Tevin Coleman

Golden Nuggets

• Is a descendant of former Liberian president William David Coleman.
• Born weighing only three and a half pounds, arriving 10 weeks too early, his parents, Wister and Adlevia, were told that Tevin only had a 20 percent chance of survival. Coleman beat the odds, growing stronger each day. Due to his strength and tenacity from such an early age, Tevin's doctors granted him the nickname "Rock". Growing up, he found his strength competing in sports, from baseball and football to track. Now, Tevin supports charities in order to raise funds for the families of babies born prematurely.
• Was a talented track & field athlete at Oak Forest (IL) HS, setting school records of 10.5 and 21.4 seconds in the 100 and 200 meters, respectively, and 24 feet, 3 ¼ inches in the long jump.

Awards & Honors

• 2019: FedEx Ground Player of the Week (Week 8)

Golden Nuggets

• Is a descendant of former Liberian president William David Coleman.
• Born weighing only three and a half pounds, arriving 10 weeks too early, his parents, Wister and Adlevia, were told that Tevin only had a 20 percent chance of survival. Coleman beat the odds, growing stronger each day. Due to his strength and tenacity from such an early age, Tevin's doctors granted him the nickname "Rock". Growing up, he found his strength competing in sports, from baseball and football to track. Now, Tevin supports charities in order to raise funds for the families of babies born prematurely.
• Was a talented track & field athlete at Oak Forest (IL) HS, setting school records of 10.5 and 21.4 seconds in the 100 and 200 meters, respectively, and 24 feet, 3 ¼ inches in the long jump.

Awards & Honors

• 2019: FedEx Ground Player of the Week (Week 8)

Career Highlights

• With 4 TDs (3 rushing, 1 receiving) vs. Car. (10/27/19), he became the 3rd player and only RB in franchise history to record at least 4 TDs in a regular season game.
• Registered 3 rushing TDs and 1 rec. TD vs. Car. (10/27), totaling 24 points, t-3rd for the most points scored by a player in a game in franchise history.

Goldmine

• Unlike their dad, Tevin's twins Nazaneen and Nezerah, born in 2017, were both perfectly healthy upon arrival. Tevin wanted to honor his and their mother's heritage, giving them Liberian-Palestinian names. His two additions have given him even more motivation in life and football. He said, "It was definitely good to know that they were healthy and that they didn't have to go through what I went through growing up. Just like with everything in the world, I have to keep myself safe for them. I'm always thinking about them and doing stuff for them."
• Although he grew up in suburban Chicago, Coleman's roots began in Liberia, where his parents grew up before migrating to the United States as teenagers. Following the 2016 season, Coleman, along with his father, brother, and a pastor from his church, flew to West Africa on a two-week long mission trip, aiding the poverty-stricken children of the country. The group opened up water wells to provide clean drinking water to the residents and provided a medical clinic. Tevin took a hands-on approach, from evaluating new sites for schools to assisting medical professionals in taking temperatures and blood pressures in the clinic. Helping the children in the country is something that holds great importance to Coleman, because he knows he could have been one of those children, too. Speaking to ESPN, he said, "Everything I have and that my parents gave me, I'm so blessed. That's why I'm doing this. Why not give to people who don't have it? That's what I like to do."