

Tackles#828 / 2682 · 69th pct

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	5.5	0.5	0.0	0.8
Road7g	3.1	0.3	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	0.5	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.2	0.0	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Central Michigan	44	32	4.0	0.0	8	3	1
2016	Central Michigan	48	44	2.0	0.0	15	4	--
2015	Central Michigan	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
2014	Central Michigan	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		92	76	6.0	0.0	23	8	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 30–27

vs Rhode Island

5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Sheldon — 41 AVG · 65 LONG · 9 NO · S. Morris — 226 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 49.0 · 32 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 30-27vs Rhode Island	5	4	1.0	2	0
Wk 2	W 45-27@ Kansas	5	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 17-41@ Syracuse	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 14-31vs Miami (OH)	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 8-28@ Boston College	5	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 56-9@ Ball State	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 35-28@ Western Michigan	2	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	W 42-30vs Eastern Michigan	5	4	1.0	1	1
Wk 12	W 42-23@ Kent State	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 31-24vs Northern Illinois	7	6	0.0	—	2	Season-high 7 tackles
Bowl	L 14-37@ Wyoming	2	2	0.0	—	1
Total		44	32	4.0	3	8

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

20148 games

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays