Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian is confident that Auburn Tigers transfer Cam Coleman is about to be the next great transfer to arrive in Austin and thrive on the other side of his acclimation in Sark's offense, aided by offensive coordinator Kyle Flood and Passing game coordinator & wide receivers coach Chris Jackson's input.
Sarkisian took it a step further and made a bold prediction that'd most assuredly be accompanied by an Arch Manning Heisman finalist campaign: Coleman and Ryan Wingo will benefit each other and elevate both their games.
“I think it helps both of them, honestly,” Sarkisian said. “I think both of those guys are so accustomed to always having the safety cheating toward them. There are times when, if you’re only going to play with one safety, you can only cheat so many ways. If you’re going to play with split safety, surely that helps their run game.
“I think for Cam, he continues to grow. I credit Ryan Wingo, I credit Daylan McCutcheon, because those guys have been in the system, Emmett Mosley, and kind of helping him along. The athleticism is easy to see, and now it's the nuances of what we are trying to get accomplished, and he’ll get there. … We’ve had a pretty good track record of transferring wide receivers, figuring it out, so we’ll be OK.”
Cam Coleman is a better fit for Texas than he would've been at Auburn
Coleman's flip to Auburn from the Texas A&M Aggies might've been the peak of the Hugh Freeze era. Scratch that, a 43-41 win over TAMU in Week 13 of the 2024 season, where Coleman had 128 yards and two touchdowns, was Freeze's peak. And Coleman's. Coleman had more yards (143) against the Vanderbilt Commodores in 2025, but that was a 45-38 loss in Nashville.
Could Coleman have continued producing the good times on the Plains in Alex Golesh and Joel Gordon's offense, catching tosses from star USF Bulls transfer Byrum Brown? Absolutely. Probably not as much as his NFL draft stock needs, though, with so many USF receivers joining Brown in Lee County, Alabama.
Coleman had his times near his home in Phenix City. Now, it's time he attempts to reach his potential in Central Texas, playing with a Manning QB and a roster worth over $30 million.