Scouting Profile: Zaven Collins, OLB, Tulsa University

The NFL ceiling for the new-school linebacker with the old school body will be defined by the way his professional coaching staff chooses to use him.

Height: 6'4"
Weight: 260lbs
Class: Senior
NFL Comparison: Six of Anthony Barr plus a half-dozen of Tremaine Edmunds

Perhaps my favorite player in the entirey of the 2021 NFL Draft, I fully believe that the reason you don’t see linebacker Zaven Collins from Tulsa University ranked as highly on other Big Boards as you do on mine is because don’t know what to make of the paradoxical juxtaposition he presents: the highly unusual (in a good way) player possessing a “throwback body” combined with the modern skillset to thrive in today’s NFL; put much more succinctly, he’s a big guy who plays like a small guy (again, in a good way).

The winner of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy (the best defensive player in the nation according to…