With a new name and number, Ryan Coleman-Williams may finally be ready to fulfill massive expectations
Ryan Coleman-Williams is entering the 2025 season with renewed expectations after a challenging freshman year. He has made significant changes, including adopting his mother's maiden name and switching his jersey number to No. 1. With a focus on improvement and a stronger physique, he aims to fulfill his potential and silence critics.
- ▪Ryan Coleman-Williams has changed his name to include his mother's maiden name and switched his jersey number from No. 2 to No. 1.
- ▪He finished his freshman year as Alabama's leader in receiving yards despite facing high expectations and criticism for dropped passes.
- ▪Coleman-Williams is reportedly in better shape, weighing 182 pounds, and is determined to improve his performance in the upcoming season.
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Few players entered the 2025 season with expectations as high as Ryan Coleman-Williams. Perhaps they were unfair, but the Alabama phenom missed the mark along with his Crimson Tide teammates. Now, armed with a slew of changes -- aesthetic, functional and legal -- the conversation surrounding his ceiling is beginning to return.In this edition of our 2026 bounceback series, meet the new man hoping to prove what we saw in 2024 wasn't just a blip on the radar.Perhaps you've noticed -- he's got a new name.He's added Coleman, his mother's maiden name, after previewing the change on his eye black last season. His mother, Tiffany Coleman, is his self-described best friend, and he wanted his name to represent both sides of his family.
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