2026 NFL Draft Profile: Jonah Coleman

The Basics

**Height**: 5/8” **Weight**: 220 LBS **Arm Length**: 28 7/8” **Hand Size**: 9 1/8? **Forty**: 4.50 sec **Bench**: 22 reps

Recruitment

Coleman was a prolific producer at Lincoln High School in Stockton, California. he rushed for over 3,000 yards and 58 touchdowns on only 334 carries in his high school career. His HS recruiting profile mentioned that he would try to lose some weight to get down to 190-195 pounds, which sounds odd given the success he would later find as a human bowling ball. His production earned him a high three-star recruiting ranking from 247 Sports and attention from schools across the country. He named a final five of Arizona, Tennessee, Arizona State, Colorado State, and Oregon State before finally choosing to sign with the Wildcats.

College Career

Coleman played meaningful snaps as a true freshman for Jedd Fisch in Tucson. He was second on the team in carries with 75, trailing veteran Michael Wiley for the team lead. He showed promise with 372 yards (5.0 YPC) and 4 TDs. Coleman usurped Riley as the #1 back the following year, putting up 871 yards on 128 carries and finding paydirt five times. He also caught 25 passes for 283 yards. His production trended up as the season progressed. He carried the ball only eight times total in the three non-conference games, then averaged 92 yards per game over the next eight. He didn’t run as often in blowout wins in the last two games, but Coleman was clearly poised to become a bell cow running back going into his junior year. Of course, Arizona’s 10-win season earned Jedd Fisch a new job at Washington. Coleman joined several of his teammates on the trip up the West Coast. With graduating and Cam Davis coming back from injury, Coleman immediately slotted in atop the depth chart. He took a big step forward with 1053 yards and 10 TDs for the Dawgs. The workload was probably larger than what Fisch would prefer, but with Davis continuing to have health issues and Adam Mohammed a true freshman, the Huskies had to ride Coleman. Coleman decided to come back to Seattle for his senior year and it was another good one. Through the season’s first eight games, Coleman averaged 80.4 yards on 5.1 yards per carry and found the end zone 13 times. He also tallied 316 receiving yards through that stretch. Unfortunately, he started to have problems with his left knee and played sparingly for the rest of the schedule. Development from Mohammed as his backup allowed the Huskies to play Coleman’s recovery conservatively. To his credit, he came back strong in the bowl game and put up 85 yards and a TD on 12 carries.