Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Southern Miss
Trae Collins
DB • 5'11" • 184 lbs • Columbus, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Trae Collins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.
Impact Production
45
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
50
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
Trae Collins built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive back from Columbus, MS wearing No. 2, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Trae Collins' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Southern Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Trae Collins, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Trae Collins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 31
- TFL
- 3
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Trae Collins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · DB
- Career Tackles
- 31
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss
- Top game
- UTSA
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · New Hope · Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- New Hope · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · DB 640th (top 80%) · Conference USA 369th (top 60%) · National 3,476th (top 61%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 9 | 26 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 52.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 40.1 |
Related Context
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Trae Collins played DB for Southern Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Trae Collins recorded 31 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Southern Miss paired 5 primary output with 17.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
17
Usage
2.6
Consistency
61.7
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 2. UTEP: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTSA: 3 by 32.5. UTEP: 1 by 14.2. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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First Half1.5 · Games = 2 · +1.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · -1.5 vs First Half
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTSA
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs UTSA
Player Story
Trae Collins story
Trae Collins built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive back from Columbus, MS wearing No. 2, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Trae Collins' career was his defensive production: 31 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 4 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Trae Collins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Southern Miss
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 5 | 17.6 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 3 | 17 | 2.6 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTSA
Week 6 · W 31-29 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Old Dominion
Week 12 · W 56-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Kentucky
Week 1 · W 44-35
1
Havoc Plays
58.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Rice
Week 5 · W 44-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Marshall
Week 9 · W 24-14 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
43.6 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss
5 primary output · 17.6 efficiency · 3.9 usage
52.3
#2
2015 Regular Season · Southern Miss
46.7
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss
40.1
3 primary · 17 efficiency · 2.6 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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