Zaven Collins holds the LOLB · Starter spot in Arizona Cardinals’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Zaven Collins played 17 games in 2025 with a 47% snap share.

Zaven Collins is a 6'4", 270-pound linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals. The Tulsa product was selected 16th overall in the 2021 NFL Draft and signed a two-year extension in August 2024 through the 2026 season. Over five seasons (2021–25), Collins has appeared in 84 of 85 games with 65 starts, recording 259 tackles (160 solo), 12.0 sacks, 31 tackles for loss, 27 QB hits, 13 passes defensed, two interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), and three fumble recoveries (one returned for a touchdown). In 2025, he played all 17 games with nine starts, posting 36 tackles, 1.5 sacks, six tackles for loss, a career-high 10 QB hits, and two fumble recoveries including one for a touchdown.

Tulsa2017 – 2020

Cardinals2021 — present

CollegeTulsaDraftRound 1 · No. 16 overall · 2021 · ARIHometownHominy, OK