Linebacker, North Carolina, 2014–17
Cayson Collins
- Number
- No. 23
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Hometown
- Charlotte, NC
- Born
- Nov 10, 1995
Cayson Collins played linebacker at North Carolina (2014–17).
Career highs
15tackles, career highvs. Notre Dame, 2017Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | North Carolina | 60 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | North Carolina | 83 | 52 | 4.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 143 | 82 | 8.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 of 13 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | North Carolina | 23 | LB | ||
| 2015 | North Carolina | 23 | LB | ||
| 2016 | North Carolina | 23 | LB | ||
| 2017 | North Carolina | 23 | LB | 6′1″ | 230 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2017 North Carolina 11 games, 83 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. California | L 30–35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Louisville | L 35–47 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at Old Dominion | W 53–23 | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Duke | L 17–27 | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Georgia Tech | L 7–33 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Notre Dame | L 10–33 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Virginia | L 14–20 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Virginia Tech | L 7–59 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Miami | L 19–24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at Pittsburgh | W 34–31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Western Carolina | W 65–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 North Carolina 13 games, 60 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Georgia | L 24–33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Illinois | W 48–23 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. James Madison | W 56–28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs.Pittsburgh | W 37–36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at Florida State | W 37–35 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 3–34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atMiami | W 20–13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atVirginia | W 35–14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 48–20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | atDuke | L 27–28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. The Citadel | W 41–7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. NC State | L 21–28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Stanford | L 23–25 | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2018 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1″ |
| Weight | 232 lb |
| Arm length | 32¾″ |
| Hand size | 10″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.79 s |
| Vertical jump | 33″ |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.38 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.28 s |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
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