5′11″ · Tulsa, OK · Booker T. Washington
Jared Collins: DB · Arkansas · #29.
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Jared Collins
Erases the deep middle of the field. He has spent three seasons in the Arkansas secondary. One game to point at: 12 tackles against Virginia Tech — Bowl, 2016.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 12 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-20vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-38@ No. 15 TCU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-3vs Texas State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-45@ No. 10 Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 52-10vs Alcorn State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-49vs No. 1 Alabama | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-30vs No. 12 Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-56@ No. 21 Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-10vs No. 10 Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38vs No. 19 LSU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 58-42@ Mississippi State | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-28@ Missouri | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
 Bowl | L 24-35@ No. 18 Virginia Tech | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 41 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 12 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
29%12 pass breakupsTackle volume
41tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL41 tackles · 1 for loss · 12 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Bret Bielema — 22-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
44.4%
406 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
70.4
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Arkansas, 41 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: John Smith → Bret Bielema. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
