Introduction
Lawrence Collier Jr. (born September 12, 1995) is an American football defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL).
Early years
Collier grew up in his father's hometown of Munday, Texas. He attended Munday High School, where he helped lead the Moguls to a state championship as a junior in 2012. He recorded six tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a touchdown on an interception return to earn Defensive MVP honors for the game.
On February 5, 2014, he signed a letter of intent to attend Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas on a football scholarship.
College career
Collier redshirted during his first season at TCU, and appeared in just one game as a redshirt freshman in 2015, but became a starter for the Horned Frogs as a redshirt freshman in 2015.He played in all 13 games for the Horned Frogs as sophomore, recording 4.5 sacks and blocking a field goal against Georgia in the 2016 Liberty Bowl. He recorded 4.5 sacks again as a junior, including one in a crucial late-game situation in the Frogs' comeback winover Stanford in the 2017 Alamo Bowl.
As a senior in 2018, Collier finally got the opportunity to become a starter for the Horned Frogs.He responded by tallying 6.0 sacks, 11.5 tackles for loss and 4 pass break-ups to earn First Team All-Big 12 honors and closed out his collegiate career with a sack in TCU's Cheez-It Bowl victory over California.
Following his senior season, Collier graduated from TCU and was invited to participate in the 2019 Senior Bowl, in which he recorded a sack and a forced fumble.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yard dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 2 ⁄4 in (1.89 m) |
283 lb (128 kg) |
34 in (0.86 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
4.91 s | 4.78 s | 7.71 s | 30 in (0.76 m) |
9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
25 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine | ||||||||||||
Collier was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round (29th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft. The Seahawks traded Frank Clark to the Kansas City Chiefs in order to obtain the selection used to select Collier.