Kevin Coleman Jr.

Former wide receiver at Missouri. 2025: 66 catches, 732 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Missouri · Sr. · #3

5′11″ · 180 lb · St. Louis, MO

CFB Index 69 · #82 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceDrafted by Miami — Rd 5, Pick 37, #177 overall

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Catch rate: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

732

receiving yards · 2025

66 catches · 1 TD · 11.1 per catch

Best game: 7 rec, 109 yds, at Vanderbilt

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Missouri. 2025: 66 catches, 732 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Jackson State in 2022.
Drafted round 5 by the Miami in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Missouri, 1,908 receiving yards — drafted at #177 overall by Miami.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 126 yds vs Kansas.Kansas · W 42-312025

2022

Signed with Jackson State4-star out of St. Mary's

2026

Drafted by Miamiround 5, pick 177

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#54 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #177

Miami · 2026

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach

2023–2025

Eli Drinkwitz

Missouri

Played his entire career under Eli Drinkwitz.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Miami2026 NFL rookie season

#177Rd 5 · Pick 37

Miami2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning

2024Mississippi State2-10HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

2025Missouri8-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

69Quality starter #82 of 485?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (85th percentile). Strength: receptions (94th percentile). Concern: rec tds (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#119 / 798 · 85th pct

78.6%

EPA / target#190 / 798 · 76th pct

0.59

Explosive rate#309 / 798 · 61st pct

11.9%

Yards / catch#435 / 798 · 45th pct

11.2

TD rate#494 / 798 · 38th pct

1.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#32 / 558 · 94th pct

Rush yards#33 / 287 · 89th pct

Rec yards#90 / 558 · 84th pct

732

Long catch#243 / 558 · 56th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#396 / 558 · 28th pct

11.1

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

31st → 76th percentile

Explosive rate

31st → 61st percentile

Catch rate

38th → 85th percentile

TD rate

20th → 38th percentile

Yards / catch

37th → 45th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

31%26 of his 84 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	5.3	49.7	7.3	0.1
Road4g	4.5	71.2	15.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.1	57.9	7.8	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	54.5	11.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #82 of 485 WRs

Former four-star. Now #82 at the position.

One of 41 return threats in 2025. See the others ›

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Missouri	66	732	11.1	1	--
2024	Mississippi State	69	844	12.2	5	--
2023	Louisville	24	332	13.8	2	--
Career		159	1,908	12.0	8	--

Season	Team
2025	Missouri	9	76	--	189	1
2024	Mississippi State	4	11	--	36	--
2023	Louisville	6	25	88	117	--
Career		19	112	88	342	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 23–17

at Auburn

4 rec · 61 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With B. Pribula — 252 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 76.4 · 28 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · C. Weselman — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Vanderbilt · 3&17 · Q4 · EPA +4.65(00:06) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 M.Zollers pass complete deep right to #3 K.Coleman Jr. caught at VANDY01, for 36 yards to the VANDY01 (#27 J.Lackey), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Kansas · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +4.56Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 50 yds to the KU 2 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Vanderbilt · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.55(00:50) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 M.Zollers pass complete short right to #3 K.Coleman Jr. caught at VANDY45, for 14 yards to the VANDY45 (#1 D.Carter), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Kansas · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.20Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 10 yds to the KU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Kansas · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.90Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 20 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Kansas · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.87Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 3 yds for a TD (Robert Meyer KICK)
Week 9 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.84No Huddle-Shotgun #3 K.Coleman Jr. rush right for 34 yards gain to the VANDY41 (#8 C.Heard; #11 B.Longwell), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · Massachusetts · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 11 yds to the MASS 34 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.55(07:21) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 B.Pribula pass complete deep left to #3 K.Coleman Jr. caught at OU29, for 37 yards to the OU29, out of bounds at OU29, 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Auburn · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.37Beau Pribula pass complete to Kevin Coleman Jr. for 15 yds to the MIZ 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week