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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
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zaven Collins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 236
- TFL
- 29
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 8
- Touchdowns
- 4
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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Tulsa | 12 | 85 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 64.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Tulsa | 12 | 97 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 66.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Tulsa | 8 | 54 | 11.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 70.1 |
Related Context
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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.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Tulsa paired 23.5 primary output with 50.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 50.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UCF
Win with 7.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Tulsa
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
2.9
Efficiency
50.3
Usage
15.3
Consistency
30.1
Best Game by takeover score
UCF
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 7. UCF: 7.5. South Florida: 1.5. East Carolina: 0. SMU: 5. Tulane: 1.5. Navy: 1. Cincinnati: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma State: 6 by 75. UCF: 10 by 91.7. South Florida: 6 by 40. East Carolina: 6 by 25. SMU: 6 by 75. Tulane: 15 by 65. Navy: 3 by 22.5. Cincinnati: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.8 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses3.5 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UCF
Best efficiency game
91.7 vs UCF
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/20 | @ Cincinnati | L 24-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | @ Navy | W 19-6 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/20 | vs Tulane10+ tackles | W 30-24 | 15 | 8 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/15 | vs SMUSplash game | W 28-24 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs East Carolina | W 34-30 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/23 | @ South Florida | W 42-13 | 6 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | @ UCF10+ tackles · Splash game | W 34-26 | 10 | 7 | — | 3.50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Oklahoma State2+ sacks · Splash game | L 7-16 | 6 | 6 | — | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Zaven Collins 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 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Tulsa. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Zaven Collins' production has multiple signals. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tulsa.
The arc is straightforward: Zaven 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
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Tulsa
2018-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Tulsa | 18 | 43.8 | 16.4 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Tulsa | 14 | 45 | 13.1 | -4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Tulsa | 23.5 | 50.3 | 15.3 | 9.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UCF
Week 5 · W 34-26 · Conference game
Win with 7.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
7.5
Havoc Plays
97.2 takeover
7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Memphis
Week 11 · L 21-47 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
96.7 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.
#3
vs South Florida
Week 7 · L 24-25 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
95.3 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 95.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Oklahoma State
Week 3 · L 7-16
7
Havoc Plays
89.4 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
7 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.
#5
vs UCF
Week 11 · W 34-31 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Tulsa
23.5 primary output · 50.3 efficiency · 15.3 usage
70.1
#2
2019 Regular Season · Tulsa
66.6
14 primary · 45 efficiency · 13.1 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Tulsa
64.7
18 primary · 43.8 efficiency · 16.4 usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
10
Splash games
8
10+ tackle games
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