2025 Football Roster
Roster
DJ Coleman
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Mesquite, Texas
- High School:
- Horn HS
2024 (Sophomore): Played in 12 games with one start at safety, seeing significant time as a key member of the rotation on the back-end of the defense … Finished with 28 tackles, including 1.5 for a loss and three pass break-ups … Led Baylor’s safeties with a 66.4 defensive grade according to PFF … Had a 65.4 coverage rating and played 278 snaps, which ranked fifth-most among Baylor’s safeties … Only missed the game at Texas Tech … Had a pass break-up in the season lid-lifter vs. Tarleton … Had two tackles at Utah … Went for three tackles, including a TFL, in a win over Air Force … Had three tackles at Colorado … Had a tackle vs. BYU … Finished with a career-high six tackles at Iowa State … Had three tackles vs. Oklahoma State and made one tackle vs. TCU … Had three tackles at WVU … Tied his career high in the Texas Bowl vs. LSU with six stops, including half a tackle for a loss and two pass break-ups, earning his first career start.
2023 (Freshman): Played in the final 11 games of the year as a key member of the rotation at safety … Finished with 15 tackles and two pass break-ups … Ranked by PFF as the ninth-highest graded freshmen safety in power-5 with a 72.2 defensive grade … Had a 76.1 defensive coverage grade, eighth-best in the power-5 among freshmen … Made collegiate debut vs. No. 12/12 Utah, collecting a season-best six tackles and broke up a pass … Had a stop vs. No. 3/6 Texas … Had two tackles vs. UCF and Texas Tech each … Finished with a stop at Cincinnati … Had a tackle at No. 25 Kansas State and two at TCU.
High School: Recorded 72 total tackles senior year at Horn High School, with 10.5 TFLs and 2.5 sacks … Caused one fumble in the 2022 season, recovered two, blocked four punts and one field goal … Tallied 62 tackles in both junior and sophomore seasons … Played running back shortly his junior year, rushing for 61 yards … Recorded one interception his sophomore year … Helped the Jaguars to the first round of the state playoff championships … Named first team All-District defense senior season … Ranked 19th by DCTF in the safety position.
