Keon Coleman drops 60 points in celebrity basketball game
Before he was a rising star in the NFL, playing wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills, and before he was a member of Florida State's football team, Keon Coleman was a dual-sport athlete in East Lansing, playing on a scholarship for the football team and also playing a season with MSU basketball and head coach Tom Izzo.
While Coleman is no doubt more focused on his football skills these days, over the weekend, he showed that he still has some hooping ability at his disposal. Coleman participated in Damar Hamlin's celebrity basketball game for charity and dropped a whopping 60 points in the game.
This probably shouldn't be that surprising, since Coleman once put up 63 points in a high school game when he was playing for Opelousas Catholic in Louisiana. The performance, which you can see below, has fans calling for Coleman to be added to the next NBA All-Star celebrity game, which feels like a no-brainer at this point.
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