Marcus Collins

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Class: Sophomore Hometown: Yeadon, Pa. High School: Monsignor Bonner HS

Height / Weight: 6-0 / 215 Position: LB

Hawk Item - - One of 10 true freshmen to see action in 2011.

2011 Honors - - Team Leader Award, Defense.

2011 - - Saw action in 10 games, recording four solo tackles and four assists . . . saw first action of career in 34-9 opening win over Tennessee Tech, recording two solo tackles and one assist . . . saw action in triple-overtime loss at Iowa State, recording one solo tackle . . . saw action in 31-27 win over Pittsburgh, recording one assisted tackle . . . saw action in 45-17 win over Louisiana-Monroe, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 13-3 loss at Penn State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 41-31 win over Northwestern, recording one assisted tackle . . . saw action in 45-24 win over Indiana, recording one solo stop and one assist . . . saw action in 22-21 loss at Minnesota, but had no statistics . . . did not see action in 24-16 win over 13th-ranked Michigan . . . did not see action in 37-21 loss to Michigan State . . . saw action in 31-21 win at Purdue as defense allowed just 282 yards total offense, but had no statistics . . . did not see action in 20-7 loss at Nebraska . . . saw action in Insight Bowl loss to Oklahoma as defense allowed just 275 yards total offense, but had no statistics.

High school honors - - Named Best Defensive Player in Philadelphia Catholic League as a senior . . . second team all-state as a senior . . . Earned first team all-Catholic League and first team all-County as a senior . . . Career - - earned three letters in football as outside linebacker . . . recorded 87 tackles as a senior, including 15 QB sacks, in helping team advance to state playoffs . . . also had three forced fumbles and two interceptions . . . collected 30 tackles as a junior and 25 stops as a sophomore . . . also earned four letters in track and three in wrestling . . . district wrestling champion as a junior.

Personal - - Born 9/18/92 . . . marketing major . . . parents are Allison Collins and Lorenzo Reeves . . . high school coach was Tom Oropeza.

Career Bests
Tackles:	3 vs. Tennessee Tech, 9/03/11
Solos:	        2 vs. Tennessee Tech, 9/03/11
Assists:	1, four times, last vs. Indiana, 10/22/11
Career Statistics
Defense	  Solo	 Ast.	Total	 T/Loss	  Sacks	  Int-Yds   PBU	   FF	 RF
Freshman     4	    4	    8	    0/0	    0/0	      0-0     0	    0	  0