SAMMIE COATES
Wide Receiver
Auburn Tigers
6-1, 212
Leroy, Alabama
Leroy High School
3rd Round – 87th Overall
CAREER NOTES
A three-year starter, finished with a 19-game reception streak…tabbed second-team All-SEC…finished 10th in career receiving at Auburn (1,757 yards) with seven career 100-yard games…hauled in 13 career touchdown catches.
2014 SEASON
Started seven of 12 games played, catching 34 passes for 741 yards and four touchdowns…tallied 144 yards on four catches vs. LSU, with a 56-yard touchdown…gained 122 receiving yards on five catches at Ole Miss, with a 57-yard scoring grab…Auburn Iron Bowl-record 206 yards receiving at Alabama on five catches, with touchdowns of 34 and 68 yards.
2013 SEASON
Made 12 starts in 14 games played, totaling 42 catches for 902 yards and seven touchdown receptions…ranked third in nation in yards per catch (21.5) and averaged 54.1 yards per touchdown catch…had 14 receptions of 30+ yards…68-yard touchdown catch vs. Arkansas State was a career long, and the first 60+ yard pass play for Auburn since 2010…had 139 yards on four catches at LSU, with long gains of 42 and 52 yards…104 yards on five catches at Texas A&M, including a 43-yard touchdown … gained 113 yards on just three catches vs. Florida Atlantic, with touchdowns of 67 and 36 yard…88-yard touchdown reception at Arkansas was third longest pass play in AU history; had 102 yards receiving vs. Arkansas, his third consecutive 100-yard game…had two of AU’s three receptions in Tennessee win…four catches in Georgia win, including a 39-yard fourth-quarter touchdown to tie the game with 0:32 remaining was one of two catches in win over Alabama…94 yards receiving, 38-yard touchdown catch in SEC championship game vs. Missouri…four receptions for 61 yards in the BCS title game.
2012 SEASON
Part of the wide receiver rotation as a redshirt freshman…saw first collegiate action vs. Clemson…first career touchdown was a leaping grab of a 33-yard Hail Mary in the endzone on the last play of first half vs. ULM…caught a nine-yard touchdown against Alabama A&M.
2011 SEASON
Did not play after suffering a preseason injury.