Auburn Football WR Named Preseason True Freshman All-American

The Auburn Tigers have one of the best young receiver cores in college football.

Hugh Freeze & Co. added two of the nation's best wideouts in 5-stars Cam Coleman and Perry Thompson, plus top-200 recruits Malcolm Simmons and Bryce Cain.

On3 recently released their preseason true freshman All-American team, with Coleman making the list at receiver.

Here's what On3's director of scouting and rankings Charles Power had to say about Coleman:

“Cam Coleman is one of the best receiver prospects of the internet recruiting era. Simply put, he’s a freaky talent at the position at a 6-foot-3.5 and around 190-200 pounds. Cam Coleman has a massive catch radius and is an elite athlete, I think he presents a big time jump ball target. From day one, we saw this on display in Auburn’s spring game where Coleman made several highlight catches and quite frankly looked like the best player on the field. Auburn has a major need at receiver and it’s expected for him to come in and be the top target for the Tigers’ offense on the opening week. I think Auburn hasn’t had a receiver talent like Coleman in recent memory and he is a key piece in Hugh Freeze’s offense and is the leader of what looks to be a very promising, freshman group, particularly at the skill positions on the Plains. It would not surprise me to see Cam Coleman make some extreme highlight reel catches this fall.”

It's hard to remember the last time an Auburn wideout garnered so much hype before the beginning of the season.