Doug Colman
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Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S.
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||
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| Born | June 4, 1973 Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
| Weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||
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| High school | Ocean City (NJ) | ||||
| College | Nebraska | ||||
| NFL draft | 1996: 6th round, 171st overall pick | ||||
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Douglass Clayton Colman (born June 4, 1973) is an American football coach, former player and son of former NFL player Wayne Charles Colman. He was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons with the New York Giants, Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns after playing college football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Colman started his career at Ocean City High School 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 also gained more than 1,000 yards as fullback. Later he played college football at and graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The Cornhuskers won back-to-back, undefeated national championships in the 1994 and 1995 seasons and were Big Eight Conference Champions 1991-1995. He was then drafted by the New York Giants in the sixth round (171st pick overall) of the 1996 NFL draft.[1] Colman spent five seasons in the NFL from 1996 to 2000, playing a total of 64 games for the Giants, Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns. He helped the Titans to Super Bowl XXXIV in which Colman appeared as a substitute,[2] however they lost to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams. That same year Colman had participated in the "Music City Miracle" vs. the Buffalo Bills that allowed the Titans to continue in the playoffs.