Alfred Collins

A fifth-year defensive lineman who has played in 48 games with 12 starts .... an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection in 2023 … earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors in 2021 … made his debut in the 2020 season opener versus UTEP ... was an All-American, all-state and three-time all-district honoree in high school ... twice named his district’s Defensive Lineman of the Year ... participated in the 2020 All-American Bowl ... 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team honoree ... three-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2020, spring 2021, spring 2023).

SENIOR (2023)
Honorable mention All-Big 12 … Reese’s Senior Bowl invitee … appeared in all 14 games with six starts … totaled 22 tackles (12 solo) with two tackles for loss, two sacks and two pass breakups … had a QB hurry and a pass breakup in the season-opening win over Rice … recorded one tackle at No. 3 Alabama … tallied three tackles (two solo) with a QB hurry against Wyoming … had one tackle at Baylor and against Kansas … collected to tackles (one solo) and one pass breakup against Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry … had a sack for an eight-yard loss in the win at Houston … played in the victory over BYU … posted one solo tackle at TCU … had three solo tackles, one tackle for loss and one sack at Iowa State … posted a season-high five tackles (one solo) with two quarterback hurries against Texas Tech … appeared in the Big 12 Championship Game victory over Oklahoma State … had four tackles (two solo) in the CFP semifinal against Washington … named to the preseason watch list for the Reese's Senior Bowl.

JUNIOR (2022)
Played in 12 games with one start… totaled 17 tackles (seven solo), three tackles for loss and one sack ... had a quarterback hurry against Alabama … made one solo tackle against UTSA … registered three tackles (one solo) and one quarterback hurry at Texas Tech … recorded two tackles (one solo) in a shutout win over Oklahoma in the Red River Showdown … had one tackle and one tackle for loss versus Iowa State … tallied three tackles at Oklahoma State … made one tackle against TCU … registered one tackle and one tackle for loss at Kansas … had four tackles (two solo), one tackle for loss, one sack and one quarterback hurry against Baylor ... had one tackle against Washington in the Alamo Bowl ... a 2022 third-team Preseason All-Big 12 Preseason selection by Athlon Sports.

SOPHOMORE (2021)
Played in all 12 games and started four times … registered 25 tackles (15 solo), five tackles for loss, two sacks, one forced fumble and four quarterback hurries … had two tackles at Arkansas and in the victory over Rice … tallied a pair of tackles for loss including one sack in a win over Texas Tech … had three tackles (one solo) with one sack at the Red River Showdown against Oklahoma … collected a season-high five tackles (three solo) with one tackle for loss against Oklahoma State … posted three tackles (three solo) and a tackle for loss at Baylor … had two tackles (two solo) at Iowa State … posted four tackles (two solo) against Kansas … recorded two tackles at West Virginia ... was a second-team Preseason All-Big 12 Preseason selection by Athlon Sports.

FRESHMAN (2020)
Played in all 10 games and started once, versus Colorado ... recorded 18 tackles (11 solo), two tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and two pass breakups ... recorded two tackles and one sack in the season opener versus UTEP, his collegiate debut ... the first Longhorn true freshman to record a sack in his first career game since Jackson Jeffcoat in 2010 ... recorded four tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss at Texas Tech ... posted two tackles and 0.5 sacks in the AT&T Red River Showdown versus Oklahoma ... recorded three tackles in UT’s road win over No. 6 Oklahoma State ... matched his season high with four tackles, all unassisted, in the regular season finale at Kansas State ... made his first career start in the Valero Alamo Bowl versus Colorado ... tallied five tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, one pass breakup and his first career interception against the Buffaloes.

HIGH SCHOOL
An All-America, all-state and three-time all-district honoree who was twice named his district’s Defensive Lineman of the Year ... selected to participate in the 2020 All-American Bowl ... rated as the No. 8 defensive lineman (No. 2 SDE) in this year’s recruiting class by 247 Sports ... ranked as the No. 5 player coming out of the state of Texas and the No. 32 player nationally ... ESPN lists him at No. 7 among his position, No. 10 in the state of Texas and at No. 52 in the ESPN300 ... Rivals ranks him at No. 7 for his position in the 2020 class and at No. 18 in the state of Texas and No. 146 nationally ... amassed 253 total tackles (180 solo), 74.0 tackles for loss and 18.0 sacks in his final three seasons at Cedar Creek ... chosen first-team All-District 13-5A Division 2 and district Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2019 ... logged 86 tackles (53 solo), 35.0 tackles for loss and 8.0 sacks as a senior ... also defended three passes, forced four fumbles and recovered three ... part of a defense that allowed just 17.4 points per game ... made four tackles, including three for a loss, and one sack in the 2019 season opener against Northeast Early College ... posted eight tackles, two TFLs, one sack, three quarterback hurries and two pass breakups against Akins ... tallied 11 tackles, including nine solo stops, four tackles for loss, one sack and three quarterback hurries in a win over Fredericksburg ... recorded eight tackles, four tackles for loss and three quarterback hurries against Brenham ... notched nine tackles, four tackles for loss and one sack against Bastrop ... logged nine tackles, including four for a loss, and one quarterback hurry against Glenn ... recorded 11 tackles and two sacks against Elgin ... made 10 tackles, including seven solo stops, six tackles for loss and two sacks against East View ... posted 13 tackles, including 10 solo stops, six tackles for loss and two quarterback hurries in his final high school game ... named second-team 2019 Super Team and to the Texas Top 300 by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football ... earned honorable mention 5A All-State honors from the Associated Press and Texas Sports Writers Association in 2018 ... tabbed first-team All-District 13-5A Division 2 and district Defensive Lineman of the Year ... logged 92 total tackles (73 solo), 25.0 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks, 19 quarterback hurries and two pass breakups as a junior ... notched nine tackles, including seven solo stops, five tackles for loss, three sacks and three quarterback hurries against Northeast Early College ... recorded 16 tackles (13 solo), six tackles for loss, one sack and two quarterback hurries against Akins ... posted nine tackles and one sack against Fredericksburg ... made three solo tackles and pressured the quarterback three times against Brenham ... logged six tackles, one tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry against Bastrop ... racked up nine tackles, including six solo stops, against Glenn ... posted eight tackles, including seven solo stops, two tackles for loss and three quarterback hurries against Weiss ... notched 10 tackles, eight solo stops, three tackles for loss and four quarterback hurries against Elgin ... recorded 12 tackles, nine solo stops, and three tackles for loss against East View ... logged his third-straight game with double-digit tackles with 10 tackles, four tackles for loss and one sack in the season finale against Marble Falls ... named first-team All-District 5A-19 in 2017 ... made 75 tackles (54 solo), 14.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks and forced three fumbles as a sophomore ... posted nine tackles (seven solo), two tackles for loss and four quarterback hurries in his sophomore season opener against Marble Falls ... notched 10 tackles against Smithville ... recorded nine tackles, including seven solo stops, against Elgin ... made seven tackles and two tackles for loss against Bastrop .

PERSONAL
A member of the National Honor Society … his mother, Benita Pollard, was a Women’s Basketball letter winner at Texas from 1990-94.

2022

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
3.0	2.0	16.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0

2021

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
5.0	4.0	25.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	15.0

2020

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
2.5	0.0	23.0	0.0	3.0	1.5	12.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0