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Jersey Number 12
Za'Ron Collins
- Year:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 181
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- High School:
- Monsignor Pace
- Previous:
- Tusculum
Bio
Transferred to JMU with three seasons of eligibility remaining after spending two years at Division II Tusculum (2023-24)
2024 at Tusculum:
2023 at Tusculum:
High School:
Personal:
2024 at Tusculum:
- Played in three games with two starts at wide receiver, redshirting to retain a year of eligibility
- Had 10 receptions for 228 receiving yards, averaging 22.8 yards per catch
- Caught three passes for a career-high 131 yards at Lenoir-Rhyne (Sept. 29), averaging a single-game best 43.7 yards per reception
- Career-long 57-yard catch in the L-R game
- Made a career-best four catches for 64 yards with a long of 40 at West Alabama (Sept. 7)
- Also had a career-best 50-yard rush in West Alabama game
- Tallied three catches for 33 yards vs. Newberry (Sept. 21)
- Had three catches of at least 40 yards and four over 30 yards
2023 at Tusculum:
- Played in eight games, making four starts at wide receiver
- Had 11 receptions for 161 receiving yards and two touchdowns
- Averaged 14.6 yards per catch
- Caught three passes for a season-high 70 yards and two touchdowns at Erskine (Oct. 28), including a 30-yard catch
- Caught game-winning two-point conversion in overtime vs. Mars Hill (Nov. 4) – the play was named Tusculum’s Play of the Year for the athletic department
- Also made two receptions in three other games
- Had three receptions of at least 25 yards
High School:
- Lettered at Monsignor Pace High School in Miami, Fla.
- Had 30 receptions for 414 yards and six touchdowns as a senior
- Ranked in the top 250 nationally at his position in the 2023 recruiting class
- Athletic Director’s Honor Roll student
Personal:
- Nickname is “Smoke”
- His brother, Kemani Brown, was a wide receiver at Tusculum
- His cousin, Noland Carrol, played for the Miami Dolphins
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