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Since Alfred Collins joined Texas football in 2020 as a gangly, raw-boned defensive tackle from nearby Cedar Creek High School, he’s had an up-close view of how his former teammates at the position have developed into NFL players.
Moro Ojomo began his collegiate career with a redshirt in 2018 and became a seventh-round pick by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023. Keondre Coburn became a 2023 sixth-round pick by the Kansas City Chiefs after five seasons at Texas. T’Vondre Sweat didn’t start a game in his first three of five seasons with the Longhorns but was the Outland Trophy winner and a second-round pick by the Tennessee Titans in 2024. Byron Murphy II started just two games in his first two seasons with the Longhorns before earning All-American honors and a first-round selection from the Seattle Seahawks after last season.
Now a fifth-year senior and a likely starter for the first time alongside Vernon Broughton, is Collins ready to continue that recent trend?
“It’s finally my time so I’m ready to show everybody what I got,” Collins said after a Texas practice in late July. “Sit back and watch; that’s all I’m going to say.”
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Texas defensive lineman Alfred Collins runs down the field during the Senior Night celebration before the Longhorns’ game against Texas Tech last season. Collins decided to come back for a fifth season and leads a revamped defensive tackle rotation for Texas.
Cedar Creek product expects NFL future
Collins, a thoughtful, introspective athlete who has earned multiple Academic All-Big honors during his career, doesn’t say much. But he hopes to speak loudly with his play this season — both for a Texas defense trying to replace Murphy and Sweat as well as for his own professional…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2024-08-12 11:03:49
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