Canes sign QB Dereon Coleman, a premium arm talent

DMoney

Dec 3, 2025 1 min read

The Hurricanes have officially signed their quarterback for the 2026 class, Dereon Coleman.

A 6-foot-1, 165-pounder, Coleman makes up for the lack of frame with his ability to make any throw across the field — able to zip the ball and manipulate his arm angles at will.

This season Coleman has been lights out for his Jones side, racking up 2,391 passing yards and 25 touchdowns while only throwing one interception.

He’s able to navigate around the pocket well and escape with speed when needed, a real do-it-all quarterback.

With some added weight in college, the sky is the limit for Coleman as he could be the one to end Miami’s portal QB run.

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canecrazy23

Feb 8, 2026

TheUBack said:
I think Nickel is unplayable unfortunately. As is Anderson. After Mensah, Coleman might be the second best QB on the team. Maybe third best after Mali. I sure hope we can get another stud transfer next year so Coleman can get over 195 lbs and put on some muscle.

You're wrong on Nickel. You will see in spring.

canecrazy23

Feb 8, 2026

filmcane said:
It’s the rumor that he throws too many picks in practice. Hope it’s not true or correctable.

Playing with 3rd team WR's. Lets see how he does with some 1st and second teamers in the spring.

Feb 8, 2026

After recently rewatching both luke and coleman film recently, id comfortably say luke is way better

I was low on luke and high on Coleman but its the opposite for me now. Id be comfortable with Luke eventually starting if he had coleman arm talent

Coleman arm talent and playmaking ability is nice but thats just a bonus to me, he doesn’t seem to process well, you see alot of hesitation and misses on his tape. Maybe and hopefully we can develop him because he has the talent

My concern with luke was idk if he has the baseline arm talent you need for a college qb but he has everything else and maybe the other attributes can mask what he lacks in arm talent in college

Neither probably ever wins the starting job here because we might recruit someone better or just go into the portal like we have been

filmcane

Feb 8, 2026

E1k said:
After recently rewatching both luke and coleman film recently, id comfortably say luke is way better

I was low on luke and high on Coleman but its the opposite for me now. Id be comfortable with Luke eventually starting if he had coleman arm talent

Coleman arm talent and playmaking ability is nice but thats just a bonus to me, he doesn’t seem to process well, you see alot of hesitation and misses on his tape. Maybe and hopefully we can develop him because he has the talent

My concern with luke was idk if he has the baseline arm talent you need for a college qb but he has everything else and maybe the other attributes can mask what he lacks in arm talent in college

Neither probably ever wins the starting job here because we might recruit someone better or just go into the portal like we have been

Interesting take after re-looking at their tape. The good thing about it is, I believe Mario will play the QB who puts him in the best position to succeed. But, you definitely have me re-thinking this competition.

Canesfan1899

Feb 8, 2026

AveragePilotCane said:
You just bends How did this turn into trashing a guy we signed the year before, and giving unwarranted hype to a guy who’s 5’11/ 165lbs soaking wet?