New Chaz Coleman Report Might Surprise Penn State Fans

When Penn State lost Chaz Coleman in the transfer portal, many Nittany Lions fans were rightfully upset. There was certainly hope and an expectation that Coleman was eventually going to be one of the better edge rushers on Penn State's roster, as it seemed like he was the next star in State College. At the end of the day, in this era of college football, losing guys through the transfer portal isn't all that surprising. 

However, what came next in Coleman's career was definitely surprising, as it's now being reported that he isn't on the University of Tennessee football team. 

Coleman's decision to transfer to Tennessee didn't come as much of a surprise, but everything that happened afterward certainly has. One reporter recently spoke about it, saying that there are a few reasons as to what happened.

“I’ll say this,” Chris Low said. “Josh (Heupel) brought in Derek Owings as his strength coach for a reason. He wanted this to be a tougher, more physical, stronger, physically and mentally, football team. And nobody’s around the players more than the strength coach. I think early on – early, early, on – Derek Owings sort of did a step back and said something’s not right with this Coleman situation. The way he was working, not going through spring practice. And I think there were issues over and above just football with Coleman.

“I think, at the end of the day, I don’t know how much football really meant to him. I don’t know how important it was. When you pay somebody to be your strength coach, and you’re paying him more money than any other strength coach in the country, and they pick up on that pretty quickly, which he did, then I always felt like this is where we would end up arriving, where we are right now. That he would not be a part of this football team.”

It's interesting to hear that Coleman might not have loved football as much as his talent showed that he should. However, this is the case for many players across the country, especially in this NIL era.