“It’s been great feeling. It’s exciting to see the other guys and coaches. Really able to feel what this place is ahout,” said new Commanders offensive tackle Brandon Coleman.
Coleman sat down last week with Bryan Colbert Jr. for an episode of Raising Hail with the Rookies. Early on, Coleman conveyed his excitement to get here (Ashburn) and to get to work.
When receiving Adam Peters’s draft night phone call, Coleman said he was walking around, not knowing what to do. When the call ended, he suddenly became emotional. “I was really happy that a team believes in me like they do. I’m at a place where I am wanted, and I’m able to compete.”
Coleman was not surprised when the Commanders made the call, citing he had been chosen to be one of the 30 the Commanders invited to come for a visit, and he thought it had gone well. The former TCU lineman insists he has been asked several times, and he really believes his best visit was here with the Commanders.
It is definitely worth noting that Coleman was not asked by Colbert about the facilities and that it was Coleman who volunteered, that he didn’t need to go to the place with the best facilities as long as he had a place where you could compete and a place where you can grow in.”
Translation: During his visit here, Coleman was not impressed with the Ashburn facilities. He did, however, like how his meetings with Peters and Quinn developed.