Bills ‘Don’t Care’ Keon Coleman ran ‘slow’ 40 times, hype WR’s skills

According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Buffalo Bills weren’t too concerned about Keon Coleman’s performance in the 40-yard dash.

Coleman posted a time of 4.61 seconds at the NFL Scouting Combine, which was the second slowest among participating wideouts. Fowler reported briefly and succinctly sport Center that the Bills “really don’t care.”

“This is considered slow, but this is an elite athlete,” Fowler said. “I even watched some of his high school basketball highlights the other day. Crazy athlete. They believe that Josh Allen, with his competitive catching ability, his size, can just throw 30 to 40 yards downfield, muscle people and cornerbacks and get those extra yards. They think they have something here.

Between the 2022 and 2023 seasons, Coleman had 1,456 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns on 108 catches. Many college football fans may remember his performance in Florida State’s season-opening win over LSU, when he had nine catches for 122 yards and three scores.

The 6-foot-2 receiver was the 22nd player overall and ranked fifth at his position in Bleacher Report’s most recent Big Board. B/R NFL scout Derrik Klassen described him as “a throwback-X receiver.”

“For teams looking for a top target outside of the numbers, he’s the perfect fit,” Klassen wrote. “Coleman’s physicality and ball skills give him a high pitch, and he has just enough penetration on the field and with the ball in his hands to really make a difference.”

Coleman will meet high expectations as the Bills look to replace four-time Pro Bowler Stefon Diggs. Buffalo will be hoping it won the lottery in the same way the Minnesota Vikings did when they selected Justin Jefferson to replace Diggs in 2020.