Douglas Coleman III: DB · Texas Tech · #3.
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Douglas Coleman III
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches at Texas Tech: Kliff Kingsbury and Matt Wells. On tape: 8 tackles against Montana State, Week 1, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
62 tackles. 2 passes defended. 8 interceptions. 0 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Nov 3
On3 Oct 28
Heartland College Sports Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Texas Tech | 62 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2018 | Texas Tech | 30 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Texas Tech | 22 | 19 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Texas Tech | 25 | 19 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 139 | 108 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 16 | 11 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-10vs Montana State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-3vs UTEP | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-28@ Arizona | 10 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 16-55@ No. 6 Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-35vs No. 21 Oklahoma State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 30-33@ No. 22 Baylor | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-34vs Iowa State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-37@ Kansas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-17@ West Virginia | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-33vs TCU | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30vs Kansas State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-49@ Texas | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 62 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 |
Week 6 · 2019
W 45-35
2 interceptions · 7 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out Oklahoma State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
8interceptionsTackle volume
62tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL62 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 8 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Wells
Pass share
57.0%
531 pass / 401 run
Plays / game
77.7
12 games
Team sack rate
3.2%
557 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
62 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Texas Tech, 139 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kliff Kingsbury → Matt Wells. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
