Zaven Collins

No. 19 Tulane hopes to avoid bad last-second luck vs. Tulsa

By LARRY LEWISNovember 3, 2022 GMT

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulane will try to avoid another last-second loss to Tulsa on Saturday.

In 2020, Tulsa's Zaven Collins — now a starting linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals — intercepted a pass from Michael Pratt and returned it 96 yards for the game-clinching touchdown in the second overtime.

Arizona Cardinals release veteran linebacker Jordan Hicks

March 9, 2022 GMT

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals released linebacker Jordan Hicks on Wednesday, freeing up salary-cap space.

The team will gain $6.5 million in cap room by cutting Hicks, who spent the last three years with the Cardinals after playing for Philadelphia from 2015-18.

Not done yet: Hicks proves Cardinals wrong, leads defense

By DAVID BRANDTDecember 12, 2021 GMT

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Linebacker Jordan Hicks was 28 years old and in the middle of the prime of his career. He was playing good football. His teammates liked him and more importantly respected him.

Then the Arizona Cardinals — at least briefly — decided he was old.

Kingsbury-Murray duo under pressure to get Cards to playoffs

By The Associated PressSeptember 1, 2021 GMT

ARIZONA CARDINALS (8-8)

New Faces: DE J.J. Watt, WR A.J. Green, C Rodney Hudson, OL Brian Winters, QB Colt McCoy, LB Zaven Collins (first-round pick), WR Rondale Moore (second-round pick), RB James Conner, K Matt Prater, S Shawn Williams.

Prater’s 47-yard FG lifts Cardinals over Cowboys 19-16

By DAVID BRANDTAugust 14, 2021 GMT

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Rookie Zaven Collins looked comfortable as Arizona's middle linebacker, Matt Prater booted game-tying and game-winning field goals, and the Cardinals rallied for a 19-16 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in a preseason game on Friday night.

With QB Murray in 3rd season, Cards under pressure to win

By The Associated PressJuly 24, 2021 GMT

ARIZONA CARDINALS (8-8)

CAMP SITE: Glendale, Arizona

LAST YEAR: The Cardinals looked like one of the NFL's rising franchises for most of the season but lost five of their final seven games to fall just short of the playoffs.

Arizona Cardinals rookie LB arrested for reckless driving

June 21, 2021 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Zaven Collins, a first-round draft pick by the Arizona Cardinals, was arrested over the weekend for reckless driving and excessive speeding.

Scottsdale police said Monday that Collins was pulled over around 10 a.m.

Tulsa LB Zaven Collins sheds underdog label as draft nears

By CLIFF BRUNTApril 2, 2021 GMT

Zaven Collins isn’t the underdog anymore.

The former Tulsa linebacker has gone from having college coaches telling him he’s not good enough for a Division I scholarship to having every NFL team and 53 team representatives show up at his pro day on Friday...