WR Malachi Coleman Commits

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Lincoln gopher said:
He sure didn't get to play much for the Huskers while he was here in Lincoln. Certainly, there was a lot of excitement when he signed, but he never really saw the field. He was injured for a while, but couldn't break the top 5 receivers at Nebraska. Hopefully a change of scenery will help.
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Definitely worth the risk for Minnesota. Looks like a freak athlete, maybe a change of scenery and another year of maturity allows him to capitalize on his physical gifts and become an impact player.

Lot of opportunity for WR to step up next year. Will be interesting to see if Coleman is able to earn a spot in the rotation.
 



Section 100 said:
Let's hope so. I think he's a Texas A&M fan.
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I’m not against a wealthy local guy that supports the U but is a fan of A&M. There probably isn’t a fan base that is more delusional than that base and spends/wastes money on their football team.
 


USAF said:
Wow. Wide Reciever U.
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I hope so. There’s a history of mostly failed 4* WR transfers at Minnesota. Toolsy guys from big name programs who didn’t produce like the 2 and 3 star guys who were HS recruits.

I hope this isn’t a case of buying the product they just returned. Either way, it’s still an impressive get for the staff.
 

fmlizard said:
I hope so. There’s a history of mostly failed 4* WR transfers at Minnesota. Toolsy guys from big name programs who didn’t produce like the 2 and 3 star guys who were HS recruits.

I hope this isn’t a case of buying the product they just returned. Either way, it’s still an impressive get for the staff.
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Who other than Dylan Wright?
 



Gopherchase said:
Historically, this isn’t the type of portal get that has come in and lit it up for us. I like the kids better who were high achievers at lower levels or non P4 schools.
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I don’t know about that. I think the high expectations everyone had for Dylan Wright have kind skewed things. I feel like we land less of this type of transfer, but have had decent luck with most of them. Carroll, Pinkney, Majors, Filiaga. Other than Wright I’m not sure we’ve had many former four stars that didn’t do much.
 



fmlizard said:
I was counting Hayo Carpenter, Cristian Driver, Tyler Williams in addition to Wright. There is still time for Driver and Williams to make a larger impact.
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In terms of Coleman....Low/No risk....potential huge reward and as you mentioned there is still time for Driver and Williams (especially Williams) to make an impact.

Bottom line, with Jackson and Spencer both out of the picture next year it is good to see the coaches casting a wide net to try and make sure we have capable replacements on the roster for next year and beyond.

Carpenter was a different era but definitely a bust. Dylan Wright couldn't stay out of is own way and was a bust at TCU as well after he left here.
 






Merry christmas to us!! This transfer class has got to be top 10 I'd imagine.
 

MNVCGUY said:
In terms of Coleman....Low/No risk....potential huge reward and as you mentioned there is still time for Driver and Williams (especially Williams) to make an impact.

Bottom line, with Jackson and Spencer both out of the picture next year it is good to see the coaches casting a wide net to try and make sure we have capable replacements on the roster for next year and beyond.

Carpenter was a different era but definitely a bust. Dylan Wright couldn't stay out of is own way and was a bust at TCU as well after he left here.
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Agreed. In the new age of college football, you get him in, if he doesn’t buy into the program and put in the effort, you show him the door next offseason. Very low risk.

As far as Wright, while he didn’t live up to the hype, he did some nice things and was still worth the scholly he was taking up.
 

forever a gopher said:
Agreed. In the new age of college football, you get him in, if he doesn’t buy into the program and put in the effort, you show him the door next offseason. Very low risk.

As far as Wright, while he didn’t live up to the hype, he did some nice things and was still worth the scholly he was taking up.
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Totally agree about Wright. He didn’t live up to our expectations, but he still was a decent contributor on run heavy teams.
 

btowngopher said:
I don’t know about that. I think the high expectations everyone had for Dylan Wright have kind skewed things. I feel like we land less of this type of transfer, but have had decent luck with most of them. Carroll, Pinkney, Majors, Filiaga. Other than Wright I’m not sure we’ve had many former four stars that didn’t do much.
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I’m cool with taking the kid. I just think the guys like Gibbens, Robinson, Brosmer, Henderson at all have been more impactful than the folks that you mentioned. Let’s hope he comes in here and rips it up.
 

Gopherchase said:
I’m cool with taking the kid. I just think the guys like Gibbens, Robinson, Brosmer, Henderson at all have been more impactful than the folks that you mentioned. Let’s hope he comes in here and rips it up.
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Overall the staff has done a good job of finding guys from both the power 4 and lower levels that can contribute. The main thing I think people have started to figure out is that it doesn't really matter where the kid transfers from as long as they can play. Early on in the portal process people were more concerned with where the player transferred from than they seem to be now.

Will be interesting to see how it plays out with Coleman.
 



forever a gopher said:
Agreed. In the new age of college football, you get him in, if he doesn’t buy into the program and put in the effort, you show him the door next offseason. Very low risk.

As far as Wright, while he didn’t live up to the hype, he did some nice things and was still worth the scholly he was taking up.
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The risk factor has to include $$ in the equation as well. We really don't know the risk.
 




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