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Wanted to start a thread on the football board since I feel like we are going to see a lot of this kid the next few years. 

Here is his first career sack from the UTEP game. He is a fucking monster. Has to be one of the biggest DLinemen we've ever had on campus.

 

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3 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Carries 305 pounds as well as is humanly possible. 

Do we think that's what he's actually playing at? I don't really have a frame of reference as I've never been more than 10 pounds past 200 but if you told me he was sitting at 320 I wouldn't doubt it. 

For example, Aaron Donald is listed at 6'1" 284. 

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Collins has 4 inches on him. Although I'm sure Donald has a much lower body fat%.

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32 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Carries 305 pounds as well as is humanly possible. 

His build makes him look like a Linebacker until you see how much bigger he is than everyone else. He’s seriously got free trunks for legs. Just an absolute freak. He’s the kind of monster we haven’t been landing nearly enough on the DL.
I hope he takes over the starting 3 tech spot at some point this season. At least one of him, Coburn/Sweat, and Ossai would be facing a single blocker every single play. 

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Here is Collins' first collegiate series.  It's impressive in its own right for a kid's first ever live bullets at defensive tackle:

1st and 10:  Collins is lined up in a 3 technique.  He's pretty clearly got a stunt on, because he shoots from the 3 technique into the A gap, which turns out to be a pretty bad stunt against what appears to be outside zone.  But he's never really blocked, due to his quickness.  You can see the guard flail at him throughout the gif.  He recovers from the stunt (although only after getting waaay upfield) and makes it back to the ballcarrier to help with the tackle.  If you watch closely, you can see BJ Foster help clean up the tackle, too.

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2nd and 5: This is Collins's best play of the (short) drive.  He's again lined up in a 3-technique and again stunts inside the guard (Sweat, playing 1 technique, stunts, too, so this was called and is not just Collins stunting every time).  His stunt is so quick, both the guard and center have to catch him, and he almost splits their double team.  As a result, neither lineman can gain any traction to get a block on the second level (in fact, Collins pushes them both back a yard and a half).  As a result, when the ballcarrier turns north and south, Overshown is waiting for him in the hole.

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3rd and 3:  The DL runs the same stunt again, slanting to the weak side of the formation.  Jacquess and Overshown both attack their gaps, too, and the line of scrimmage becomes, basically, a wasteland of felled UTEP linemen.  Adimora does a really nice job of keeping his inside shoulder free, which forces the ball carrier to kick outside instead of finding a gap off tackle.  As a result, Josh Thompson is free to clean up the ball carrier, and he does a really nice job of demonstrating Ash's rugby tackling technique--instead of the 2019 tackling version of launching himself at his opponent, Thompson attacks his inside leg and hip and lifts the knee to stop the ballcarrier's progress.  While it would've been nice to see Thompson keep his legs moving and drive the ball carrier to the ground, Thompson's work gives Adimora plenty of time to help clean up the tackle, forcing a punt.

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Here's the reply from the All-22 angle.  You can see Collins speed again gets him past the guard, but the ball is going outside, so with so much trash at the line, he basically just makes a pile.  As a result of Collins' pile (and Sweat getting moved by guard/tackle combo block), Overshown misses a potential run through opportunity.  Jacquess and the sniffer back pretty much just headbutt each other and fall over.  BJ Foster basically does nothing on the play except patty-cake with the right tackle.  Ossai is badly held at the end of the play, or he might have gotten to the ball carrier before Adimora.  You can really see from the All-22 how influential Adimora is to the ball carrier's pth.  Because Adimora stays in his gap--and inside the tight end--the ballcarrier has to take a wider track, leading him right into Thompson's open arms.

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i thought that at first too, but watch the All-22 angle.  Ossai gets held and doesn't interact with the RB at all.  It is a weird camera angle that makes it look that way.

That sideline view is real trippy on it looking that way. I def thought that watching it live, like the rb blew our guy up
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Every year I like to fire up NCAA '14 and start a new offline legacy with the updated roster and shit on the computer for a few seasons. I made Alfred Collins a day one starter and I don't really play as anyone else on defense. Based on my projections, we should expect Collins to average a stout 10-12 sacks per game this year.

Chris Warren III also won some Heismans (Heismen?) a few years ago, so maybe my system isn't perfect.

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42 minutes ago, touchthemonolith said:

Every year I like to fire up NCAA '14 and start a new offline legacy with the updated roster and shit on the computer for a few seasons. I made Alfred Collins a day one starter and I don't really play as anyone else on defense. Based on my projections, we should expect Collins to average a stout 10-12 sacks per game this year.

Chris Warren III also won some Heismans (Heismen?) a few years ago, so maybe my system isn't perfect.

When you played as CW3, did you play hard?


your system is fine. 

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1 hour ago, ousux said:

Like Caden Sterns, Malik Jefferson and a few other recent recruits...Collins joins a list that will never be able to meet sky high expectations.

Collins has Giles as a coach and has already been talked up as a hard worker.  He has a potential to be the best end we’ve had here since Cory Redding.  Or maybe he’s a tackle.  I don’t know what he is.  But, he’s a large athletic human being.

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4 hours ago, ousux said:

Like Caden Sterns, Malik Jefferson and a few other recent recruits...Collins joins a list that will never be able to meet sky high expectations.

Who shit on your breakfast tacos this morning?

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Collins has Giles as a coach and has already been talked up as a hard worker.  He has a potential to be the best end we’ve had here since Cory Redding.  Or maybe he’s a tackle.  I don’t know what he is.  But, he’s a large athletic human being.
Not saying he doesnt have potential to be a great player, expectations are a little too high right now..he's played exactly one game against near air.
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5 hours ago, ousux said:
21 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:
Collins has Giles as a coach and has already been talked up as a hard worker.  He has a potential to be the best end we’ve had here since Cory Redding.  Or maybe he’s a tackle.  I don’t know what he is.  But, he’s a large athletic human being.

Not saying he doesnt have potential to be a great player, expectations are a little too high right now..he's played exactly one game against near air.

The hype is due to his crazy athleticism and size, not his production. 

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6 hours ago, ousux said:
22 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:
Collins has Giles as a coach and has already been talked up as a hard worker.  He has a potential to be the best end we’ve had here since Cory Redding.  Or maybe he’s a tackle.  I don’t know what he is.  But, he’s a large athletic human being.

Not saying he doesnt have potential to be a great player, expectations are a little too high right now..he's played exactly one game against near air.

The rest of our players were veterans, also playing against air, but none of them got a sack. 

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