WACO, Texas -- Corey Coleman learned to play football in the streets against a backdrop most of us couldn't begin to imagine.
Maybe that's where he gets his passion for the game and his steely toughness, two things Baylor coach Art Briles says separates the Bears junior receiver, who's torching cornerbacks, shattering records and blazing his way into serious Heisman Trophy consideration.
Coleman spent the first part of his childhood growing up in one of the toughest sections of South Dallas, the Highland Hills neighborhood in Oak Cliff.
"We'd be playing tackle football on the street, and you'd hear gunshots," Coleman recalled.