{"id":58522,"date":"2019-03-13T17:58:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T21:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=58522"},"modified":"2019-03-13T17:58:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T21:58:01","slug":"tevin-coleman-signs-49ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2019\/03\/13\/tevin-coleman-signs-49ers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tevin Coleman Signs With San Francisco 49ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/ColeTe01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tevin Coleman<\/a><\/strong> is reaping the rewards of four impressive years with the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/falcons\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old running back will be signing a two-year, $10 million contract with the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/49ers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, per ESPN&#8217;s <strong>Adam Schefter<\/strong>. The move augments the depth of a running back corps that currently includes players such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BreiMa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Breida<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McKiJe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerick McKinnon<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MostRa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raheem Mostert<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">49ers signing Tevin Coleman to a two-year, $10 million deal, per source.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1105949537385046018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Tevin Coleman Inks Two-Year Deal With San Francisco 49ers<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Coleman rushed for a career-high 800 yards in 2018 as he became the Falcons&#8217; go-to running back in the wake of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FreeDe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devonta Freeman<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s season-ending injury. His most eyebrow-raising effort came in Week 15 when he accumulated 145 rushing yards and a touchdown as Atlanta pasted the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cardinals\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a>, 40-14. Coleman also showcased exceptional pass-catching ability as he added five receiving touchdowns. Only <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RidlCa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calvin Ridley<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JoneJu02.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julio Jones<\/a><\/strong> finished with more.<\/p>\n<p>It was really the first time Coleman took the reins as an every game starter in Atlanta. Prior to the 2018 season, he had a combined six regular season starts under his belt over his first three years in the league. But he does have quite a bit of playoff experience, totaling a combined 339 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns (one rush, two receiving) in the postseason. It included an appearance in Super Bowl LI.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his professional career, Coleman has continually demonstrated his ability to catch passes out of the backfield. He hauled in 11 receiving touchdowns during his four seasons with the Falcons. That ties\u00a0a Falcons franchise record for a running back with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/A\/AndrWi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William Andrews<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons drafted Coleman in the third round (73rd overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft. Prior to that, Coleman enjoyed a standout collegiate career at Indiana. He capped it off by rushing for 2,036 yards in 2014 which broke an IU single-season record that had stood for 23 years. It resulted in him earning consensus All-American as well as first-team All-Big Ten honors. He also finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy voting that year.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"4eTT4_pgSotbPZ4Efe-Vgg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1088278940\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4eTT4_pgSotbPZ4Efe-Vgg',sig:'MGlOAnuZMZSqwL9DWJ2m8cNJ4V0elO_EmtJ_VeU9pbY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1088278940',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tevin Coleman is coming off a season in which he rushed for a career-high 800 yards as he assumed starting running back duties for the Atlanta Falcons. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":742,"featured_media":58529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,36,31],"tags":[115,61,40,1608,52,851],"class_list":["post-58522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-falcons","category-nfl-news","category-49ers","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-free-agency","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-tevin-coleman"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}