Former linebacker at Tulsa. 2020: 54 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.
6′4″ · 260 lb · Hominy, OK
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 2143 nationally · Signed with Tulsa
Statement game6 tackles · 4 TFL · 3 sacksat Oklahoma State (FBS) · L 7-16
Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at Tulsa. 2020: 54 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.
Zaven Collins
He has spent three seasons in the Tulsa linebacker corps. 2020 brought the first one: All-America (Consensus). One game to point at: 15 tackles, 1 INT against Tulane — Week 12, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Tulsa, 236 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2020) — drafted at #16 overall by Arizona.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2020)
9 first-team selectors
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Philip Montgomery.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
ArizonaEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 13-20 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Strength: interceptions (97th 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
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 9.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 8.0 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tre Lamb
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Selector Grid · 2020
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2020
W 34–26
at UCF
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 7-16@ Oklahoma State | 6 | 6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 5 | W 34-26@ UCF | 10 | 7 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | W 42-13@ South Florida | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-30vs East Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-24vs SMU | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-24vs Tulane | 15 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 19-6@ Navy | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | L 24-27@ Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 36 | 11.5 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 2 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 11.5 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.