2024 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Keon Coleman

Strengths

• Owns the catch point, some of the best contested catches you will ever see
• Utilizes his large frame to gain leverage and uncover
• Bully ball specialist
• Extremely competitive as a receiver and a blocker, effort to the max

Weaknesses

• Not a high-end athlete, teeters the line of enough speed and too slow
• Hip to hip with defenders too often, lack of separation is a concern
• Stiff in and out of his route breaks, full route tree won’t be on the table
• Production profile doesn't project well: Career yards per route run is low, contested target rate is high — a worrisome combo

Final Thoughts and Chicago Bears Fit for Keon Coleman

Coleman projects best as a possession X receiver who primarily wins underneath and intermediate. While the X receiver label is often associated with being a “WR1,” that isn't Coleman.

He's much more of a role player who's an effective component of a passing game than someone you want to funnel it through.

Winning at the catch point is by far the best trait that he brings to the table, and that can be a slippery slope when projecting him to the NFL. Players relying upon those parts of their games don't have a great track record.

I won’t go as far as saying Coleman is solely reliant on winning in contested situations, yet he's in more than one would like, and I always proceed with caution for this mold of receiver. Separation is king.

Coleman is a great fit for the role the Chicago Bears wanted Equanimous St. Brown to seize. He can be physical as a blocker and brings that same physicality as a receiver (unlike St. Brown). Coleman is ideally a third option in a top-tier receiving corps and a role player at the end of the day.

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