Corey Coleman on playing for Hue Jackson & the Cleveland Browns, Hard Knocks + battles w/ depression

Corey Coleman was a first round pick of the Cleveland Browns in 2016 and didn't have the career he hoped for.
He was traded in 2017 and bounced around the league for a few years.
He joined UCSS today to talk about his journey, playing for Hue Jackson, his battles with depression, alcoholism & mental health and why Hard Knocks ruined the perception of his character for the rest of his career.
Browns history: WR Corey Coleman opens up to DBN about Hard Knocks scene, mental health and so much more.
The Browns selected Corey Coleman in the 1st round of the NFL Draft in 2016.
The Cleveland Browns were looking for some offensive punch in 2016. With a new head coach who was an offensive mind in Hue Jackson, the franchise just wasn’t scoring enough. The thought process was to bring in a young guy with plenty of speed to take the top off the defense. WR Josh Gordon had been the NFL darling in 2014 gaining 1,646 yards, but missed all of 2015 due to a violation of the league’s substance abuse policy.
Going into the 2014 season, the Browns had a new head coach in Mike Pettine who completed a 7-9-0 season. Before the 2015 campaign could even get started, OC Kyle Shanahan resigned from his position over the play of QB Johnny Manziel. Then WR coach Mike McDaniel left by mutual agreement. The new OC was John DeFilippo.
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[@justinklink1588]

I'm glad he is still here. Fighting through the hard times.

[@benjaminsole1029]

This was a fantastic interview bringing some raw insight on how dysfunctional the browns were. Super frustrating that Coleman had to struggle through that. Probs to him and UCSS for talking about it.

[@fercharelli1572]

That Browns “era” was hard enough to watch/follow. Corey’s account just sheds even more light on the awfulness that was the Browns at that time. Brutal!

[@saspencer1992]

Nice to get his perspective. I was a big critic as well but I think as fans we look at our team with rose colored glasses. It was a nightmare back then so of course he wasn’t gonna pan out.

[@teromeharris1378]

I just remember all of the drops

[@gobrownsallday]

Great interview guys! I’ve always wanted to hear his side. I believe him

[@WSAMP24]

He had Hue Jackson as his head coach, who might be the worst coach in nfl history. And his QBs were Deshone Kizer, and RG3. It doesn't get much worse than that either.

[@Nite2012Mare]

Hue, the man who refused to start Chubb and pissed Dorsey off so bad he traded Hyde to make him. 🙄

[@EpicGamer-rg7be]

Literally,,, First Carrie for nick Chubb,, 65 yard touchdown!!

[@Nite2012Mare]

@@EpicGamer-rg7be Chubb STILL making him look dumb for that. 😂

[@deliz4life]

boy those were some dark dayz under ole Hugh Jackson. A little poetic justice when a man (Hugh Jackson) who states he was the escape goat, finds another head coaching gig at an HBCU school to later be terminated due to underperforming.

[@JonMacTavish]

As a long time Browns fan, it's hard to hear all this. Such a shame he received that kind of treatment, and I hope he has a wonderful life outside of football.

[@anthonypa8045]

The shashi brown, hue jackson years were the worst years ive ever seen in cleveland.

[@anthonypa8045]

Sashi did draft better then Berry though, gotta give him A lil credit for drafting garrett, njoku, and schobert.

[@apuckett1971]

It was the he Jackson drama that caused Sashi to get fired. He was a good GM with a horrible coach

[@smercxz]

He’s still the same stuttery nervous kid I remember when he was here. Super athletic but I don’t think he very possessed the mental makeup to succeed at the nfl level. He was a helluva athlete in college but that can only take you so far in the NFL. And to bring it back to his nervousness I spoke of I don’t think he was able to handle the hard coaching Todd Haley and our staff gave em. Instead of turning a switch on like hard coaching does in us dawgs, I think it killed his confidence he was never a dawg mentally he was never in that state of mind and it showed in his play.

[@michaelboano7183]

Do mentally tough guys need to proclaim their mental fortitude so openly or r they just trying to convince themselves?

[@aldrob108]

Gotta start looking at these guys as family. There is a lot of talk of “ family” but bunch of it is just talk. They need to look at it like this- Treat them like you’d treat your son or your brother or father. It’s not that hard to do. Look at this wonderful guy. If he came to me with an issue, I’d do all I could to help him through it. You don’t need to know a guy that well in order to see who they are. I listened to him for 2 minutes and I could tell he was a good guy. We need to eliminate this thinking of these guys as property. I now consider him as a Browns brother. You were treated badly here and I apologize to you for how you were treated. Thanks for your bravery and I wish you all of the best in the future. Browns need to give this guy a job! We need guys like him in our organization! He’d be a huge help to young players coming into the league. He is a resource we’d be foolish not to utilize. He’d show true caring and all players on the team would appreciate the team for having a guy like him on the staff. If there is no position for him now, create one.

[@LilJerkSesh-rz3gp]

Give him a camp deal. Dude has 1st round talent and seems like he’s grown a lot. Give him an opportunity to prove it and make the roster. Would be a great story and he seems like he’d be a really good culture fit.

[@timharsch5896]

See,this is why I don't shit on my Browns players. For some reason, I look at them like my lil brothers,I yell, catch the ball, or c'mon get it together, but never you suck,or f'em. They're people too! People gotta realize these are young men sometimes, kids! Idk!

[@bjmartin1215]

Nobody thought he was a horrible person. Stop reading social media. Why did the WR coach tell you to ask to be traded?

