LB · Arizona Cardinals · #25
Zaven Collins
LOLB1- College
- Tulsa
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 270 lb
- Experience
- 6th season
Tackles
19▼ 21 vs '25
82nd of 123 LBs
Stops
11▼ 16 vs '25
94th of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
2.5▲ 0.2 vs '25
31st of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
0.0%▼ 10.8 vs '25
1st of 123 LBs
Coverage
8 targets
50.0 cmp% · 3.5 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ LACW | 27 | 49.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs SEAL | 28 | 40.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ SFL | 23 | 43.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wk 4 @ NYGL | 34 | 50.7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 vs DETL | 29 | 43.9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 @ LAW | 28 | 48.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 vs DENL | 29 | 48.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 198 | 46.2 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 50.0 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2024 with Cardinals
$14Mover 2 years
- Avg. per year
- $7M
- Guaranteed
- $11.3M 80%
- 2026 cap hit
- $6.1M 1.8% of the cap
- Signed
- 2024
- Runs through
- 2025
2024
2025
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | 198 | 46.2 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 543 | 47.4 | 40 | 27 | 6 | 10.8 | 1.5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 107.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 602 | 55.4 | 53 | 38 | 7 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 91.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 637 | 57.6 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 41.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,024 | 97.6 | 87 | 52 | 7 | 7.4 | 2.0 | 4 | 8 | 63 | 94.4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 14 | 220 | 26.0 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 94.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 88 | 3,224 | 56.9 | 255 | 173 | 27 | 7.1 | 13.0 | 28 | 46 | 111 | 89.0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 |