Know your Chiefs draft crush, part 4: Keon Coleman
Our draft crush series continues as we look at the big WR out of Florida State
In this year’s “know your draft crush” series, I’m once again examining various wide receivers the Chiefs could target in early rounds of the draft. Fortunately, the 2024 draft is packed with good WR prospects. In an attempt to figure out who would be the best fit in Kansas City, I’m looking at as many as possible, breaking down the film to look at the same traits for each player: Speed/acceleration/agility, releases, route running, hands/catch point work, YAC/playmaking, and an overall takeaway. Here are the guys we’ve looked at so far:
Methodology and Adonai Mitchell (UNLOCKED)
Today for “know your Chiefs draft crush,” we’re looking at Keon Coleman, a huge and physical receiver out of Florida State.
Keon Coleman - Florida State
Relevant measurements - 6’3”, 213 pounds
Games reviewed - Miami, LSU, Duke, Clemson,
(NOTE - Most of the video clips I’ll use will be to highlight positive traits, because they’re more fun to watch. But that doesn’t make the negative traits for a prospect any less real… it just means I like to show the fun things!)
-Speed / acceleration / agility-
Coleman is interesting to watch on film in the sense that he’s a different sort of athlete than what you often see from wide receivers. The best way to say it is that he looks more like a basketball player in pads (which he sort of is, but I digress). His speed doesn’t jump out, but it’s not as poor on film as his abysmal 40-yard dash. And he takes several steps to “ramp up” his acceleration, which would explain why his 10-yard and 20-yard splits aren’t great. It’s just not an area he shines.
That said, he does have some decent explosion in his first step, and once he gets ramped up he can scoot just enough to stack CB’s that he’s muscled to the side (we’ll get to that when talking about routes and releases). So he’s not as poor an athlete as his 40 and splits would indicate, at least on film.