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Marcus Coleman

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Dallas Cowboys · DB

Marcus Coleman recorded 146 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Dallas Cowboys, HST, Houston Texans, New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

▶Best highlights

2.6

tackles/gm

3

playoff games

11

indexed seasons

146

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Marcus Coleman's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
2000
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW YORKJETS
SEP 17, 2000

Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Sep 17, 2000

6 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2001
NEW YORKJETS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
JAN 12, 2002

New York Jets vs Oakland Raiders

Wild Card · Jan 12, 2002

9 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1999
NEW YORKJETS
MIAMIDOLPHINS
DEC 27, 1999

New York Jets vs Miami Dolphins

Regular Season · Dec 27, 1999

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Regular Season
2004
HOUSTONTEXANS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
SEP 26, 2004

Houston Texans vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Sep 26, 2004

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Conference Championship
1998
NEW YORKJETS
DENVERBRONCOS
JAN 17, 1999

New York Jets vs Denver Broncos

Conference Championship · Jan 17, 1999

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Marcus Coleman's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 9 total tackles

Wild Card
2001
NEW YORKJETS
OAKLANDRAIDERS
JAN 12, 2002

New York Jets vs Oakland Raiders

Wild Card · Jan 12, 2002

9 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career highs: 3 interceptions · 6 passes defended

Regular Season
2000
MIAMIDOLPHINS
NEW YORKJETS
OCT 23, 2000

Miami Dolphins vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Oct 23, 2000

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 3 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2005
TENNESSEETITANS
HOUSTONTEXANS
OCT 9, 2005

Tennessee Titans vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Oct 9, 2005

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 102 interception return yards

Regular Season
2004
HOUSTONTEXANS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
SEP 26, 2004

Houston Texans vs Kansas City Chiefs

Regular Season · Sep 26, 2004

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Marcus Coleman's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1981–1996

01
NYJCOLEMAN—Marcus Coleman
NYJGASTINEAU99Mark Gastineau
NYJKLECKO—Joe Klecko

Pass rush returns the Jets to January

New York Jets · The Sack Exchange and more near misses

The Sack Exchange led consecutive playoff teams, and the 1986 club began 10–1 before injuries and an overtime loss ended its run.

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Franchise era

1996–2004

02
TBCOLEMAN—Marcus Coleman
TBBROOKS55Derrick Brooks
TBSAPP99Warren Sapp

Dungy builds it; Gruden finishes it

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · The championship defense

The Tampa 2 defense restored the franchise, and Jon Gruden's arrival supplied the offense and edge needed to dominate Super Bowl XXXVII.

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Franchise era

1997–2006

03
NYJCOLEMAN—Marcus Coleman
NYJMARTIN28Curtis Martin
NYJTESTAVERDE16Vinny Testaverde

From one win to the AFC title game

New York Jets · Parcells changes the standard

Parcells rebuilt the franchise immediately, Martin became its model of consistency and Pennington later delivered another division title.

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Franchise era

2002–2010

04
HOUCOLEMAN—Marcus Coleman
HOUJOHNSON80Andre Johnson
HOURYANS59DeMeco Ryans

A dramatic debut gives way to patient construction

Houston Texans · Building the Texans

Houston beat Dallas in its first game, then developed foundational stars while waiting nearly a decade for its first winning season.

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Franchise era

2000–2015

05
DALCOLEMAN—Marcus Coleman
DALROMO9Tony Romo
DALWITTEN82Jason Witten

Undrafted improvisation restores contention

Dallas Cowboys · The Romo years

Romo developed into a prolific quarterback and gave Dallas repeated division titles, though a sequence of narrow playoff losses shaped the era's reputation.

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Career accomplishments

11 NFL seasons146 career games2 career receptions51 career receiving yards1 career receiving touchdowns307 career solo tacklesDrafted by: NYJDraft pick: 133Jersey: 323 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 1, 1996Most recent: Oct 23, 2006

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history