2008 Football
Roster
Dobson Collins
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 188
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Stone Mountain, Ga.
Speed merchant who will step into a wide-open rotation atreceiver in 2007 ... Had a breakthrough spring practice season ...Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.47 seconds in May ... Had a team-best4.02-second time in the 20-yard shuttle in May ...Two-sportstandout who doubles as a champion hurdler in Track & Field ...Has worked hard to improve route running and hands ... Shouldcapably fill the void left by All-Conference receivers Kory Alstonand Austin Gaines ... Likely starter at one of the outside receiverspots ... One of the team’s most physically giftedplayers.
2007 Spring Game (3/31): Named Offensive MVPafter a breakout performance ... Caught five passes for 176 yardsand two touchdowns ... Had long catches of 71 yards (TD) and 49yards ... Averaged a sizzling 35.6 yards per catch in the game.2006 at Gardner-Webb: Saw action in all 11 games as a top reserveat receiver ... Caught eight passes for 104 yards ... Had acareer-high four catches for 40 yards vs. No. 15 Coastal Carolina(11/11) ... Had a 32-yard reception to keep a drive alive atLiberty (10/21) ... Hauled in two passes for 22 yards atJacksonville (9/2) ... Had a 10-yard reception vs. Tennessee Tech(9/9). 2005 at GWU: Played in nine games as a reserve receiver ...Caught eight passes for 55 yards and a touchdown ... Had a longreception of 18 yards vs. Charleston Southern (11/5) ... Caught aseason-high two passes for 23 yards in that game ... Also had twocatches (13 yards) vs. No. 8 Hampton (10/8) ... Had at least onecatch in five different games ... Caught a four-yard touchdown passvs. Union (9/3) in the season opener.
High School: Played at Stone Mountain (Ga.) Highunder Coach Jasper Jewel ... Finished senior season with 21receptions for 332 yards and two touchdowns in 10 games ...Averaged 15.8 yards per catch ... Ranked ninth in DeKalb County inreceptions per game in 2004 ... Had a season-best five catches for100 yards and a touchdown in a playoff game vs. Rome (Ga.) High ...Chose Gardner-Webb over Illinois State, Rhode Island and MurrayState ... Also recruited by Appalachian State.
