Player Dossier

2014-2018

Northwestern

Jake Collins

P • 6'1" • 210 lbs • Louisville, KY, USA

Impact contributor

Jake Collins shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Western Kentucky • Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida

Player Story

Jake Collins built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a punter from Louisville, KY wearing No. 49, spending time with Northwestern and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Jake Collins' career was his...

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Jake Collins, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Jake Collins shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Jake Collins quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 9 entries · 52 games
Best season
2015 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Top game
South Florida
Latest roster
No. 49 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2014 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky000-
2015 PostseasonWestern Kentucky1200100
2015 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky1200100
2016 PostseasonWestern Kentucky1300100
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky1300100
2017 PostseasonWestern Kentucky1300100
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky1300100
2018 PostseasonNorthwestern1400100
2018 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1400100

Related Context

Jake Collins played P for Western Kentucky and Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jake Collins recorded -12 rushing yards and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason

Western Kentucky paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Western Kentucky, Northwestern.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Postseason · Western Kentucky

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia State: 0. Eastern Kentucky: 0. Illinois: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Ball State: 0. UTEP: 0. Charlotte: 0. Old Dominion: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Marshall: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Florida International: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Georgia State

Best efficiency game

— vs Georgia State

Result
Sat 12/16@ Georgia StateL 17-27
Sat 11/25@ Florida InternationalL 17-411-12-1200
Sat 11/18vs Middle TennesseeW 41-38
Sat 11/11@ MarshallL 23-30
Sat 11/4@ VanderbiltL 17-31
Sat 10/28vs Florida AtlanticL 28-42
Fri 10/20@ Old DominionW 35-31
Sat 10/14vs CharlotteW 45-14
Sun 10/8@ UTEPW 15-14
Sat 9/23vs Ball StateW 33-21
Sat 9/16vs Louisiana TechL 22-23
Sun 9/10@ IllinoisL 7-20
Sat 9/2vs Eastern KentuckyW 31-17

Player Story

Jake Collins story

Jake Collins built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a punter from Louisville, KY wearing No. 49, spending time with Northwestern and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Jake Collins' career was his field-position work: 212 punts, 8,697 punting yards, and 29 punts inside the 20 across 52 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Northwestern. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 52 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern and Western Kentucky.

The arc is straightforward: Jake Collins moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Western Kentucky

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northwestern

    2018

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201420152015201620162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky0
2015 PostseasonWestern Kentucky00
2015 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky00
2016 PostseasonWestern Kentucky00
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky00
2017 PostseasonWestern Kentucky00
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky00
2018 PostseasonNorthwestern00
2018 Regular SeasonNorthwestern00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ South Florida

Week 1 · W 45-35 · Postseason

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Southern Miss

Week 14 · W 45-28 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Marshall

Week 13 · W 49-28 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Florida International

Week 12 · W 63-7 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 10 · W 35-19 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · Western Kentucky

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

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#2

2015 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games