← 1981 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R2 · #43 OVERALL · LB

Jim Collins

Drafted by LAR · GM Don Klosterman · Syracuse

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Full-career context

These totals follow Jim Collins across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played93
Games started69
Weighted career AV40
Pro Bowls1
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons9

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1981 · Round 2 · #43

LAR draft credit

GM Don Klosterman

Team games80
Team starts67
On-team AV42
On-team PB / AP11 / 0
Excellent+0.90 contribution6th of 34 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

An Excellent pick

Jim Collins was Don Klosterman's 6th-best of 34 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +0.90. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Don Klosterman's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
80
on drafting team · 93 full-career
Games started
67
on drafting team · 69 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
42
modeled; full weighted AV 40
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
1
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 1
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Don Klosterman's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Don Klosterman pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Jim Collins totals +0.90. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+670. Irvin#70 · LeRoy Irvin · aggregate +6.18Irvin +6.2111. Reed#111 · Doug Reed · aggregate +2.18Reed +2.232. Ellard#32 · Henry Ellard · aggregate +1.9936. Wilcher#36 · Mike Wilcher · aggregate +1.47154. Guman#154 · Mike Guman · aggregate +0.9343. Collins#43 · Jim Collins · aggregate +0.90Collins +0.997. Newsome#97 · Vince Newsome · aggregate +0.8617. Johnson#17 · Johnnie Johnson · aggregate +0.742. Dickerson#2 · Eric Dickerson · aggregate +0.64176. Collins#176 · Kirk Collins · aggregate +0.169. Owens#9 · Mel Owens · aggregate +0.04134. Grant#134 · Otis Grant · aggregate -0.03175. Battle#175 · Ron Battle · aggregate -0.10171. Simmons#171 · Jeff Simmons · aggregate -0.3882. Murphy#82 · Phil Murphy · aggregate -0.44181. Shearin#181 · Joe Shearin · aggregate -0.4458. Thomas#58 · Jewerl Thomas · aggregate -0.46158. Daniels#158 · William Daniels · aggregate -0.4750. Pankey#50 · Irv Pankey · aggregate -0.48133. Stephens#133 · Hal Stephens · aggregate -0.48118. Barnett#118 · Doug Barnett · aggregate -0.5887. Nelson#87 · Chuck Nelson · aggregate -0.58188. Radachowsky#188 · George Radachowsky · aggregate -0.64145. Locklin#145 · Kerry Locklin · aggregate -0.67144. Kowalski#144 · Gary Kowalski · aggregate -0.84117. Kersten#117 · Wally Kersten · aggregate -0.8563. Meisner#63 · Greg Meisner · aggregate -0.9466. Cobb#66 · Robert Cobb · aggregate -0.9488. Gaylord#88 · Jeff Gaylord · aggregate -1.03190. Clark#190 · Mike Clark · aggregate -1.08192. Ellis#192 · Gerry Ellis · aggregate -1.2267. Bechtold#67 · Bill Bechtold · aggregate -1.24104. Lilja#104 · George Lilja · aggregate -1.6114. Redden#14 · Barry Redden · aggregate -2.63Redden -2.6