[@johnnystamper195]

They were all alike starting with Hue Jackson, Justin Gilbert, Corey Coleman, Johnny Manziel and many more. They told them study more, practice harder use ur gifts but these guys cared about hanging out and partying. Blame game all of them yet it was no different anywhere he went and now we hear about the guy making millions and how hard he had it. Miss me with this Joe Haden, Joe Thomas were young guys and Josh Gordon excelled his 1st couple years in spite of the qb's. The Browns r better because of Andrew Berry but its because of not bringing in guys like this

[@akouri6967]

One of our worst picks ever, and that says a lot

[@rccollins1456]

exactly... kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5uWqZeMfLSFatk

[@bjmartin1215]

The stats won't show it because the rules were not as favorable for Receivers or Quarterbacks, but Paul Warfield and Lance Alworth were two of the best, along with Randy Moss. Other receivers build up stats and set records because of the advantages the rules have given the passing game. Josh Gordon could have been one of the best. And Calvin Johnson probably. Jerry Rice had big stats and played with Montana and Young in the great passing attacks in San Francisco but stats can be deceiving at times. I give Rice credit though.

[@BABA-is8kv]

No disrespect, but I never wanted to see Corey Coleman again in my life. Just brings up PTSD.

[@OMNIBAD]

PREACH! That dropped pass against the Steelers in week 16 2017……UNFORGIVABLE

[@rccollins1456]

@@OMNIBAD kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5uWqZeMfLSFatk

[@bjmartin1215]

I'm sorry that HBO and the media or whoever put out damaging lies about Corey, but I don't think the owners had anything to do with that, and I don't think they could stop teams from thinking this or that about Coleman, and HBO made it look that way. Shame on the QB coach and Todd Haley.

[@oillizm]

Just in regards to receiver rankings. As good as Rice was, the man used stickum for parts of his carreer. You can't be considered a GOAT if you had an advantage via cheating

[@johnnybassman1644]

So every place he's been was a bad situation

[@Bitter_Truth_Show]

Oh poor Corey, his career was done when he dropped that 4th down pass against the Steelers. That WR coach that told you to demand a trade, based on history,, did the Browns a favor. If he was any good, he wouldn't have retired from the scrub league. Blame the Browns all you want to.

[@JesusChrist-ck2sf]

Ain't he the guy that dropped a pass that would have won a game in the season browns went 0-16?

[@chrisbruchak4519]

Dwayne Haskins also had his career utterly destroyed. He never had a fair chance. He legit had one of prettiest throws you couldnt even draw up in a lab.

[@streakydrip8792]

That’s how I feel about Trey Lance. They started him 1 game against the Bears when it was a tsunami and based his performance off that.

[@kidlightning1736]

Corey Coleman was trash dude only could run like 2 routes and he struggled to get separation from defenders

[@nhennessy6434]

Corey Coleman sucked. Period. Never was an NFL caliber receiver. A major failure by the Brown's scouting department. Hope he completed his sneaker collection.

[@Bitter_Truth_Show]

Had all the talent in the world wrapped up in a 10 cent mentality.

[@antoinemcclure2921]

And you're nothing

[@johnnystamper195]

This dude still doesn't get it he has thought of himself as a great player coming from a star player in college and never understood he was on 2nd team because he wasn't taking it serious. All those players had the same issue they thought they didn't need to be coached up or learn and if they tried harder things might have worked out. He was whining then and he is whining now

[@antoinemcclure2921]

Shut up

[@Bigfwee]

It's tough to hear how corporate dysfunction can affect a young man's life. This is a perfect example of how professional sports can destroy young men.

[@DivineTQ]

A perfect example of not being strong mentally. Can't blame the corporate world for every problem

[@BABA-is8kv]

Not just young men, but everybody.

[@TheNarrowPath84]

It’s like a job. Gotta have thick skin. If you let it eat you, it’ll shit you out. I whole heartedly agree tho. Young men aren’t ready for the curveballs and changeups. When that adversity hits, even the toughest can derail. ✊🫡

[@Brad_CLE]

He's blaming everyone but himself. Hard to get better when nothing is your fault.

[@stevej1427]

The organization was shit and his qbs were all super ass. Deshon Kizer, Josh mccown, Cody Kessler. Come on now

[@Brad_CLE]

@@stevej1427 NYG was a good organization. Same result. Wishing for easier is a loser mindset. Man up catch the damn ball when it hits you in the hands.

[@jasoncampbell5518]

Anouther wasted pick ! The Browns have the all time record for wasting draft picks on players that don't work out ! The Watson trade will never be out done as the Worst trade in NFL history !

[@anthonypa8045]

I agree, as of right now worst trade in the history of the nfl. We have gotten no return on our massive investment

[@renaissanceman3903]

​@anthonypa8045 and texans can think us for building a great team now.

[@StevenC32]

Corey Coleman, Johnny Manziel, Baker Mayfield, Justin Gilbert, Cam Erving, Danny Shelton and Barkevious Mingo were all horrible picks by the Cleveland Browns.

[@anthonypa8045]

Did you know there are only 15 qbs in nfl history to lead 2 different nfl teams to playoff victories. Baker and Goff are the only 2 active ones.

[@stevej1427]

Cam and Danny did very fine elsewhere

[@WankFrest]

Nobody feels bad for you

[@user-zc1vc8id5w]

Typical. Another victim.

[@agent1.618]

who are the other "typical victims"?