Douglass Clayton Colman (born June 4, 1973 in Somers Point, New Jersey

Somers Point, New Jersey

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) is a former American football

American football

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 linebacker

Linebacker

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 in the National Football League

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. He last served as defensive assistant/linebackers coach in NFL Europa for the Amsterdam Admirals

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.

Playing career

Colman started his career at Ocean City High School

Ocean City High School

Ocean City High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Ocean City, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Ocean City School District...

 where he is a member of the hall of fame. As a senior, he was named "South Jersey Defensive Player of the Year" at linebacker and he also gained more than 1,000 yards as fullback. Later he played college football

College football

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 at and graduated from the University of Nebraska

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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 before being drafted

NFL Draft

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 in the sixth round (171st overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft

1996 NFL Draft

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 by the New York Giants

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. He played five seasons in the NFL from 1996 to 2000 as linebacker, playing a total of 64 games for the Giants, Titans

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 (including Super Bowl XXXIV

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) and Browns

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.

Following his stay in the NFL, Colman has taken up various coaching positions, working jobs such as assistant coach for Oakcrest High School

Oakcrest High School

Oakcrest High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Hamilton Township, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District. The school name was chosen based on its site on the crest of a hill amid oak trees...

 in 2002 and for Ocean City High School

Ocean City High School

Ocean City High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Ocean City, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Ocean City School District...

 before becoming head coach at Absegami High School

Absegami High School

Absegami High School is a public high school in Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District...

 in 2003. Since taking over at Absegami, Colman compiled a record of 40-15, with two appearances in the South Jersey Group IV Championship game, winning it in 2006. Colman's Braves also won three straight Cape-Atlantic American Conference Championships.

He joined the Amsterdam Admirals for the 2007 season as a member of the NFL Europa coaching program but resigned in 2008 to work as the defensive quality coach at Nebraska, his alma mater. Colman is currently the linebackers coach at Tulane University.

External links

• NFLEurope.com - Coaches' Profiles - 2007
• databaseFootball.com - Doug Colman's stats at databasefootball.com - accessed April 4, 2007
• NFL.com - 1996 NFL Draft History - accessed April 4, 2007
• Tom Williams - "Doug Colman returns home to Carey Stadium" - October 1, 2003 (accessed April 4, 2007)
• BigRedNetwork - "Welcome Back Doug Colman" accessed August 21, 2008