Senior defensive lineman on Minnesota's 2023 roster.
6′5″ · 245 lb · Richmond, VA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 407 nationally · Signed with North Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Minnesota's roster.
Chris Collins
Wins his gap play after play. Across six seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Larry Fedora, Mack Brown and P.J. Fleck. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Michigan — Week 6, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Minnesota, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under P.J. Fleck.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #193 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Minnesota | 17 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 20 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 29 | 14 | 6.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 13 | 8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | North Carolina | 6 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 86 | 42 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2023
W 12–10
at Iowa
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.
With M. Crawford — 39 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 54 LONG · A. Kaliakmanis — 126 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 41.6 · -7 rush yds (8 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 13-31@ North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-24vs Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-52vs Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 12-10@ Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-12vs Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 26-27vs Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 30-49@ Purdue | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-37@ Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-28vs Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Mukendi Wa-Kalonji’s 2022 season.
Matches Mukendi on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA