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OL, LSU
Rankings
NFLDraftScout: #18 player overall, #3 tackle. First-round grade.
Nawrocki: #29 player overall, #1 guard. Grade: 5.95, likely first-to-second-rounder with immediate starter potential.
Mayock: TBA
Kiper: TBA
Draft Countdown: #21 player overall, #3 tackle. First-round grade.
Sports Illustrated: #12 player overall, #2 tackle.
Scouts Inc: #19 player overall, #4 tackle. Grade: 90, outstanding to rare prospect.
Biography/Honors
2014: Second team all-America. First team all-SEC. Voted best offensive lineman in SEC by league coaches. Voted permanent team captain and most outstanding player on team. Started all 13 games at left tackle, with 88 knockdown blocks. LSU ran for 224.5 yards a game, their best mark since 1997, and had 8 100-yard rushing games. Had 13.5 knockdowns against Texas A&M and 9 against Mississippi.
2013: Second team all-SEC. Started 12 games at left tackle, with 65 knockdown blocks. LSU ran for a school record 37 TDs. SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week in his very first start at LT. 9 knockdowns against Arkansas, 8 against A&M.
2012: Honorable mention all-SEC. Started all 13 games at left guard, with 64.5 knockdown blocks. 11.5 knockdowns against Mississippi, 10 against South Carolina, 9 against Alabama.
2011: Played in seven games, with 5 knockdown blocks.
Academics: majored in interdisciplinary studies.
Twitter: @70LaelCollins
Injuries
2013: Missed one game due to sprained MCL.
NFL Combine Stats
(2015 averages for tackles in parentheses)
40-yard dash: 5.12 (top 5 among tackles. Average was 5.27)
10-yard split: 1.87
Vertical: 27" (29")
Broad: 9'0" (8'6")
3-cone: 7.70 (7.86)
Shuttle: 4.63 (4.70)
Bench: 21 (bottom 5 among tackles. Average was 25)
Scouting Report
Pluses: Aggressive knockdown artist with massive upper body, big hands and quick feet. Strong, powerful run-blocker with good initial burst. Has sudden launch and gets into defenders and mauls them right away. Strong lower body and hands. Knocks defenders off the line and creates consistent run surge. Consistent on combination and secondary blocks, takes perfect angles. Gets to second level well and can hit moving targets. Versatile and assignment-sound. Good communicator. Good awareness in pass protection. Strong hands allow him to control linebackers readily. Can handle speed rushers and consistently pushes rushers past the pocket. Shows athleticism to recover balance and finish his blocks. Dropped 20 pounds prior to his senior season and improved his quickness. Tough, durable, plays to the whistle and shows a nasty streak. Mature player with great character and no off-field issues. Hard worker who takes coaching well. Well-liked and respected by teammates and coaches.
Minuses: Not an elite athlete. Slightly shorter in height and arm length and leaner than ideal for tackle. Just average bend, plays too tall at times. Tight-hipped and goes to the ground too often. Needs to improve hand placement. Hands get outside of defenders' frame too often. Just average lateral agility. Doesn't have the agility to be an effective open-field blocker. Aggressiveness works against him. Lunges at times, gets himself off-balance and tends to grab. Overaggression and off-balance play come up repeatedly in scouting reports. Is not patient and will get suckered by line games, also by swim moves. Needs to develop better punch and knee-bend as a pass blocker. Needs a lot of polish as a pass protector. Does not have pass-blocking ability to play left tackle.
Compares to: Orlando Franklin
Fun Facts
La'el is an Eagle Scout. His name means belonging to God. He plans to be involved in the Boys and Girls Club in his NFL city. The strangest question he got at the Combine: are you a cat or a dog? He said dog because he's never seen a dog run from a cat.
RamView
I like the heck out of Collins because he has his head on straight, he works hard and he'll be very coachable. The Rams have a major hole on the right side of their line right now and can use a player with his physical run-blocking ability. (You know, that ability they've supposed to have had on the line the whole Fisher era but haven't.) His Combine performance seems to have moved him quickly up draft boards, and I wouldn't be surprised if he filled Joe Barksdale's shoes pretty quickly. But since there is still plenty of question about him as a pass protector and there's a good chance his best NFL position will be guard, #10 overall seems a little rich for him.
Sources: LSU Athletics, Sporting News, USA Today, New Orleans Times-Picayune
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