Brugler: Cowboys “really like” Zaven Collins

[cnuball21]

Thats your opinion. I think he moves great and his combine will prove that.

IMO he's surprisingly fluid and moves well for a dude that big.

 

[stilltheguru]

IMO he's surprisingly fluid and moves well for a dude that big.

His movement skills are much better than LVE but I'm not going to argue with anybody about it. I said what I had to say and I want him at 10/12/31, whatever spot.

 

[beware_d-ware]

Collins looks really smooth in coverage. His biggest problem IMO was that Tulsa coaches treated him like a normal G5 linebacker, blitzing him and keeping him in 5 yard short zones because they didn't trust him to cover in space.

Collins killed it in the assignments he was asked to do. You're not going to see much tape him of him playing deep zone or carrying guys in man up the sideline, but his athleticism and the skill he showed in simpler coverages suggest that he'll be able to project forward to NFL schemes.

 

[My3Sons]

Nice trade back option. I like him...

• 18
  Round: 1
  
  Zaven Collins
  LB | Tulsa
  TRADE
• 44
  Round: 2
  
  Daviyon Nixon
  DL | Iowa
  TRADE
• 50
  Round: 2
  
  Dillon Radunz
  OT | North Dakota State
  TRADE
• 78
  Round: 3
  
  Ifeatu Melifonwu
  CB | Syracuse
  TRADE
• 106
  Round: 4
  
  Richard LeCounte
  S | Georgia
  TRADE
• 143
  Round: 5
  
  Quinn Meinerz
  IOL | Wisconsin-Whitewater
  TRADE
• 168
  Round: 6
  
  Tyree Gillespie
  S | Missouri
  TRADE
• 183
  Round: 6
  
  Tarron Jackson
  EDGE | Coastal Carolina
  TRADE
• 202
  Round: 7
  
  Deommodore Lenoir
  CB | Oregon
  TRADE

 

[cnuball21]

Collins looks really smooth in coverage. His biggest problem IMO was that Tulsa coaches treated him like a normal G5 linebacker, blitzing him and keeping him in 5 yard short zones because they didn't trust him to cover in space.

Collins killed it in the assignments he was asked to do. You're not going to see much tape him of him playing deep zone or carrying guys in man up the sideline, but his athleticism and the skill he showed in simpler coverages suggest that he'll be able to project forward to NFL schemes.

Agreed...I’d also hope we’d limit the amount of times any of our LBs have to carry a WR/TE down the field.