Alabama football knows a thing or two about having an electric freshmen receiver, with Ryan Williams on the team. Now this week, the Crimson Tide will get to face another of the country’s best young receivers.

Cam Coleman and Auburn football will come to Tuscaloosa this week to face Alabama in the Iron Bowl on Saturday (2:30 p.m., ABC) at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Coleman enters the game on a recent hot streak, having caught 15 passes for 228 yards and five touchdowns the past two games against Louisiana Monroe and Texas A&M.

“He’s extremely impressive,” Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said of Coleman. “He’s made a lot of plays for them this year. And yeah, I mean, you’ve gotta not just focus on him, you’ve gotta focus on the other guys that have had big games. And it’s not just the pass game but it’s also the run game. Their quarterback now, Thorne, has done a nice job adding to that, too, with his legs. A lot of threats. And that’s what you wanna be. You wanna be an offense that has a lot of threats, and they have that.”

Coleman is actually the second-leading receiver on the team behind KeAndre Lambert-Smith. The former Penn State receiver has caught 42 passes for 865 yards and eight touchdowns. Coleman has tallied 30 receptions for 520 yards and seven touchdowns.

Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.