Colin Coates is a defensive lineman at Mississippi State who has not played in Mississippi State's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2024, at Charlotte.
Mississippi State lists 21 defensive linemen this season.
Mississippi State is 4-4. Next: vs Vanderbilt, Sat Nov 7.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Transferred to Mississippi State from Charlotte. On tape: 2 tackles against Tulane, Week 10, 2024.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-30vs James Madison | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 27-26vs Gardner-Webb | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-20@ Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-24vs East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-51@ No. 25 Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-33@ Memphis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-34vs Tulane | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-59vs South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 39-27@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 29-27vs UAB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
4%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
7%1 hurry14 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Biff Poggi — 8-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Biff Poggi
Pass share
48.1%
352 pass / 380 run
Plays / game
61.0
12 games
Team sack rate
7.7%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Biff Poggi and Jeff Lebby.
