Defensive line, Southern Miss, 2009–⁠12

Jamie Collins

Number
No. 8
Height
6′4″
Weight
239 lb
Hometown
McCall Creek, MS
Born
Oct 20, 1989

Jamie Collins played defensive line at Southern Miss (2009–⁠12). The New England Patriots took Collins in round 2, No. 52 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

All-America: College Football News second team 2012

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2011

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010Southern Miss2
2011Southern Miss1
Career3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2009N1327214832––1–
2010N134531762.52.5221–
20111458409819.56.51818
20121266269220100541
On file1961183144521––7–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2009Southern Miss8DL
2010Southern Miss8DL
2011Southern Miss8DL
2012Southern Miss8DL6′4″239

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

2011 Southern Miss 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 5atEast CarolinaW 48–⁠281
2010 Southern Miss 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 9vs.East CarolinaL 43–⁠441
Oct 30vs.UABL 49–⁠501
2009 Southern Miss 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 33 yards
DateOpponentResultInt

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2013 Senior Bowl (South team, won 21–⁠16).

DrillCombine 2013
Height6′3½″
Weight250 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.64 s
10-yard split1.64 sW
Vertical jump41½″
Broad jump11′7″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill7.10 s
20-yard shuttle4.32 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 117 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.

Pro Bowl: 2015 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2015

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2015.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2013New England Patriots124200
2014New England Patriots1510742
2015New England Patriots12855.51
2016Cleveland Browns1510632
2017Cleveland Browns62911
2018Cleveland Browns1610141
2019New England Patriots166373
2020Detroit Lions149911
2021New England Patriots92711
2022New England Patriots2200
NFL career11766126.512

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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