1. Sammie Coates currently serves as the head coach at Columbia High School in Huntsville, Alabama, a position he has held since 2025.
41 Facts About Sammie Coates
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Sammie Coates played college football for the Auburn Tigers, where he played in the 2013 SEC Championship Game and 2014 BCS National Championship Game.
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Sammie Coates has been a member of the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Roughnecks, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Edmonton Elks.
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Sammie Coates attended Leroy High School in Leroy, Alabama, where he played high school football.
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Sammie Coates originally committed to play college football at the University of Southern Mississippi in March 2010, but changed his commitment to Auburn University in July.
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In 2011, Sammie Coates missed his entire freshman season at Auburn in 2011 due to a foot injury.
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Sammie Coates played his first game against Clemson and caught his first career touchdown, a 33-yard Hail Mary from quarterback Kiehl Frazier, against Louisiana-Monroe.
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Sammie Coates was a big play threat, having 14 catches for 30+ yards.
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Sammie Coates finished his career at Auburn ranking 10th in the school's career receiving yards, 13 career touchdown receptions, and seven career games with over 100 yards receiving.
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Sammie Coates was voted second-team All-SEC by the coaches, The Associated Press, and Phil Steele.
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In December 2014, Sammie Coates decided to forego his senior season and declared for the 2015 NFL draft and graduated from Auburn University with a diploma in public administration.
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On December 12,2014, Sammie Coates announced he accepted his invitation to the 2014 Senior Bowl.
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The majority of NFL draft experts and scouts projected Sammie Coates to be a late first or second round pick.
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Sammie Coates met with team representatives from the Baltimore Ravens after he had an impressive week of practice where he made multiple highlight reel catches.
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On January 25,2014, Sammie Coates recorded one reception for 13-yards in the Senior Bowl, but had to leave the game after suffering a groin injury.
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Sammie Coates received an invitation to the NFL Combine and completed all of the required combine and positional drills.
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On March 3,2014, Sammie Coates opted to participate at Auburn's pro day along with Greg Robinson, Dee Ford, Chris Davis, Tre Mason, Cody Parkey, Jay Prosch, Quan Bray, and nine other teammates.
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Sammie Coates chose to only run positional drills for the scouts and team representatives in attendance.
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Sammie Coates was ranked the 11th best wide receiver in the draft by NFLDraftScout.
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Sammie Coates was the 13th wide receiver selected in 2015.
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Sammie Coates competed with Markus Wheaton and Darrius Heyward-Bey throughout training camp to be the second starting wide receiver for the season, as Martavis Bryant was serving a four-game suspension to begin the season.
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Sammie Coates competed with Wheaton and Heyward-Bey for the starting wide receiver job after Bryant was suspended for the entire 2016 season.
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Sammie Coates was named the third wide receiver on the depth chart behind Brown and Wheaton.
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Sammie Coates was deactivated for the last two games of the season.
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Sammie Coates finished the season with 21 receptions for 235 receiving yards and two touchdowns in five starts and 14 games.
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Sammie Coates competed with Bryant and rookie JuJu Smith-Schuster for the vacant starting wide receiver position left by the departure of Wheaton.
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Sammie Coates became expendable after the Pittsburgh Steelers had acquired major depth at their wide receiver position with Bryant's return from suspension, Smith-Schuster's selection in the 2017 NFL draft, and the emergence of Eli Rogers in Sammie Coates absence the season prior.
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On March 15,2018, Sammie Coates was released by the Browns.
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On March 16,2018, Sammie Coates was claimed off waivers by the Texans.
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Sammie Coates played in 12 games, recording just one catch for 12 yards before being released on December 18,2018.
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On February 22,2019, Sammie Coates was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Sammie Coates was selected by the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL in the third round of the 2020 XFL Draft.
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In four games played, Sammie Coates was targeted 19 times, but only caught six of those passes for 61 yards.
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Sammie Coates had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10,2020.
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Sammie Coates signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League on December 21,2020.
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Sammie Coates was placed on the suspended list on July 3,2021.
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Sammie Coates joined the Edmonton Elks of the CFL in free agency on February 15,2023.
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Sammie Coates was released by the Elks after their final preseason game, along with 17 other players as the team trimmed down its roster ahead of the season.
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On June 18,2020, Sammie Coates was hired on the coaching staff at Jensen Beach High School at Jensen Beach, Florida.
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On June 26,2023, Sammie Coates was hired as the wide receivers coach at Ohio Northern University.
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On January 21,2025, Sammie Coates was hired as the head football coach at Columbia High School in Huntsville, Alabama.