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Daniel Collins
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    190
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    West Springfield, Va.
  • High School:
    West Springfield
  • Position:
    RB
  • Major:
    Athletic Training
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    341
  • yds/g
    34.1
  • td
    5

Bio

Junior (2014): Second-team All-HCAC ... Played all 10 games ... Rushed for 341 yards on 92 carries ... Averaged 3.7 yards per carry ... Scored a team-best five rushing touchdowns ... Caught 27 passes for 306 yards and had three touchdowns ... Averaged 11.3 yards per catch ... Led the team in scoring with eight total touchdowns (five rushing and three receiving) for a team-high 50 points ... Was fourth in total offense with 341 yards (all rushing) ... Posted season-highs of 83 yards rushing against Centre (Ky.) College on Sept. 13 and 106 receiving yards against Manchester (Ind.) University on Oct. 11. ... Both rushing and receiving totals were also career-highs ... Finished 11th in the HCAC in all-purpose yards with 895 (341 rushing, 306 receiving, 248 kick returns).

Sophomore (2013): Played in all 10 games, coming off the bench as a lead reserve ... Rushed 68 times for 175 yards … Scored four touchdowns … Averaged 2.6 yards per carry with an average of 17.5 yards/game … Caught 15 passes for 221 yards … Scored two touchdowns … Averaged 14.7 yards per catch with an average of 22.1 yards/game … Had one punt return for three yards … Had two kick returns for 49 yards … Averaged 24.5 yards per kick return … Made seven total tackles ... Made six solo tackles ... Made one assisted tackle ... Blocked one kick.

Prep: A two-year starter at running back and a one-year starter at defensive back at West Springfield … Won three letters and was a captain during his senior season … Finished with just 477 yards and 11 touchdowns … As a junior, he racked up an impressive 1206 yards (6.9 per rush) and 14 total touchdowns out of the backfield … He rushed for 269 yards in a win over Lee and 351 yards in a win over Woodson in back-to-back weeks … He scored six touchdowns in those two games … Named to the All-Patriot District Second Team as a junior and senior.
 
Personal: Daniel Collins … Son of James and Kelli Linear … Majoring in Athletic Training.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23
  Total Conference
Rushes 92 68
Yards 341 254
Yards per game 34.1 31.8
Yards per rush 3.7 3.7
Touchdowns 5 5
Fumbles 5 4
Fumbles lost 1 1

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 12 4 0.3 8 0 1 0
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 12 83 6.9 58 0 - -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 7 40 5.7 18 1 - -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 17 15 0.9 5 2 1 1
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 8 39 4.9 26 1 - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 6 20 3.3 11 0 1 0
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 5 43 8.6 20 0 - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 7 42 6.0 20 1 - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 9 22 2.4 12 0 1 0
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 9 33 3.7 21 0 1 0

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 1 4 4.0 4 0 1 0
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 5 44 8.8 17 0 - -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 5 69 13.8 23 1 1 1
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 6 106 17.7 74 1 - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 1 11 11.0 11 0 1 0
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 2 18 9.0 12 1 - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 5 42 8.4 15 0 1 0
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 2 12 6.0 10 0 1 0

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 - - - - - 0
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 - - - - - 0
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - - - - 0
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 - - - - - 0
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 - - - - - 0
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - - - - 0
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 4 87 21.8 29 0 - - - - -
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 1 22 22.0 22 0 - - - - -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 1 19 19.0 19 0 - - - - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 4 91 22.8 33 0 - - - - -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 2 29 14.5 15 0 - - - - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 1 4 4 - 87 95
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 1 83 - - 22 105
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 1 40 44 - - 84
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 1 15 69 - - 84
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 1 39 106 - 19 164
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 1 20 11 - 91 122
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 1 43 - - 29 72
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 1 42 18 - - 60
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 1 22 42 - - 64
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 1 33 12 - - 45

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 20 2 1 - - - - - - - 0 1
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 12 1 1 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 12 1 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2013-14 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 13 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2013-14 3 11 46 15.3 4.2 2 24 - -
2014-15 10 92 341 34.1 3.7 5 58 5 1
Total 13 103 387 29.8 3.8 7 58 5 1

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2013-14 3 3 1.0 28 9.3 9.3 0 13
2014-15 10 27 2.7 306 30.6 11.3 3 74
Total 13 30 2.3 334 25.7 11.1 3 74

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2013-14 3 - - - - - - - 0
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 13 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2013-14 3 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 13 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2013-14 2 49 24.5 0 32 - - - - -
2014-15 12 248 20.7 0 33 - - - - -
Total 14 297 21.2 0 33 - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2013-14 3 46 28 - 49 123 41.0
2014-15 10 341 306 - 248 895 89.5
Total 13 387 334 - 297 1018 78.3

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2013-14 12 4.0 2 0 0 - - - - - - 0
2014-15 50 5.0 5 3 0 - - - - - 1 0
Total 62 4.8 7 3 0 - - - - - 1 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2013-14 3 2 0 2.0 .7 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 13 3 0 3.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 92 341 34.1 3.7 5 58 5 1
Conference 8 68 254 31.8 3.7 5 26 4 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 6 53 211 35.2 4.0 2 58 3 0
Away 4 39 130 32.5 3.3 3 26 2 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 29 100 33.3 3.4 3 20 1 1
Losses 7 63 241 34.4 3.8 2 58 4 0
Month                  
September 4 48 142 35.5 3.0 3 58 2 1
October 3 19 102 34.0 5.4 1 26 1 0
November 3 25 97 32.3 3.9 1 21 2 0

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 27 2.7 306 30.6 11.3 3 74
Conference 8 26 3.3 302 37.8 11.6 3 74
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 6 14 2.3 119 19.8 8.5 1 17
Away 4 13 3.3 187 46.8 14.4 2 74
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 7 2.3 87 29.0 12.4 2 23
Losses 7 20 2.9 219 31.3 10.9 1 74
Month                
September 4 11 2.8 117 29.3 10.6 1 23
October 3 7 2.3 117 39.0 16.7 1 74
November 3 9 3.0 72 24.0 8.0 1 15

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 6 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 3 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 6 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total 12 248 20.7 0 33 - - - - -
Conference 7 139 19.9 0 33 - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home 9 200 22.2 0 33 - - - - -
Away 3 48 16.0 0 19 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins 2 29 14.5 0 15 - - - - -
Losses 10 219 21.9 0 33 - - - - -
Month                    
September 5 109 21.8 0 29 - - - - -
October 7 139 19.9 0 33 - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 10 341 306 - 248 895 89.5
Conference 8 254 302 - 139 695 86.9
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 6 211 119 - 200 530 88.3
Away 4 130 187 - 48 365 91.3
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 3 100 87 - 29 216 72.0
Losses 7 241 219 - 219 679 97.0
Month              
September 4 142 117 - 109 368 92.0
October 3 102 117 - 139 358 119.3
November 3 97 72 - - 169 56.3

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 50 5.0 5 3 0 - - - - - 1 0
Conference 50 6.3 5 3 0 - - - - - 1 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 18 3.0 2 1 0 - - - - - - 0
Away 32 8.0 3 2 0 - - - - - 1 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 32 10.7 3 2 0 - - - - - 1 0
Losses 18 2.6 2 1 0 - - - - - - 0
Month                        
September 26 6.5 3 1 0 - - - - - 1 0
October 12 4.0 1 1 0 - - - - - - 0
November 12 4.0 1 1 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
September 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 3 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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