Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Texas State | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 2 | 44 | Season-high 70 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 24-23vs Ohio State | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Total | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 2 | 44 |
#8
Cam Coleman
Cam Coleman was a five-star out of high school and the No. 2 player in the transfer portal. He left Auburn for one reason: to catch passes from Arch Manning. The talent was never the question -- the quarterback was.
6′3″ · 204 lb · Phenix City, AL · Central
CFB Index 65 · #101 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceNational watchTransferred Auburn → Texas for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
On production he ranks #101 of 485 WRs; on reputation he is on a national watch list. The gap between those two numbers is the story.
The numbers
105
receiving yards · 2026 · through week 2
6 catches · 2 TD · 17.5 per catch
2 games into 2026 so far -- Backed by 10 rec · 143 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% catches game. -- Best game: 3 rec, 70 yds, 2 TD, vs Texas State
The play that turned itSwung Auburn from 12% to 63% to win.Auburn at Vanderbilt · 45-38
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Cam Coleman was a five-star out of high school and the No. 2 player in the transfer portal. He left Auburn for one reason: to catch passes from Arch Manning. The talent was never the question -- the quarterback was.
- Signed as a 5-star recruit to Auburn in 2024.
- Transferred from Auburn to Texas in 2026.
- Named Preseason All-America in 2026.
Buzz vs Tape
Fans warmer than rivals
His own fans are far more bullish than the rival fanbase.
25.9own fans
6.4rival fans
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In Their Words
1,489 windows · 2026 fan posts
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“I’m ready to see an 60 yard bomb off play action into the bucket to Cam Coleman.”
reddit/LonghornNation · fan post, verbatim
The story
He was the No. 5 overall recruit in the 2024 class, and even through a 2025 coaching change at Auburn he put up 708 yards -- 1,306 across his two seasons, third-most by an Auburn receiver through a sophomore year. Then he became the marquee move of the offseason: portal's No. 2 player, off to Texas to be Arch Manning's WR1 in Manning's first full year as the unquestioned starter. At 6-3, 201 he's the catch-radius target a vertical passing game is built to feed, and he joins a room that still returns Ryan Wingo. The forward stakes are the swing of the whole bet: a five-star whose production always hinted at more than it showed now has the quarterback to prove it. For Coleman, 2026 is the breakout that's been waiting on the throw -- and the line between a good college receiver and a top-of-the-2027-board profile.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
The week the volume broke through — put up 143 yds at Vanderbilt.Vanderbilt · L 38-452025
Coleman wins above the rim. At 6-3, 201 he's a jump-ball and contested-catch specialist -- On3's scouting deep-dive calls him a receiver who "plays above the rim," "climbs the ladder and boxes out defenders," and finishes through contact, a "red-zone nightmare with an exceptional catch radius." Our play-by-play backs the vertical profile: his explosive-catch rate graded in the 66th percentile, the chunk-play element of a downfield target, even as his overall efficiency (mid-pack yards-per-reception and touchdown rate) marks a player whose production hadn't yet caught up to the talent. The honest edge, per the same report, is hip stiffness that makes him gear down on comebacks and curls -- he's a stack-and-go vertical weapon more than a sudden separator underneath. The bet is simple: elite quarterback play turns 72nd-percentile explosiveness into the highlight reel the five-star ranking always promised.
Written by our staff.
202410 games
- Signed with Auburn5-star out of Central Phenix City
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Preseason All-AmericaFirst Team
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2026)
1 selectors honored him
Badges
- Honors Badge
- Top-10 Recruit
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Texas
Played his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Texas
2025Auburn
2026Texas
2026 snapshot
Since week 1: +35 receiving yards, +3 catches.
Season context · Team result + system
2024Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced
2025Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning
2026Texas2-0HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
High confidence
Elite: yards / catch (86th percentile). Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 3.0 REC/g, 52.5 YDS/g, 17.5 YPR, 1.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
National watch / fringe AA
In the All-America conversation, short of a selector's first team.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Selector Grid · 2026
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 24–23
vs Ohio State
3 rec · 35 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With A. Manning — 195 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.0 · 24 rush yds (8 car) · D. Smothers — 74 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Coleman wins above the rim. At 6-3, 201 he's a jump-ball and contested-catch specialist -- On3's scouting deep-dive calls him a receiver who "plays above the rim," "climbs the ladder and boxes out defenders," and finishes through contact, a "red-zone nightmare with an exceptional catch radius." Our play-by-play backs the vertical profile: his explosive-catch rate graded in the 66th percentile, the chunk-play element of a downfield target, even as his overall efficiency (mid-pack yards-per-reception and touchdown rate) marks a player whose production hadn't yet caught up to the talent. The honest edge, per the same report, is hip stiffness that makes him gear down on comebacks and curls -- he's a stack-and-go vertical weapon more than a sudden separator underneath. The bet is simple: elite quarterback play turns 72nd-percentile explosiveness into the highlight reel the five-star ranking always promised.
Our classifier reads him the same way: moves the chains on third down.
DNA match
Player DNA
Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nick Marsh’s 2025 season.
84%match
Matches Nick on
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
TD rate
Differs from Nick on
Recruiting rating (higher)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kyndon Fuselier’s path through Lamar.
Kyndon Fuselier
100%match
#5
Lujuan Winningham
93%
Matches Kyndon on
Yards per reception
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Nick Marsh's sophomore season at Michigan State (2025).
86%match
Matches Nick on
Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Yards / reception
Differs from Nick on
Recruiting rating (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Cam Coleman
Heisman trajectory
Heisman futures · sportsbook market
#25 in market ▲ from #31 · 6 books
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peak #61
Peaked at #61 this season.
Background
A first-year wide receiver from Phenix City, Ala. … 2026 Phil Steele preseason First-Team SEC selection ... 2026 Phil Steele preseason Second-Team All-America selection ... transferred to Texas from Auburn in spring 2026 … played two seasons at Auburn from 2024-25, appearing in 23 career games wi...
The receiver room · Texas
- #1Ryan Wingo834 receiving yards · 2025
- #8Cam Coleman725 receiving yards · 2025
- #18Sterling Berkhalter416 receiving yards · 2025
- #3Emmett Mosley V408 receiving yards · 2025
- #17Daylan Mccutcheon74 receiving yards · 2025
8 more on the roster · Texas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology