Khari Coleman

Arkansas

Sep 13 (Sat)

6:00 or 6:45 PM

Ole Miss Football vs Georgia Tech on September 17th, 2022 in Atlanta, GA.Photos by Joshua McCoy/Ole Miss AthleticsInstagram and Twitter @OleMissPix

Ole Miss Football vs Troy in the 2022 Season Opener on September 3rd, 2022 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, MS.Photo by Kiana Dale/Ole Miss AthleticsInstagram and Twitter: @OleMissPix Buy Photos at RebelWallArt.com

Ole Miss Football headshots in Starnes Athletic Center on July 17, 2024 in Oxford, MS.

Photos by Reed Jones/Ole Miss Athletics
Instagram/Twitter: @OleMissPix

Position:
LB
Collegiate Letters Earned:
5
Letters Earned at Ole Miss:
3
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 220
Hometown:
New Orleans, La.
High School:
G.W. Carver
Prev. College:
TCU
Major:
Multi-Disciplinary Studies

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2024 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
• 2023 All-SEC Honorable Mention (College Football Network)
• 2023 Butkus Award Preseason Watch List
• 2023 Preseason All-SEC Fourth Team (Phil Steele)
• 2023 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
• 2020 Freshman All-American (Football Writers Association of America - TCU)
• 2020 Freshman All-American (The Athletic - TCU)
• 2020 True Freshman All-American (ESPN - TCU)
• 2020 Big 12 Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year (TCU)
• 2020 Big 12 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (TCU)

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS

• Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2023)

2024 (SENIOR): Played in all 13 games for the Rebels, starting three at linebacker … Finished eighth on the team with 45 total tackles (19 solo) … Added 1.0 TFL, four QB hurries and one forced fumble … vs. Furman (08/31/24): Started at LB, assisted on one tackle in 22 defensive snaps … vs. Middle Tennessee (09/07/24): Notched five tackles (one solo) in 35 total snaps … at Wake Forest (9/14/24): Five tackles (two solo) and one QB hurry in 33 snaps played … vs. Georgia Southern (09/21/24): Started at LB, tallied a career-high nine tackles (six solo) with one forced fumble … vs. Kentucky (09/28/24): Assisted on one tackle in 20 total snaps … at South Carolina (10/05/24): Notched five tackles (four solo) in 36 snaps played … at #10 LSU (10/12/24): Tallied one solo tackle in 11 snaps played … vs. Oklahoma (10/26/24): Notched eight total tackles (four solo) in 46 total snaps played … at Arkansas (11/02/24): Assisted on one tackle, played 35 total snaps across defense and special teams … vs. #2 Georgia (11/09/24): Played seven total snaps … at Florida (11/23/24): Assisted on three tackles in 16 snaps played … vs. Mississippi State (11/29/24): Assisted on one TFL in seven total snaps … vs. Duke (01/02/25): Started at linebacker, second on the team with five tackles, a half TFL and three QB hurries in 75 total snaps played in Ole Miss’ Gator Bowl victory … Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List.

2023 (SENIOR*): All-SEC Honorable Mention (College Football Network) ... Played in all 13 games, starting 12 at linebacker ... Notched 502 total snaps across defense and special teams ... Sixth on the team with 48 total tackles (32 solo) ... Also had 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, four QB hurries, one forced fumble and one pass breakup ... vs. Mercer (9/2/23): Made three total tackles, all solo, as he led all Ole Miss linebackers with 34 defensive snaps ... at #22 Tulane (9/9/23): Started at outside linebacker, ended the day with seven total tackles (five solo) and a sack fumble that led to a 26-yard fumble return TD by Jared Ivey late in the fourth quarter to seal the game ... vs. Georgia Tech (9/16/23): Started at middle linebacker, notched five total tackles (three solo), one QB hurry and a half sack for a loss of two yards ... at #12 Alabama (9/23/23): Started at middle linebacker, tallied four tackles (three solo) and made 1.0 TFL ... vs. #12 LSU (9/30/23): Started at middle linebacker, notched four solo tackles and one sack for a loss of seven yards ... vs. Arkansas (10/7/23): Started at middle linebacker, posted three total tackles (one solo) and one pass breakup in 50 defensive and special teams snaps ... at Auburn (10/21/23): Started at middle linebacker, registered three tackles (one solo) in 45 defensive and special teams snaps ... vs. Vanderbilt (10/28/23): Started at middle linebacker, notched two solo tackles and one QB hurry ... vs. Texas A&M (11/4/23): Started at MLB, tallied two total tackles (one solo) and one QB hurry in 23 total snaps across defense and special teams ... at #1 Georgia (11/11/23): Started at MLB, tallied three tackles (two solo) in 44 snaps across defense and special teams ... vs. ULM (11/18/23): Started at MLB, notched five tackles (three solo) and one QB hurry in 33 total snaps ... at Mississippi State (11/23/23): Recorded seven tackles (four solo) in 37 total snaps ... vs. Penn State (12/30/23): Started at linebacker, played 36 total snaps in Ole Miss’ Peach Bowl victory ... Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List ... Butkus Award Preseason Watch List ... Preseason All-SEC fourth team (Phil Steele).

2022 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 11 games, making four starts at linebacker … Totaled 42 tackles on the season … Tied for the team lead with 10 TFLs for 45 yards, including 4.5 sacks … Forced one fumble and added two quarterback pressures in 406 snaps on defense … vs. Troy (9/3/22): Came off the bench for the Rebel defense to record eight total tackles on the day, including team-highs in TFLs (5) and sacks (2) … Marked the third Rebel since 1999 that had recorded at least 5.0 tackles for loss in a single game ... vs. Central Arkansas (9/10/22): Came up with two tackles, 1.5 TFLs and half of a sack in the team’s 59-3 win over UCA ... at Georgia Tech (9/17/22): Finished with one tackle in the team’s shutout win in Atlanta ... at Vanderbilt (10/8/22): Finished with one solo tackle in the team’s 52-28 victory ... vs. Auburn (10/15/22): Made a pair of solo tackles as a rotational linebacker for the Rebels ... at LSU (10/22/22): Made his first career start for the Rebels, tallying seven tackles, one TFL and one sack against the Tigers ... at Texas A&M (10/29/22): Logged six tackles in the team’s 31-28 win over the Aggies, including one TFL after getting the start at linebacker ... vs. #9 Alabama (11/12/22): Ended his day with three total tackles checking int the Rebel linebacking core ... at Arkansas (11/19/22): Earned the start at linebacker for the Rebels, where he tallied a pair of tackles on the night ... vs. Mississippi State (11/24/22): Ended his day with three total tackles while also logging one TFL, one sack and one forced fumble against the Bulldogs … vs. Texas Tech (12/28/22): Started at linebacker, playing 76 defensive snaps, and recorded seven tackles and two QB pressures ... Transfer who arrived on campus in January and participated in spring drills.

TCU: Appeared in 18 games for the Horned Frogs, making 12 starts at linebacker ... Battled injury in 2021 ... Named to multiple Freshman All-America teams after stellar freshman campaign in 2020 ... Earned Big 12 Co-Defensive Freshman of the Year as a true freshman ... Led TCU while ranking second in the Big 12 and seventh nationally with 15.0 tackles for loss ... Topped all freshmen in the country in TFLs ... Tied for second on the team with three sacks while placing eighth with 33 tackles.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star recruit ... Rated by 247Sports as the No. 27 weakside defensive end in the nation and No. 26 overall player in Louisiana ... Ranked by Louisiana Gridiron Magazine as the state’s No. 1 linebacker ... Totaled 27 1/2 sacks, 33 quarterback hurries and five forced fumbles as a senior ... The 27 1/2 sacks ranked fifth in the nation while his 227 sack yards placed first ... Totaled 277 tackles in his career with 91 1/2 for loss, including 46 1/2 sacks ... Forced 16 fumbles with eight fumble recoveries, three blocked kicks and three defensive touchdowns ... District 11-4A Defensive Player of the Year as a senior and an all-state selection at defensive end ... Named all-state outside linebacker by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association ... Selected as the Overall Carver Collegiate Academy Football Player of the Year ... Received invites to the All-American Bowl and the Louisiana Gridiron Bowl All-Star Game ... Named to George Washington Carver’s 2010-19 All-Decade Team ... Selected as the Overall Athlete and Defensive Player of the Decade ... First-team all-district as a junior.

PERSONAL: Full name is Khari Alexander Coleman ... Born Nov. 28, 2001 ... Son of Rodney Coleman and Michelle Horn ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in spring 2023 … Multi-disciplinary studies major.