This DT / DE should be the Dallas Cowboys top target in the 1st round (2025 DRAFT)

[America's Cowboy]

Texas Longhorns DT / DE Alfred Collins: 6'5", 320 lbs, super quick/strong and aggressive playmaker no matter if they line him up inside or outside. He is a perfect clone of the Chiefs Chris Jones.



Yes, RB Ashton Jeanty wants the Cowboys to draft him (he would be a good pick in the 1st round), but there are other pretty good RBs who can be picked up in the mid rounds (for example: Texas Longhorns RB Jayden Blue).

You don't pass up a Chris Jones clone for your D-line. We have not had a hybrid DT/DE who could play this good in 20 years.

Make Alfred Collins your 1st round target, Cowboys!

What say you?

 

[cnuball21]

I’d guess you’re a Texas fan? There are zero people claiming this dude is worth a top 10 pick let alone 1st rounder.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Very solid-to-good player who should be an early Day 3 pick. Not a DE at all.

 

[America's Cowboy]

I’d guess you’re a Texas fan? There are zero people claiming this dude is worth a top 10 pick let alone 1st rounder.

Trade down from Top 10 into the late teens in the 1st round while picking up an extra 2nd and 4th round picks. Pick DT / DE Alfred Collins in the teens 1st round. Use your extra picked up picks (2nd & 4th round picks) to address other positions of need (WR, RB, etc).

Doesn't matter if one is a Texas Longhorns fan or not. If you did some homework and watched Alfred Collins' play, you would realize how good he is.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Very solid-to-good player who should be an early Day 3 pick. Not a DE at all.

Crazy. Alfred Collins is much better than that. Very good playmaker on the D-line.

 

[gtb1943]

Third rd guy

 

[America's Cowboy]

Third rd guy

Absolutely wrong. Clearly, you guys don't watch film.

 

[cnuball21]

Trade down from Top 10 into the late teens in the 1st round while picking up an extra 2nd and 4th round picks. Pick DT / DE Alfred Collins in the teens 1st round. Use your extra picked up picks (2nd & 4th round picks) to address other positions of need (WR, RB, etc).

Doesn't matter if one is a Texas Longhorns fan or not. If you did some homework and watched Alfred Collins' play, you would realize how good he is.

Your guy is currently 185 on the consensus big board. This is not a me opinion.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Your guy is currently 185 on the consensus big board. This is not a me opinion.

And they are wrong. Watch his films.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Crazy. Alfred Collins is much better than that. Very good playmaker on the D-line.

We will see. I like him.

You may be evaluating with your heart.

 

[TasteMyScythe]

Late 4th early 5th round. Relies more on brute force than refined hand usage and footwork. Inconsistent pad level leads to leverage issues, particularly when facing double teams. pass rush limited beyond bull rush, lacking counters and finesse moves. Tends to be a beat slow in diagnosing run vs. pass situations. Tackling needs improvement and tends to lunge and miss in space.
I like Collins, but he is raw and needs time to refine his game at the NFL level.

 

[cnuball21]

And they are wrong. Watch his films.

So you’re right and the entire consensus community is wrong. Got it.

 

[TasteMyScythe]

We will see. I like him.

You may be evaluating with your heart.

His heart plus a few beers while watching his Longhorns squeak out a win against Arkansas.

 

[gtb1943]

Absolutely wrong. Clearly, you guys don't watch film.

When every single draft service says the same thing, you are the one out of it
When 25 people in a row tell you that you are drunk, its time to borrow a quarter and lay down in the gutter

 

[RS12]

Look on the bright side: with multiple 5th round picks in 25, maybe they snag him. His scouting profile reads a lot like Mazi.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Day 3

 

[SportsGuru80]

What??????? Man stop...

 

[cnuball21]

When every single draft service says the same thing, you are the one out of it
When 25 people in a row tell you that you are drunk, its time to borrow a quarter and lay down in the gutter

lol

 

[baltcowboy]

It is way too early to decide who the Cowboys should draft player wise because we don’t even know the draft order but this draft appears to be deep at defensive tackle and running back. I would draft a tackle in one of the first two rounds and double dip a running back with the 3rd round pick and one of our 5th rounders. The Cowboys supposedly have 11 picks in the 2025 draft.

 

[cowboyec]

mykel williams,de-georgia.