DEL.J. Collier
TCU — Big 12
- Height: 6-4
- Weight: 276
- Hometown: Munday, TX
- Age: 23
SUMMARY:
- NFL Combine Invitation
- Reese's Senior Bowl Invitation
- 2018 First-Team All-Big 12
- 2018 Pro Football Focus First-Team All-Big 12
- 2018 Second-Team AP All-Big 12
SENIOR (2018): A first-team All-Big 12 selection by the conference head coaches and Pro Football Focus ... PFF gave him the highest grade among edge rushers in the Big 12 in 2018 ... placed second on TCU with his career-high 6.0 sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss ... tied for third on the team with four pass breakups, the most by a Horned Frogs defensive lineman ... closed his TCU career with 2.0 tackles for loss, including a sack, as part of four stops in the 10-7 overtime win versus Cal in the Cheez-It Bowl ... had a career-best eight tackles, including 4.0 for loss with 2.0 sacks, in the 14-13 victory over Kansas State ... also recorded 2.0 sacks versus Texas Tech and 1.5 against Texas.
JUNIOR (2017): Played in all 14 games … recorded 4.0 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss … had 18 total tackles with eight being solo … had career-high four tackles against Oklahoma in Big 12 Championship Game … recorded three tackles and a sack in TCU’s win over Stanford in the Valero Alamo Bowl … recorded first career interception in win at No. 6 Oklahoma State.
SOPHOMORE (2016):
Played in all 13 games ... recorded 21 total tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks ... recorded season-bests of four tackles and 1.5 sacks in win over Iowa State ... had TCU's only kick block of the season, blocking Georgia's 53-yard field goal attempt on the final play of the second quarter at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2015): Saw action in four games with one tackle against SMU on Sept. 19.
REDSHIRT (2014): Redshirted his first season on campus.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-star recruit ranked No. 11 in Texas and No. 71 nationally for defensive ends by Scout.com ... District 8-A Defensive Most Valuable Player as a senior ... was also a first-team selection at tight end ... caught 22 passes for 465 yards his junior year ... earned Defensive MVP honors in the state title game as a junior when he returned his only interception of the year for a 36-yard touchdown ... first-team all-district as a sophomore ... chose the Horned Frogs over Texas Tech.