Biography
CAREER
Played in 13 games on the defensive line … Has made four tackles (two solo), 2.5 tackles for loss (21 yards) and 2.0 sacks for 20 yards in 13-game career.
2021
Saw action in all 10 games as a junior defensive end … Listed as a backup defensive end on the depth chart … Finished year with two tackles (one solo), 1.5 tackle for loss for 12 yards, and 1.0 sack for 11 yards … Registered one tackle, 0.5 tackle for loss for one yard vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Made a key solo sack for 11 yards at Dartmouth (Oct. 22).
2020
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
2019
Saw action in three games as a backup defensive lineman … Listed as a backup defensive end … Played in each of the season’s final three contests … Finished the year with two tackles (one solo) with one sack for nine yards … Registered two tackles with first career sack (nine yards) in first career game action vs. Harvard (Nov. 9) … Registered sack on his first play of his career.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Rye Country Day School in Rye, N.Y., where he lettered four years in football for Head Coach John Calandos … Named to the NYSSWA All-State Class B team as a junior … First Team All-MIFL selection as a senior … Westchester/Putnam All-Star selection as a senior … Earned Second Team All-Hudson Valley team honors on defense as a junior … Earned First Team All-New England Prep School Athletic Conference honors as a junior … Two-time All-FAA selection … Second Team Iohud Football All-Star selection as a sophomore … Named team captain as a senior … Four-time two-way starter since his freshman year … Played a variety of positions for the Wildcats including nose guard, defensive end (senior), offensive guard, running back (senior), tight end (senior) and long snapper (junior/senior years) … Set the Rye Country Day school record for most career tackles for loss (71) as a nose guard/defensive end and totaled 25 career sacks … Made 63 total tackles, 21 tackles for loss, eight sacks, caused one fumble, made three fumble recoveries and blocked a punt during senior season … Helped lead the Wildcats to an 8-1 record and MIFL championship as a senior … Finished with 12 tackles and a sack vs. St. Lukes … Made 47 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, nine sacks, caused a fumble, recovered a fumble and blocked a punt as a junior … Made three sacks and 11 tackles vs. St. Lukes … Made 44 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, caused two fumbles and recovered a fumble as a sophomore … As a freshman, totaled 48 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks … Earned 11 varsity letters while competing for the Wildcats … Also competed on the wrestling team for four years and track and field team for three years … In wrestling, placed third in the NYSAIS Championships, sixth in the Westchester County championships and ranked among the top-6 in the NY/NJ Regionals as a junior … Guided his team to a third place finish in the NYSIAS in 2018 … Named All-FAA and placed on the top-6 in NY/NJ Regionals as a sophomore … Earned All-FAA and placed among the top-6 in the NY/NJ Regionals as a freshman … Helped track and field team win a NYSAIS title in spring 2018 … Named team captain of the track and field team as a senior … Ran an 11.42 100-meter dash … Helped win 4x100-meter relay NYSAIS title as a junior … Placed fourth at the NYSAIS Championships in the 400-meter dash as a sophomore … As a freshman qualified for nationals in the 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter dash … Earned Beta Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Psi Fraternity, Inc. award for scholastic achievements and exemplary leadership … Involved in voluntary activities, including the Sister’s Club, and fed homeless with Kappa League for three years.
PERSONAL
Born Cameron Douglas Coleman on November 27, 2000 in Atlanta, Ga. … Son of Calvin Coleman and Lizbeth Johnson … Has a younger brother Cullen … Mother attended Spellman College and father attended Morehouse College … Father played football Morehouse College as a wide receiver from 1989-91 and ran track from 1992-94 … Aunt Mary Ellen Coleman received her MBA at Columbia … Preferred name is Cam … Hobbies and interests include video games, sketching, listening to music and reading comics … Plays the piano and likes to create beats on GarageBand … One word that describes him: adaptable … Lists his father as his role model because he supported himself throughout most of his life … Gained interest in Columbia after the coaching staff invited him to a Junior Days … Chose Columbia because of the fit, challenge it presents, the rigorous core curriculum, diverse environment, incredible internship opportunities in New York City and the chance to be a part of a determined football team … Selected Columbia over offers from Brown and Cornell … Enrolled in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science … Majors in Computer Science.
