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Thomas Coltrain
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    205
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Leslie, Mich.
  • High School:
    Leslie
  • Position:
    ILB
  • gp
    10
  • tk
    88.0
  • sac
    2.5
  • int
    0
  • ffum
    0

Bio

Senior (2022-23): Played in all 10 games...Led the team in tackles with 88 (54 solo, 34 assisted)...Recorded 2.5 sacks and 11 tackles for loss...Had one pass breakup...Named to HCAC All-Conference First Team and named to D3football.com All-Region Second Team.

Junior (2021-22): Earned First Team All-HCAC honors...played in all 10 games...Recorded a career-high 96 total tackles (67 solo and 29 assisted)...Tallied a career-best 3.5 sacks for 19 yards and 12.5 tackles for loss for 37 yards...Notched three pass break-ups and a fumble recovery.

Sophomore (2020-21): Earned First Team All-HCAC and D3Football All-Region honors ... Appeared in five games ... Recorded a team-leading 49 total tackles (28 solo and 21 assisted) ... Recorded a sack, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. 

Freshman (2019-20): Saw action in eight games... Totaled 24 tackles, including 20 solos and 2.5 for loss... Recorded two pass breakups... Intercepted a pass and returned it 42 yards in the win over Bluffton.

Prep: Graduated in 2019 from Leslie High School... Participated in football, basketball and baseball... Filled a variety of roles in football, including being used as a kickoff returner... Starter at quarterback and safety as a senior... Chosen to play in the 2019 Addix All-Star Football Game... Twice named to the Citizen Patriot Dream Team (second team as a senior, honorable mention as a junior)... On defense his senior year, he collected 52 solo tackles and assisted on 15 more with four for loss, plus added two interceptions and a forced fumble... All-Greater Lansing Activities Conference honoree in football. 

Personal: Son of Chris and Stacey Coltrain .. Majoring in cyber forensics with a minor in computer science...2023 Marv Hohenberger Award winner (DC male athlete of the year)

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14
  Total Conference
Solo tackles 54 44
Assists 34 29
Tackles 88.0 73.0
Tackles per game 8.8 10.4
Sacks 2.5 2.5
Sack yards 19 19
Interceptions 0 0
Returned for touchdown - -
Fumble recoveries 0 0
Fumble return TDs - -

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - 0
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - 0
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - 0
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - 0
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - 0
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - 0
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 1 - - - - 0
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 1 - - - - 0
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 1 - - - - 0
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 1 - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 1 - - - - 0
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 1 - - - - 0
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 1 - - - - 0
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 1 - - - - 0
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 1 - - - - 0
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 0 - - - - - - - - 0 0 -
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 3 at Mount Union L, 65-0 6 3 9.0 0.0 0 2.0 4 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 17 Kalamazoo L, 42-23 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Alfred St. L, 42-33 4 2 6.0 0.0 0 0.5 2 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 1 Hanover (Ind.) L, 37-20 9 0 9.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 8 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 55-35 6 3 9.0 2.0 15 3.0 16 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 15 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-19 10 7 17.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 22 Anderson (Ind.) W, 32-22 5 4 9.0 0.5 4 1.5 9 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 29 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 76-35 4 5 9.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 5 Manchester (Ind.) W, 24-21 5 8 13.0 0.0 0 3.0 4 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 0
Nov 12 at Bluffton W, 17-14 5 2 7.0 - - 1.0 1 - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2019-20 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2020-21 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 43 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2019-20 8 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 5 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - 0 0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - 0 0
Total 43 - - - - - - 0 0

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2019-20 8 - - - - - - -
2020-21 5 - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - -
Total 43 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2019-20 8 - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 5 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 43 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2019-20 8 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 5 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 43 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2019-20 - - - - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2019-20 8 - - - - 0 .0
2020-21 5 - - - - 0 .0
2021-22 10 - - - - 0 .0
2022-23 10 - - - - 0 .0
2023-24 10 - - - - 0 .0
Total 43 - - - - 0 .0

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2019-20 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
2020-21 0 0.0 - - - - - 0 - - - 0
2021-22 0 0.0 - - - - - 0 - - - 0
2022-23 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 6 0.6 - - - - - 1 - - 0 0
Total 6 0.1 - - - - 0 1 - - 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2019-20 8 20 4 24.0 3.0 - - 2.5 10 - - - 1 42 2 -
2020-21 5 28 21 49.0 9.8 1.0 9 9.0 29 1 1 10 - - - -
2021-22 10 67 29 96.0 9.6 3.5 19 12.5 37 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2022-23 10 54 34 88.0 8.8 2.5 19 11.0 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023-24 10 54 46 100.0 10.0 0.0 0 7.5 13 1 1 95 0 0 0 0
Total 43 223 134 357.0 8.3 7.0 47 42.5 125 2 3 105 1 42 6 0

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 4 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 4 - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - -
Month                
September 3 - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 4 - - - - - - - 0
Away 6 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 4 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 10 - - - - 0 .0
Conference 7 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 4 - - - - 0 .0
Away 6 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 3 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 7 - - - - 0 .0
Month              
September 3 - - - - 0 .0
October 5 - - - - 0 .0
November 2 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Conference 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Month                        
September 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
October 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 54 34 88.0 8.8 2.5 19 11.0 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Conference 7 44 29 73.0 10.4 2.5 19 8.5 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 4 19 12 31.0 7.8 0.5 4 4.5 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Away 6 35 22 57.0 9.5 2.0 15 6.5 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 3 15 14 29.0 9.7 0.5 4 5.5 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Losses 7 39 20 59.0 8.4 2.0 15 5.5 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month                                
September 3 10 5 15.0 5.0 0.0 0 2.5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 5 34 19 53.0 10.6 2.5 19 4.5 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 10 10 20.0 10.0 0.0 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0