Therran Coleman

Senior cornerback on Western Michigan's 2021 roster.

CB · Western Michigan · Sr. · #7

6′0″ · 190 lb · Pittsburgh, PA

CFB Index 30 · #239 of 321 cornersLow confidenceWestern Michigan 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 576 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback on Western Michigan's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Western Michigan, 45 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2016

Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of Brashear

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#576 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2019

Tim Lester

Western Michigan

2021

Tim Lester

Western Michigan

Played his entire career under Tim Lester.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Pittsburgh5-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

2018Pittsburgh7-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

2019Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2021Western Michigan8-5HC: Tim Lester · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #239 of 321?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#310 / 2743 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#914 / 2743 · 64th pct

3.5

Solo tackles#1137 / 2743 · 57th pct

Tackles#1475 / 2743 · 45th pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.6
Road6g	2.5	0.4	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	0.5	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #239 of 321 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #239 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Western Michigan	28	20	3.5	4	--	--
2019	Pittsburgh	4	3	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Pittsburgh	7	5	0.0	--	1	--
2017	Pittsburgh	6	4	0.0	--	--	--
Career		45	32	3.5	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 44–41

at Pittsburgh

1 PD · 1 TOT

Edged out Pittsburgh on the road in a shootout.

With K. Eleby — 337 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.5 · -20 rush yds (7 car) · N. Mihalic — 1 TOT · 46 AVG · 2 IN 20

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-47@ Michigan	5	5	1.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	W 28-0vs Illinois State	2	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 44-41@ Pittsburgh	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 24-17@ Buffalo	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 20-45vs Ball State	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 64-31vs Kent State	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 15-34@ Toledo	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 30-42vs Central Michigan	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 45-40vs Akron	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 21-22@ Eastern Michigan	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-21@ Northern Illinois	3	1	0.5	—	0
Total		25	18	3.5	—	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Therran Coleman

2016

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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