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Coleman Takes A Shot; Ends Up On Top
By Chris McPherson

CLEVELAND -- Kurt Coleman has the battle scars to show what happened when Browns running back Trent Richardson drilled him in the second quarter.

However, Coleman also had two interceptions and can share with his teammates the feeling of victory as his second pick of the game sealed the Eagles' 17-16 win over the Cleveland Browns.

"I'm just proud of this team and how we fought through all of the adversity," Coleman said sporting a cut across his nose and his chin.

The Columbus, Ohio native and Ohio State alum admitted this was an "emotional" game for him playing back in his home state. Coleman was named one of the three team captains for the game.

On a second-and-10 in the second quarter, Richardson took the handoff from quarterback Brandon Weeden. Wide receiver Josh Gordon clipped Coleman knocking him off-balance. Richardson lowered his head and plowed into Coleman punting the safety's helmet into the air. Coleman said he had no headaches, only the pain from the cuts.

"He ran right into me and my helmet did some work on my face as you can see," Coleman said. "I just felt the collision and kept on playing."

Coleman didn't leave the field. He stayed on and helped linebacker DeMeco Ryans get Richardson for a loss on third-and-1.

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Eagles' Coleman gets last laugh
Zac Jackson
September 9, 2012

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Kurt Coleman's helmet flew off after Browns RB Trent Richardson ran through him, but Colemen recovered to make key interceptions. (David Richard-US PRESSWIRE)

CLEVELAND ? The gashes are a souvenir from a game he'll remember.

And, yes, Kurt Coleman remembers it.

"I didn't have a concussion," Coleman said. "My head was fine."

In the first quarter of Sunday's season opener in Cleveland, the Eagles safety got trucked ? there's no better way to say it ? by Browns rookie Trent Richardson. It'll be on every weekend highlight reel because Coleman's helmet got knocked off.

Coleman got the last laugh. He had two interceptions, including one on the last real play of the game to seal 17-16 win for the Eagles.

He had two bloody souvenirs, too, both on his face. The collision with Richardson left noticeable gashes on the bridge of Coleman's nose and on his upper lip. His helmet had been knocked loose before he got in position to meet Richardson, and it slipped down over his eyes so he never actually saw it coming.

That's no way to meet the 230-pound Richardson.

"I knew he was coming," the 195-pound Coleman said. "My helmet cut me up when it came across my face."

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Coleman's Performance Earned Respect
By Chris McPherson

As big as his two interceptions were last week against the Browns, safety Kurt Coleman earned a lot of respect in the locker room for his toughness after bouncing back from the hit doled out by running back Trent Richardson.

"I think this was powerful. I went up to Kurt and I told him, ?Kurt, I respect you so much.? To get hit like that and the guy doesn?t come out it?s unbelievable. I just went up to him and I said, ?I respect you so much for the way you handle (yourself).? He says, ?Juan, I have a daughter to support. I have a family to support.? You know what, that says a lot. That tells you right now what he?s all about (and) what he?s thinking about,? defensive coordinator Juan Castillo said.

Typically, Coleman's college resume would have been worthy of an early-round draft pick. He was a three-year starter at Ohio State. He earned first-team Big 10 honors and was a team captain as a senior. Some publications named him an All-American.

However, teams had a hard time looking past his 5-11, 195-pound frame. The Eagles selected him in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He took over for an injured Nate Allen as a starter late in the season and was one of the starters for the playoff game against Green Bay. In 2011, the Eagles drafted Jaiquawn Jarrett in the second round with the intent to brush Coleman aside. Didn't happen. Coleman had his struggles, but started 13 games and earned NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors for his three-interception game against Washington.

Coleman's perseverance was rewarded with Sunday's outstanding performance. The second of his two picks sealed the win for the Eagles.

"Kurt's a strong man of his faith. He just pushed everybody aside who has doubted him and has used it as motivation," said Allen. "He works hard. He does all the right things on and off the field and it shows."
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Coleman making a name for himself on Eagles' D
September 15, 2012

After the Eagles' 17-16 win over the Browns, Juan Castillo walked up to Kurt Coleman and told his third-year safety how proud he was to see him stay on the field after absorbing a hit so thunderous that Coleman?s helmet snapped off.

?I went up to Kurt and I told him, ?Kurt, I respect you so much.? To get hit like that and the guy doesn?t come out it?s unbelievable,? Castillo, the Eagles? defensive coordinator, said. ?I just went up to him and I said, ?I respect you so much for the way you handle [yourself].?

