Zach Collins

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Position:
OL
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 285
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Memphis, Tenn.
Prev School:
Harding Academy

Career

Has seen game action at right and left guard ... Has played in 23 games, making three starts ... Has seen action on 440 of 1244 plays ... Also has seen game action on special teams.

Awards (Academic/Athletic)

Named to the 2013-14 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team … Earned Tiger 3.0 Club recognition for the 2013 fall semester.

2015 (Sophomore)

Played in 10 games, with three of those on the offensive line ... Also saw time on special teams ... Member of the offensive line that helped Memphis post some of its best offensive numbers in school history … The 2015 Tigers offense set school records for scoring (522 points), total touchdowns (59), passing yards (3,997), total plays (1,028) and total yards (6,330) … The Memphis offense also ranked in the top-20 nationally in scoring offense (11th), passing offense (18th), total offense (19th) and red zone offense (18th) … Saw action at right guard in the Missouri State, Kansas and USF contests ... Was in on 107 of 232 plays in those three games ... Played 43-of-81 plays at right guard in the season-opening victory over Missouri State ... Followed that game with 17-of-79 plays in a road win at Kansas ... Played over 50 percent of the play at right guard (47-of-72) in a road win at USF.

2014 (Redshirt Freshman)

Played in all 13 games ... Saw action on 333 offensive snaps (101 at left guard/232 at right guard) … Started the final three games ... Included in those three starts were the 41-10 victory over Connecticut to clinch the 2014 American Athletic Conference crown and the 55-48 double-overtime win over BYU in the Miami Beach Bowl … Played left guard in the season-opening win over Austin Peay before seeing action on special teams the next five games … Played on the offensive line in the seven-game win streak to close the season … Continued to play at left guard in the first four contests during the seven-game win streak ... Saw action at left guard on 80 plays in wins over SMU, Tulsa, Temple and Tulane ... Moved to right guard for the final three games in the win streak ... All three were starts against USF, Connecticut and BYU ... Played 232-of-244 snaps at right guard over the last three games ... His action on 60-of-62 plays in the win over USF helped the Tigers roll up 470 yards of total offense (238 rushing/232 passing … In the American Athletic Conference title-clinching victory over Connecticut, played 75-of-85 snaps ... Blocked for QB Paxton Lynch, who completed 22-of-41 passes for 194 yards and four TD … Lynch’s performance earned him American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors … Played all 97 plays against BYU in the Miami Beach Bowl … The 97 snaps vs. the Cougars were a career high ... Member of the offensive line that helped the Memphis offense pile up 5,552 total yards of offense (427.1 ypg) … Memphis’ offense accounted for 5,000-plus yards for the first time since 2008 and had the most total yards and best per-game average since 2007 … Memphis produced 300-plus yards of total offense in all wins, including 400-plus yards seven times and 500-yards three times … Memphis’ offense accounted for 54 TD of the team’s 58 total scores and racked up 471 points.

2013 (Freshman)

Redshirted.

High School

Named to the 2012 Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) Division 2-A All-State Team as a senior … Helped lead Harding Academy to a 9-3 record, including a 5-1 district mark, as a senior … The Lions captured the Division 2-A/West District I title … Harding closed the regular season with four-straight wins, including three shutout victories … Played for head coach Ryan Derrick … Harding also posted a 9-3 record his junior year … The 2011 Lions squad averaged 370.6 yards (223.8 rushing/146.8 passing) and 37.5 points … Defensively, had 39 total tackles, including 27 solo stops, his junior season … Also had seven TFL, two sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … Had a season-high six tackles including a TFL, against First Assembly Christian … Among his four tackles against Memphis Academy of Health Sciences were two TFL, one sack for seven yards and one QB hurry.

Personal

Son of Dawn and John Collins ... Birthday is February 11 ... Has two older sisters, Lindsay and Megan ... A Interdisciplinary Studies major.