Lady Steel
05-02-2015, 12:49 AM
After taking arguably the draft's best playmaking cornerback in the second round, the Steelers completed their Friday evening by taking a playmaking wide receiver in the third.
Auburn's Sammie Coates, by his new positions coach's own admission, is raw. But despite less-than-gaudy overall production in college, Coates made big plays and in big games.
Eleven of his 13 career touchdown receptions went for at least 33 yards, including almost half (six) covering 56 yards or more. As a redshirt sophomore in 2013, his seven touchdown catches covered an average of 54.1 yards part of an overall per-reception average of 21.5 that ranked third in the nation.
He can take the top off the coverage, Steelers wide receivers coach Richard Mann said. He's a guy that can track down the ball down the field real well. He has some problems with straight-ahead catching the football, but that's why we drill. And when we get a chance to coach him up, we feel like we can make that better.
The thing you can't coach up is his athleticism."
http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/8224719-74/coates-yards-steelers#axzz3YxP8yZRk
Auburn's Sammie Coates, by his new positions coach's own admission, is raw. But despite less-than-gaudy overall production in college, Coates made big plays and in big games.
Eleven of his 13 career touchdown receptions went for at least 33 yards, including almost half (six) covering 56 yards or more. As a redshirt sophomore in 2013, his seven touchdown catches covered an average of 54.1 yards part of an overall per-reception average of 21.5 that ranked third in the nation.
He can take the top off the coverage, Steelers wide receivers coach Richard Mann said. He's a guy that can track down the ball down the field real well. He has some problems with straight-ahead catching the football, but that's why we drill. And when we get a chance to coach him up, we feel like we can make that better.
The thing you can't coach up is his athleticism."
http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/8224719-74/coates-yards-steelers#axzz3YxP8yZRk