2019 (Junior) | Game-By-Game Stats
Was a second-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection as a kick returner...set a school record for punt return yards with 353 on 32 returns, an average of 11 yards per return...in MVFC games, had 21 returns for 193 yards...averaged 9.2 yards per return in league play...had a season-long punt return of 81 against Western Illinois...returned a punt 63 yards for a touchdown against Robert Morris...returned five punts for 41 yards at UNI...had thre returns for 27 yards against Illinois State...had two catches for 41 yards against South Dakota...had a punt return in 10 games...earned his third letter.
2018 (Sophomore) | Game-By-Game Stats
Played in all 11 games as a punt and kickoff returner...had 25 punt returns for 74 yards and seven kickoff returns for 106 yards...had a season-long punt return of 16 yards against Valaparaiso...had at least one punt return on nine occasions...had a high of four returns against Western Illinois, Valparaiso and South Dakota State...had 19 punt returns in conference play...had a season-long 26-yard kickoff return against Indiana State...earned his second letter.
2017 (Freshman) | Game-By-Game Stats
Played in all 11 games as a punt and kickoff returner...had 19 punt returns for 80 yards and seven kickoff returns for 142 yards...had a season-long 22-yard punt return against South Dakota State...had at least one punt return in 10 contests...had a high of four returns against Illinois State...had three returns for 17 yards against UNI and North Dakota State...returned three kickoffs for 45 yards vs. the Redbirds...had a season-long 28-yard return against Robert Morris...earned his first letter.
High School: As a senior, helped lead Warren JFK to the Ohio Division VII State Championship…JFK finished the season 14-1 and defeated Minster 24-6 in the title game…in the championship game had five tackles, including three solos and a pass breakup…also had four rushes for eight yards and returned two punts…missed most of the regular-season in 2016 with an injury before returning in the playoffs…had more than 700 yards receiving and 2,000 all-purpose yards during career…returned seven punts and a kickoff for a touchdown...as a junior was a Second-Team All-Ohio Division VII selection…was also a First-Team Division VII All-Northeast Inland District honoree and was the North Coast League MVP as a junior…passed for 608 yards and six touchdowns as a juinor...also rushed for 528 yards and scored seven touchdowns...as a sophomore was a Special Mention All-Ohio Division VII selection…coach was Jeff Bayuk…is also a standout in track and field…in 2015, won the Ohio Division II race in the 200m dash with a time of 21.71 seconds and was second in the 100-meter dash at 10.80 seconds...in 2017, advanced to the state finals in the 100m dash and the state semis in the 200m dash...served as the Student Government President...was a member of the honor roll.
Personal: Parents are Gina and Jim Coates...has two sisters and a brother...major is business...is the 2020-21 recipient of the John F. McCarthy, Jr., Memorial Scholarship.
