Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 20-13vs Lindenwood | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 22-38@ Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
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Shawn Collins
Senior defensive lineman for App State. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′5″ · 265 lb · Montclair, NJ
CFB Index 27 · #342 of 418 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to App State for 2026
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.
The numbers
0.5
sacks · 2025
0.5 TFL · 2 tackles
2 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 1 tackles, vs Lindenwood
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for App State. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rutgers in 2020.
Shawn Collins
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Greg Schiano, Shawn Clark and Dowell Loggains. The receipt: 1 tackles against Southern Miss — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
2020
- Signed with Rutgers3-star out of Montclair
20239 games
- Entered the portal
2025
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022–2024
App State
2025era →
Dowell Loggains
App State
Coaching transition mid-career: Shawn Clark → Dowell Loggains. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning
2023App State9-5HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced
2024App State5-6HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced
2025App State5-8HC: Dowell Loggains · Pass-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.2 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 20–13
vs Lindenwood
0 TFL · 0 SACKS · 1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With A. Swann — 293 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.2 · 15 rush yds (4 car) · R. Dubinion — 194 rush yds (25 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
App State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · App State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -5 net (38 in / 43 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
App State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #85 · 2026 recruiting class #59
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jah Joyner’s 2024 season.
Matches Jah on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jah Joyner's junior season at Minnesota (2024).
Matches Jah on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Shawn Collins
The defensive line · App State
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- #33Aiden Benton5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #41Caleb Sandstrom4 tackles for loss · 2025
- #3Joseph Bakhole2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #1Shawn Collins0.5 tackles for loss · 2025
21 more on the roster · App State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology