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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2020Tulsa
Zaven Collins
LB • 6'4" • 260 lbs • Hominy, OK, USA
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Zaven Collins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
75
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
95
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Tulsa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Tulsa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCF
Player Story
Zaven Collins built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a linebacker from Hominy, OK wearing No. 23, spending time with Tulsa. The clearest part of Zaven Collins' career was his defensive production: 236...
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- Committed To
- Tulsa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 16
- Overall
- No. 16
- NFL Team
- Arizona Cardinals
Zaven Collins, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Tulsa. Zaven Collins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.3 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Zaven Collins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tulsa · LB
- Career Tackles
- 236
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Tulsa
- Top game
- UCF
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hominy · Tulsa
- High school pipeline
- Hominy · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 1 · Pick 16 · Arizona Cardinals
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Junior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 54 tackles · LB 158th (top 15%) · American Athletic 24th (top 5%) · National 251st (top 5%)
Zaven Collins played LB for Tulsa. Across 3 tracked seasons, Zaven Collins recorded 236 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Tulsa.
Recognition
Honors
- 20202020 Consensus All-America · ncaa_consensusconsensus · unanimous
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