Keon Coleman confident in ability to emerge in talented wide receiver room

Keon Coleman is betting on himself with his transfer to Florida State from Michigan State this offseason. And in Tallahassee, Coleman joins a loaded wide receiver room.

Alongside him, the Seminoles feature returning star receiver Johnny Wilson and bring in highly-touted freshman Hykeem Williams. Coleman is confident in his ability to distinguish himself from his teammates.

“Yessir, I do. And along with that, those guys are great at what they do too, so we help take the pressure off each other. It’s just a push and pull effect. We’re all going to work to do the same thing,” Coleman said.

As Coleman noted, the Florida State pass catchers can accentuate each other as much as they’re competing head-to-head.

If the Seminoles line up in 12 personnel (two receivers, two tight ends, one running back), the pass catchers could be the 6-foot-7 Wilson and the 6-foot-4 Coleman at the receiver spots, with the 6-foot-7 Kyle Morlock the 6-foot-3 Jaheim Bell lining up as the tight ends.

Drop one of the tight ends out of the formation, and the 6-foot-3 Williams can get on the field as a wideout.

Whether it’s Coleman or someone else getting open, the transfer wideout is confident in the abilities of himself and his teammates to make Florida State’s passing offense soar.

A prior relationship with the Florida State staff helped Coleman pick the Seminoles

Coleman had no shortage of suitors when the junior wide receiver entered the transfer portal this spring. But a relationship with the Florida State staff that carried over from his high school recruitment ultimately won out as Coleman ended up in Tallahassee.

While he originally chose to play for Michigan State out of high school, his relationship with FSU head coach Mike Norvell and his assistants didn’t sour. And when he entered the transfer portal, Coleman found that he picked things right back up with Norvell and Co.

“Because coach [Ron] Dugans, coach Norvell, coach [Alex] Atkins, I loved those guys coming out and loved what they were trying to do,” Coleman said. “And things didn’t work out on the front end, but it happened for a reason this time. They made it very smooth, knowing that I had a previous relationship with them.”