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Todd McShay calls Jonah Coleman a name to watch ahead of NFL Draft
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It has become a consensus view that the crop of running backs in the 2026 NFL draft isn't necessarily the deepest unit, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't have some promising talent, like Washington Huskies running back Jonah Coleman .
After two seasons on Montlake, where he compiled 1,811 yards and 25 touchdowns on the ground, and added 54 catches for 531 yards and 2 scores, Coleman established himself as one of the top players at his position thanks to his combination of power, balance, and shiftiness. However, sometimes over the course of draft season discourse, some talented prospects can go overlooked as analysts try to look for diamonds in the rough who stand out in the testing circuit.
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The Ringer's Todd McShay believes that's exactly what happened with Coleman.
"I think the guy that everyone's sleeping on at this point (is) Jonah Coleman ," McShay said in an interview on the Rich Eisen Show. "He's a bowling ball, he's got these light feet, he always runs with pad level, he wears you down, he brings this energy to an offense. I think in a running back class that's not like a year ago, where we had 26 guys go, six in the first three rounds...I think he'll probably fall to the fourth round, and I think a team's going to get a starter."
Coleman has also impressed teams throughout the pre-draft process with his interviews, as he's also one of the draft's most polished pass protectors, which is another thing that could help him entrench himself as a starter at the next level.
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"You're not gonna play if you can't pass pro," Coleman told Huskies Wire's Alex Katson at the NFL Combine. "It's simple, you can't play if you aren't going to protect the quarterback. I'm paying him $100 million, you're getting paid $2 million, who's more important? And that's part of being selfless, it's part of the game. You have to be wanting to pick up pass pro, you
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