L.J. Collier: DE · TCU · #91.
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L.J. Collier
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Three seasons in the TCU defensive front to date. First career honor, 2018: All-Big 12. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against West Virginia — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 28-40vs No. 4 Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-31@ Texas | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-14vs Iowa State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-17vs Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | L 27-52vs No. 9 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-27@ Kansas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-47@ No. 7 West Virginia | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 16-9@ Baylor | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Oklahoma State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 10-7vs California | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 21 | 7.5 | 4.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
12%4 sacksTFL rate
22%8 TFLHurry rate
15%5 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
44%4 of 9 pressures34 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
3 seasons under Gary Patterson — 24-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 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
Head Coach
Gary Patterson
Pass share
45.9%
408 pass / 480 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
428 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at TCU, 12 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2018) — drafted at #29 overall by the Seattle Seahawks.
A stat line in 30 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Gary Patterson.
Next stop · NFL
Seattle SeahawksEntering 8th NFL season
Seattle SeahawksEntering 8th NFL season
