The last time anyone with the last name of Coffey was brought up in the same conversation as the Washington Huskies, it was a tailback out of the state of Texas by the name of Junior Coffey.
And that was back in the late 60’s.
“If we’re related, I haven’t heard about it yet”, Kennedale, Texas safety, JD Coffey III laughed when he spoke with Realdawg.com over the weekend.
The Huskies offered Coffey in January and this is one offer he is very intrigued about.
“Coach Harris and Coach Brown are the coaches recruiting me”, the 6-0, 185 lb. prospect reported, “The one thing I like (about Washington) is that they produce DB’s in the NFL.”
Coffey is definitely a guy who could be classified as an athlete, overall. He plays offense (QB), he plays defense, and he’s able to help out his team whenever they need him on either side of the ball — but safety is his calling for the next level.
“I know football”, he said of his strengths in the game, “I know the game and what it takes to control the field.”
Having played quarterback, this is one defensive back who can sniff out offensive schemes and read QB tendencies in his sleep and put himself wherever the play is going in that last level of defense on the field, “I like to think that I’m a ball hawk”, he added, “If the ball is in the air, it’s mine.”
Coffey is a very athletic, tenacious player who is strong in zone or man; he wraps up well and hits like a ton of bricks. Last season he recorded 82 tackles and two picks, so he’s just a physical player who possesses all the attributes you want in a smash-mouth safety.
“I definitely plan to go up there (Seattle) in the spring”, Coffey said, “My plan is to narrow things down to a top five or six soon, like within the next month or so, and then commit before the season.”
