#91

L.J. Collier

Former defensive end at TCU. 2018: 4 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DE · TCU · Sr. · #91

6′4″ · 276 lb · Munday, TX

Seattle — drafted 2019, Rd 1, Pick 29, #29 overall

The story

Former defensive end at TCU. 2018: 4 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Drafted round 1 by the Seattle in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at TCU, 12 sacks — drafted at #29 overall by Seattle.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2019

Drafted by Seattleround 1, pick 29

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

TCU

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #29

Seattle · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Gary Patterson

TCU

Played his entire career under Gary Patterson.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 8th NFL season

#29Rd 1 · Pick 29

SeattleEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Gary Patterson — 24-16 over that span.

2016TCU6-7HC: Gary Patterson · Balanced, fast tempo

2017TCU11-3HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2018TCU7-6HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: sacks (92nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#103 / 2662 · 95th pct

Sacks#185 / 2662 · 92nd pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#309 / 2662 · 88th pct

7.5

Passes defended#374 / 2662 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#1064 / 2662 · 59th pct

Tackles#1157 / 2662 · 56th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.3	0.7	0.5	0.3
Road4g	3.5	0.9	0.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.4	1.1	0.8	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.4	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	TCU	34	21	7.5	4.0	4	--	--
2017	TCU	15	7	3.5	3.0	--	1	--
2016	TCU	21	8	4.5	4.5	--	--	--
Career		70	36	15.5	11.5	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2018

W 31–24

vs Oklahoma State

5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Reagor — 121 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · A. Nunez — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week