High School: Three-sport standout in football, basketball, and track and field at Marriotts Ridge High School...starter at wide receiver, defensive back, and running back in football for head coach Ken Hovet...team went 13-7 his final two seasons...three-year letterwinner who set school records for career rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, and receiving touchdowns and single game rushing yards and touchdowns...first team All-Howard County as a junior and senior...selected to Baltimore Touchdown Club "Super 22" Team...played in BTC All-Star Game...earned three letter sin basketball as a point guard...led teams to two-year mark of 36-7 his final two seasons...three-year letterwinner in track and field as a sprinter and jumper...state bronze medalist in the long jump as a senior...earned 15 Honor Roll citations during his high school career...earned perfect attendance award as a junior.
At Delaware: First-year member of squad as a walk-on...looks to add support to the Delaware defensive backfield unit and on special teams.
Personal: Derek Lee Coleman...born Jan. 22, 1991 in Morristown, N.J....son of Ronald and Cynthia Coleman...has a younger sister...communications major at Delaware...would like to work in television production after graduation...enjoys music and drawing cartoons in his spare time...both parents attended Syracuse University...cousin, Whitney Coleman, played college basketball at Monmouth University.
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