Education
He attended Troy High School in Fullerton, California, and played college football for University of California, Los Los Angeles Derrick Coleman worked with an audiologist from the third grade until he graduated from high school.
He attended Troy High School in Fullerton, California, and played college football for University of California, Los Los Angeles Derrick Coleman worked with an audiologist from the third grade until he graduated from high school.
He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Minnesota Vikings in 2012. He played college football for the University of California, Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles). Coleman is the first deaf offensive player in the NFL. Coleman became deaf when he was three years old.
Minnesota Vikings
Coleman went undrafted, then signed as an undrafted free agent with the Minnesota Vikings on April 28, 2012.
He was waived in August. Seattle Seahawks
Coleman was signed by the Seattle Seahawks in December 2012.
He made the 2013 season cut after the fourth preseason game and thus was added to the 53-man roster. In week one"s game between the Seahawks and the Carolina Panthers, Coleman had three catches for 30 yards.
Derrick Coleman scored his first NFL touchdown on December 2, 2013 on Monday Night Football against the New Orleans Saints off of a ricochet ball from Kellen Davis.
Coleman was a part of the Seahawks Super Bowl XLVIII championship team On October 15, 2015, Coleman was suspended indefinitely after an arrest on hit and run charges, but the suspension was lifted on October 19, after a team investigation.