The Facts: Hue Jackson sent a message loud and clear to top pick Coleman Friday that this isn't Baylor anymore and that it's time to put his big-boy conditioning pants on. "He's got to get in shape,' Jackson said. "He's explosive and he can catch the ball. He's extremely talented and gifted. (But) he's one of the guys that has to get in shape. He saw himself, 'whoa, this is different.' And it is. But we'll get him to where he needs to be.'
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Even though Coleman realized it himself, Jackson drove the point home with some in-practice ribbing. "He knows there's work to do," the coach said. "That's what this is all about. That's why they call us coaches. We've got to take these guys and mold them into our culture and to our idea of being football players for the Cleveland browns and we'll get them there. ..." Next month, Coleman will compete in fullsquad minicamp with veterans such as Andrew Hawkins, Terrelle Pryor, Brian Hartline and Taylor Gabriel, who have all been schooled for the past month in the Jackson Way of working their tails off. Jackson doesn't believe that coming up the learning curve from the simplistic Baylor spread offense will be a problem for Coleman (5-11, 185). Coleman made plenty of catches Friday from fellow rookie Kessler and tryout quarterback Ricky Stanzi.