North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Players Join Professional Ranks
4/19/2000 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Coleman, a preseason candidate for the 1999 BIletnikoff Award who missed three games with a dislocated elbow, ranks fourth in NC State history in career pass receptions with 122 and his 1,909 career receiving yards is also the fourth-best mark ever by a Wolfpack player.
Spikes, NC State's leading rusher last season with 636 yards, ranks in the top 15 in Wolfpack history in five career statistical categories. His 1,446 career rushing yards is the 14th-best mark in school history.
Coleman and Spikes join cornerbacks Lloyd Harrison and Tony Scott in the NFL ranks. Harrison was a third-round draft pick of the Washington Redskins, while Scott went to the New York Jets in the sixth round. Harrison and Scott were original members of the "Rough Riders," the Wolfpack defensive secondary that led the nation in interceptions for much of the 1998 season. A third member of that four-man unit, Jason Perry, was drafted last season in the fourth round by the San Diego Chargers. (Incidentally, you can catch Harrison and Perry in action on MTV and BET these days, as both are featured prominently in a video by rap artist Da Brat).
Jamie Barnette, who rewrote the Wolfpack passing record-book during his career as a four-year starter, will play with the Montreal Allouettes in the Canadian Football League next season.
