Cam Coleman is already making Texas look smart for taking him, and Auburn fans are left watching the same old replay in a new uniform.
On Saturday, a 15-second clip from Texas practice went viral for all the right reasons and all the wrong ones if you’re in Auburn. Coleman sprinted across the field, went up for a shaky, off-target throw, snagged it with his left hand, then shrugged off a Texas defensive back and finished the play in the end zone. The catch drew millions of views within four hours and even caught the attention of former NFL quarterback Russell Wilson and ESPN draft analyst Jordan Reid.
That kind of grab is exactly what Auburn supporters spent two seasons waiting to see more often.
Coleman arrived on the Plains with all the buzz you’d expect from a 5-star and the No. 5 overall recruit in the 2024 class. As a true freshman, he looked the part right away, hauling in 37 passes for 598 yards and eight touchdowns and earning SEC All-Freshman honors. For a moment, it seemed like Auburn had landed a star who could change the shape of its offense.
Then the offense around him unraveled, Hugh Freeze started stinking up the place, and Coleman’s time at Auburn ran out. By the end of his sophomore season, he was gone and headed to Texas as the No. 1 overall player in the transfer portal.
That exit, as it turns out, wasn’t some dramatic breakup. Coleman said in April that leaving Auburn "wasn't really that hard" and explained his decision this way:
"Just a lot of prayer, a lot of thought, a lot of talk with my family... Texas has been doing in the past, what they've got rolling, going on here. Really, it was just a good fit for me,"
Now he’s in Austin, working daily with Arch Manning and building chemistry in an offense Coleman believes lets him show everything he can do. He has said Manning tells him exactly where he wants him lined up on certain routes, and Coleman is already flashing the kind of skill set Auburn fans hoped would define his career in orange and blue.
Instead, they’re watching it happen somewhere else.
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