Aviante Collins has a TCU tradition to protect.
The NFL has drafted seven TCU offensive linemen the past 10 years, with former Horned Frog offensive linemen Halapoulivaati Vaitai, Joey Hunt, Marshall Newhouse and Marcus Cannon currently on NFL rosters.
“It adds a lot of pressure,” said Collins, who has had a private workout with the Atlanta Falcons. “It’s like, ‘Wow!’ We’ve had an offensive lineman drafted almost every single year [since 2009]. I’m not going to be the one to mess up that trend, that following. People used to call us Linebacker U, because we always had good linebackers in the NFL.