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IRVING, Texas – For the very first time since the 1968 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys have selected a player from the University of Nebraska and the University of Oklahoma in the same year.
The Cornhusker would be third-round pick Maliek Collins. The Sooner would be fourth-round pick Charles Tapper. The two have a lot in common.
Both are defensive linemen, Collins a tackle and Tapper an end.
Both come from metropolitan areas, Collins attending Kansas City Center High School and Tapper Baltimore’s City College Magnet School.
Both had fathers pass away by the age of 6, meaning their mothers carved a disciplined and successful path leading them to their current stage in life.
Both played more than just football in high school, Collins a Missouri state champion wrestler, going 48-0 in his senior year after a 48-5 junior season that saw him advance to the state quarterfinals; Tapper a basketball player, good enough to make one of those AAU teams. He only began playing football after his mom told him before his junior year, either play football or get a job. He played football, and didn’t get cut as he expected.
Both were somewhat miscast in their respective defensive schemes this past season in college, Collins playing more of a nose tackle at Nebraska, having to two-gap most of the time, unlike his sophomore season playing in a scheme similar to the Cowboys. And Tapper playing defensive end in a 3-4 scheme, leaving him double-teamed the majority of the time.
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2...se-banking-double-play-bundle-joy-time-around
The Cornhusker would be third-round pick Maliek Collins. The Sooner would be fourth-round pick Charles Tapper. The two have a lot in common.
Both are defensive linemen, Collins a tackle and Tapper an end.
Both come from metropolitan areas, Collins attending Kansas City Center High School and Tapper Baltimore’s City College Magnet School.
Both had fathers pass away by the age of 6, meaning their mothers carved a disciplined and successful path leading them to their current stage in life.
Both played more than just football in high school, Collins a Missouri state champion wrestler, going 48-0 in his senior year after a 48-5 junior season that saw him advance to the state quarterfinals; Tapper a basketball player, good enough to make one of those AAU teams. He only began playing football after his mom told him before his junior year, either play football or get a job. He played football, and didn’t get cut as he expected.
Both were somewhat miscast in their respective defensive schemes this past season in college, Collins playing more of a nose tackle at Nebraska, having to two-gap most of the time, unlike his sophomore season playing in a scheme similar to the Cowboys. And Tapper playing defensive end in a 3-4 scheme, leaving him double-teamed the majority of the time.
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2...se-banking-double-play-bundle-joy-time-around
