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2007: Appeared in all 11 games for the Rams with no starts...Placed sixth on the WSSU roster in tackles with 48 total tackles...Tallied 29 solo tackles and 19 tackle assists...Recorded three tackles for loss, setting opponents back nine total yards...Broke up one pass and recovered one fumble...Appeared in one play on offense for the Rams in 2008 as he rushed one time for four yards at Morgan State on Sept. 15...Recorded one tackle or tackle assist in all but one game for the Rams in 2007...Collected a season-high nine total tackles (four solo, five tackles assists) in WSSU's loss at Coastal Carolina on Sept. 8...Tallied a season-high six solo tackles in WSSU's games versus South Carolina State (Sept. 22) and Bethune-Cookman (Oct. 20)...Recorded a pair of tackles for loss in WSSU's win over rival North Carolina A&T in the season opener on Sept. 1...Forced a fumble at Norfolk State on Nov. 17...Recovered a fumble at Coastal Carolina on Sept. 8.
2006: Appeared in nine games for the Rams, but did not start any contests...Only missed games against Bethune-Cookman and Hampton...Totaled 11 total tackles (six solo)...Had best game against North Carolina A&T when he notched four tackles (one solo)...Had a pair of tackles at Savannah State and at Norfolk State.
2005: Did not play...Sat out the season as a redshirt...Did not appear in, or dress, for any of WSSU's contests.
Personal: Makes the switch from strong safety to linebacker this season...Coates rejoins the Rams in 2008 for his third season of active competition...A native of Washington, D.C., he is a 2005 graduate of Howard D. Woodson High School where he was named the DCIAA's Defensive Player of the Year...An honor roll student in high school...The son of Cornelius and Yvonne Coates...A business marketing major...Born in Washington, D.C. on January 12, 1987...Nicknamed "Marco."...Is a participant in the WSSU Department of Athletics' Leadership Academy.
Coates' Statistics: Year G/GS UT AT Total TFL Int. PBU FF/FR 2007 11/0 29 19 48 3/9 0 1 1/1 2006 9/0 6 5 11 0/0 0 0 0/0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 20/0 35 24 59 3/9 0 1 1/1