?He says, ?Juan, I have a daughter to support. I have a family to support.? You know what? That says a lot. That tells you right now what he?s all about [and] what he?s thinking about.?

Strange turn of events, isn?t it?

Around this time last year, the coaches made Coleman the fall guy for a secondary that couldn?t stop anyone and helped contribute to one blown lead after another. They yanked him from the starting lineup after a Week 3 loss to the Giants that dropped the Eagles to 1-2.

That?s the life of a seventh-round pick.

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Diminutive Eagles safety Coleman a huge presence in locker room
Kurt Coleman is throwback who squeezes the most out of ability.

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October 06, 2012|Nick Fierro

PHILADELPHIA ? ? Kurt Coleman will never be a perfect athlete. He will always be a perfect teammate.

Loyal, fierce, fearless and honest, if he wasn't a pro football player, he'd be a Marine. Any other career for him would be a sinful waste.

He was much too small coming out of "Theee Ohio State University" in 2010 to be anything more than an NFL training-camp body. Hell, he probably was much too small going in.

But here he is, in his third year as a Philadelphia Eagle, his third year as a starter and third year as an emerging force who's earned the full trust of the coaching staff. He's a throwback, living proof that it's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.

Standing under six feet and weighing in under 200 pounds, Coleman is nevertheless a giant, a leader with words as well as his actions.

"Kurt's definitely a leader out there," said fellow safety Nate Allen, who might be Coleman's best friend on the team. "He's a vocal guy, and the way he plays on the field and, off the field he does everything right. He's a talented guy, he's a smart guy, he does everything right. He makes plays."

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Father's breast cancer inspires Eagles' Kurt Coleman
By Zach Berman
Inquirer Staff Writer

Kurt Coleman understands toughness, and it's not just the kind you see after a collision so intense his helmet flies off. Some toughness runs deeper, and he saw it after a conversation he had with his father in November 2006, when the Eagles' starting safety was a freshman at Ohio State.

Ron Coleman, an assistant principal and basketball coach at a high school in Ohio, felt a lump in his left chest that autumn. He was 56. He initially thought it was fatty tissue, but his physician wanted it examined.

On the Monday before Thanksgiving, Ron underwent a left breast lobectomy. He was suffering from Stage 2 breast cancer.

He needed to tell his son. Kurt Coleman initially laughed at the news. Kurt wanted his father to stop joking.

"Because honestly, I didn't know males could be diagnosed with breast cancer," Kurt said. "That moment, it kind of went from funny to serious in two seconds."

Ron pledged he was going to beat cancer. He insisted that he became a cancer survivor at the diagnosis. He was intent on maintaining a strong mind because the ordeal of treatment and recovery can erode one's spirit as much as one's body. Soon after the lobectomy, on a Friday, Ron underwent a radical left breast mastectomy. By Monday, he had returned to his desk. He never missed a day of work, never missed a 5:45 a.m. basketball practice.

"What I didn't want to have happen was have anything that was happening to me interrupt anything that was going on in anyone else's life, be it my students, my family," Ron Coleman said.

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Eagles high school memories: Kurt Coleman
October 21, 2012

Kurt Coleman

Safety

Northmont High School

Clayton, Ohio

When Kurt Coleman was a sophomore at Northmont High School, varsity football coach Collin Abels told him: "Sophomores can play varsity football, but not if they act like sophomores." Abels could see the abilities the young athlete possessed, but also recognized that he was veering off in the wrong direction. "Like a lot of kids, you could see how he was struggling," Abels says. "Not anything unlawful, just hanging out with the wrong people. He was just easily distracted."

So Abels sat down with Coleman for a talk. Coleman remembers, "He explained to me the big picture. There is more to life than hanging out with cool kids. He said, 'You are a big fish in a small pond. Instead of being a follower, you have to be a leader.' So I cut ties with some of the friends I had and cleaned up my act."

It was only then that Coleman came into his own as an athlete. Although he was only 5-11, 180 pounds, he blossomed his junior year, during which he had 10 interceptions. He hit so hard that his teammates began calling him "The Bonecrusher." Abels remembers how Coleman had impressed him as a sophomore, but years of experience had told him "a lot kids who have come through the program are like that." But Abels says that as a junior, Coleman became a "game changer." Even so, Abels wondered what college would take chance on such a relatively small player. That college would be Ohio State.

"I remember I told him when he left here, 'I will always be your coach, but I am looking forward to being a fan and friend,' " Abels says. "And that is how our relationship has evolved."

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