Thaddeus Coleman

College career Coleman played college football for the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils of Mississippi Valley State University from 2004 to 2007. He moved to offensive tackle in 2005 and appeared in six games that season as a backup at both right tackle and left tackle. He was released on July 31, 2008. He played in three games for the RiverCity Rage of the Indoor Football League in 2009 and made one solo tackle.

On June 15, 2009, the Eskimos traded Coleman to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for Willie Amos.

Coleman was assigned to the Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League (AFL) on March 10, 2010. He was placed on the suspended list on May 5, and was traded to the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz for Quartez Vickerson on May 31.

Coleman was assigned to the Orlando Predators of the AFL on November 22, 2010. He caught one pass for 13 yards during the 2011 season. Coleman was released by the Destroyers on September 8 before the start of the 2011 UFL season. He was reassigned to the Predators on September 30, 2011. Even though Coleman was still a member of the Eskimos, the VooDoo activated him on June 23, 2015. He started all 18 games for the Eskimos during the 2013 season, recording two fumble recoveries and one tackle. He later returned from injury to start both the 2014 West Division semifinal and final.

On October 16, 2015, Coleman was assigned to the San Jose SaberCats of the AFL during the AFL's offseason assignment process, despite still being a member of the Eskimos.

On May 2, 2016, the Eskimos traded Coleman to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for "two undisclosed players off the Roughriders' negotiation list". Coleman started all 18 games for the Roughriders in 2016 and also made one tackle. In December 2017, Coleman signed a two-year contract extension with the Roughriders. He started all 18 regular season games for the third consecutive season in 2018 and made one tackle. He started 17 games for the team in 2019, posting one tackle.

Coleman signed with the newly renamed Edmonton Elks on July 11, 2021, and was moved to the team's suspended list the same day until he "completed CFL COVID-19 protocols". He was activated from the suspended list on July 19. He was released on July 29, 2021, before the start of the 2021 CFL season.

Coleman signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL on November 9, 2021. He was moved to the practice roster on November 14. On November 15, he was promoted to the active roster in order to start the team's regular season finale. As of 2024, Thaddeus was serving as an animal control peace officer with the city of Edmonton.