Incremental contribution by season

-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+61980 · LeRoy Irvin · incremental +0.261980 · Kirk Collins · incremental -0.031980 · Mike Guman · incremental -0.111980 · Jewerl Thomas · incremental -0.451980 · Phil Murphy · incremental -0.541980 · Johnnie Johnson · incremental -1.591980 · Gerry Ellis · incremental -1.931980 · Irv Pankey · incremental -3.081981 · Kirk Collins · incremental +0.121981 · Irv Pankey · incremental +0.191981 · Mike Guman · incremental +0.251981 · Johnnie Johnson · incremental +0.371981 · LeRoy Irvin · incremental +2.531981 · Phil Murphy · incremental -0.111981 · Jewerl Thomas · incremental -0.141981 · Jim Collins · incremental -0.281981 · Ron Battle · incremental -0.281981 · William Daniels · incremental -0.821981 · Greg Meisner · incremental -0.821981 · George Lilja · incremental -0.971981 · Robert Cobb · incremental -1.511981 · Mel Owens · incremental -1.691981 · Mike Clark · incremental -1.761982 · Jim Collins · incremental +0.051982 · Mel Owens · incremental +0.061982 · Kirk Collins · incremental +0.071982 · LeRoy Irvin · incremental +0.141982 · Irv Pankey · incremental +0.151982 · Johnnie Johnson · incremental +0.221982 · Mike Guman · incremental +0.271982 · Greg Meisner · incremental -0.011982 · Joe Shearin · incremental -0.041982 · Ron Battle · incremental -0.051982 · Jewerl Thomas · incremental -0.071982 · Doug Barnett · incremental -0.641982 · Kerry Locklin · incremental -1.221982 · Wally Kersten · incremental -1.371982 · George Lilja · incremental -1.551982 · Jeff Gaylord · incremental -1.671982 · Barry Redden · incremental -1.801982 · Bill Bechtold · incremental -1.991983 · Kirk Collins · incremental +0.041983 · Henry Ellard · incremental +0.061983 · Jim Collins · incremental +0.191983 · Mel Owens · incremental +0.261983 · Mike Guman · incremental +0.341983 · Johnnie Johnson · incremental +0.401983 · LeRoy Irvin · incremental +0.481983 · Eric Dickerson · incremental +0.671983 · Otis Grant · incremental -0.061983 · Doug Reed · incremental -0.121983 · Greg Meisner · incremental -0.141983 · Doug Barnett · incremental -0.261983 · Vince Newsome · incremental -0.261983 · Barry Redden · incremental -0.281983 · Joe Shearin · incremental -0.541983 · Mike Wilcher · incremental -0.641983 · Jeff Simmons · incremental -0.641983 · Chuck Nelson · incremental -1.021983 · Gary Kowalski · incremental -1.321984 · Otis Grant · incremental +0.071984 · Doug Reed · incremental +0.151984 · Johnnie Johnson · incremental +0.171984 · Irv Pankey · incremental +0.181984 · Vince Newsome · incremental +0.241984 · Mike Wilcher · incremental +0.251984 · Mel Owens · incremental +0.261984 · Jim Collins · incremental +0.271984 · Mike Guman · incremental +0.341984 · LeRoy Irvin · incremental +0.561984 · Eric Dickerson · incremental +0.661984 · Henry Ellard · incremental +0.701984 · Joe Shearin · incremental -0.051984 · Barry Redden · incremental -0.201984 · Greg Meisner · incremental -0.251984 · Hal Stephens · incremental -0.831984 · George Radachowsky · incremental -1.091985 · Greg Meisner · incremental +0.041985 · Mike Guman · incremental +0.101985 · Vince Newsome · incremental +0.171985 · Irv Pankey · incremental +0.211985 · Henry Ellard · incremental +0.241985 · Mel Owens · incremental +0.251985 · Johnnie Johnson · incremental +0.361985 · Mike Wilcher · incremental +0.471985 · Doug Reed · incremental +0.681985 · Jim Collins · incremental +0.841985 · LeRoy Irvin · incremental +1.471985 · Eric Dickerson · incremental -0.361985 · Barry Redden · incremental -0.491986 · Greg Meisner · incremental +0.021986 · Henry Ellard · incremental +0.121986 · Mike Guman · incremental +0.171986 · Johnnie Johnson · incremental +0.211986 · Irv Pankey · incremental +0.241986 · Mel Owens · incremental +0.261986 · Vince Newsome · incremental +0.311986 · Mike Wilcher · incremental +0.471986 · Doug Reed · incremental +0.491986 · Eric Dickerson · incremental +0.681986 · LeRoy Irvin · incremental +3.521986 · Barry Redden · incremental -1.451987 · Johnnie Johnson · incremental +0.161987 · Vince Newsome · incremental +0.171987 · Irv Pankey · incremental +0.181987 · Jim Collins · incremental +0.191987 · Mel Owens · incremental +0.191987 · Henry Ellard · incremental +0.211987 · Mike Guman · incremental +0.251987 · LeRoy Irvin · incremental +0.311987 · Mike Wilcher · incremental +0.351987 · Doug Reed · incremental +0.481987 · Eric Dickerson · incremental -0.071987 · Greg Meisner · incremental -0.221988 · Mike Guman · incremental +0.011988 · Greg Meisner · incremental +0.031988 · Jim Collins · incremental +0.051988 · Mel Owens · incremental +0.091988 · Vince Newsome · incremental +0.141988 · Irv Pankey · incremental +0.251988 · Johnnie Johnson · incremental +0.401988 · Mike Wilcher · incremental +0.471988 · LeRoy Irvin · incremental +0.561988 · Doug Reed · incremental +0.661988 · Henry Ellard · incremental +0.741989 · Mel Owens · incremental +0.211989 · Irv Pankey · incremental +0.221989 · Vince Newsome · incremental +0.351989 · LeRoy Irvin · incremental +0.351989 · Mike Wilcher · incremental +0.441989 · Doug Reed · incremental +0.451989 · Henry Ellard · incremental -0.091990 · Irv Pankey · incremental +0.251990 · Henry Ellard · incremental +0.271990 · Vince Newsome · incremental +0.351990 · Mike Wilcher · incremental +0.421990 · Doug Reed · incremental +0.631991 · Henry Ellard · incremental +0.241992 · Henry Ellard · incremental +0.221993 · Henry Ellard · incremental +0.25Johnson -1.6Ellis -1.9Pankey -3.1Irvin +2.5Collins -0.3Cobb -1.5Owens -1.7Clark -1.8Collins +0.1Lilja -1.6Gaylord -1.7Redden -1.8Bechtold -2.0Collins +0.2Collins +0.3Collins +0.8Irvin +3.5Collins +0.2Collins +0.119808 players198115 players198218 players198319 players198417 players198513 players198612 players198712 players198811 players19897 players19905 players19911 player19921 player19931 player
Above expectationBelow expectationJim CollinsGM total -2.0Jim Collins by season +1.3

How much retained production did Jim Collins return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: LBs drafted within ±5 picks of Jim Collins since 2010 (17 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-1.5-1-0.50+0.5+1+1.5+2+2.5Model value above slot47. WagnerBobby Wagner · model value +2.9+2.947. WashingtonDaryl Washington · model value +143. CollinsJim Collins · model value +0.5+0.540. MisiKoa Misi · model value +0.446. KendricksMychal Kendricks · model value +0.346. AlonsoKiko Alonso · model value +0.139. AyersAkeem Ayers · model value -0.145. CooperEdgerrin Cooper · model value -0.245. MinterKevin Minter · model value -0.340. CarterBruce Carter · model value -0.342. ReedBrooks Reed · model value -0.338. Te'oManti Te'o · model value -0.443. KindleSergio Kindle · model value -0.647. MurphyTrent Murphy · model value -0.745. OjaboDavid Ojabo · model value -0.743. TavaiJahlani Tavai · model value -0.838. BranchAndre Branch · model value -0.940. NoyKyle Van Noy · model value -1.6
Jim CollinsSlot-similar peers (17)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'82'84'86'88'8901735526901Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (9 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1981LAR700
1982LAR632
1983LAR16137
1984LAR161613·
1985LAR161612
1986000
1987LAR15156
1988LAR442
1989LAC1322

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