Maliek Collins Slims Down, Tears it Up

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Mavric

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For Collins, progress this winter was dropping 15 pounds and reducing his body fat to less than 20 percent of his total weight. The 6-foot-2 Collins now weighs 298 pounds and has more definition in his upper body, the product, he said, of explosive-repetition training. That explosiveness has shown thus far in spring practice. It’s Collins’ first spring with the Huskers after finishing his true freshman season with 12 tackles and two tackles for loss.
Take Monday’s one-on-one pass rush drill pitting offensive and defensive linemen against one another. Collins paired off against three linemen in reps, appearing to win each. One of them even came at defensive end, where Pelini said he might use Collins if depth at the position remains thin in the fall.

Then on Wednesday, Collins — along with sophomore Vincent Valentine — helped blow up several of the top offense’s running plays toward the end of practice. Kaczenski was coaching the line between each rep, clapping and exhorting his men to play with technique and ferocity. Collins said Kaczenski’s relentless style of mentoring took some adjusting to when he arrived on campus last summer.
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OWH

 
Having Maliek and VV clogging up the inside gets me really excited. They are both big, but have very good athleticism and can make moves that a lot of DTs can't. If either one of them reaches their potential, they could be a scary tandem.

 
HeyBurke said:
Having Maliek and VV clogging up the inside gets me really excited. They are both big, but have very good athleticism and can make moves that a lot of DTs can't. If either one of them reaches their potential, they could be a scary tandem.
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Yeah, that's going to the out-of-context thread in the woodshed, sorry HeyBurke.
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I'm hoping that all this kool-aid leads to something tangible in the fall. Really excited with some of the things I'm hearing this spring from our defense.

 
BIGREDIOWAN said:
HeyBurke said:
Having Maliek and VV clogging up the inside gets me really excited. They are both big, but have very good athleticism and can make moves that a lot of DTs can't. If either one of them reaches their potential, they could be a scary tandem.
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Yeah, that's going to the out-of-context thread in the woodshed, sorry HeyBurke.
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I'm hoping that all this kool-aid leads to something tangible in the fall. Really excited with some of the things I'm hearing this spring from our defense.
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I don't even blame you. I knew as soon as I posted that that it came off really badly!

 
I have a feeling he is going to be a good one....I already saw flashes of awesome from him last year. I think he has the "it" factor they speak of....

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Hell we saw a LOT of potential from him as a Freshman. A toned, more athletic version is only that much scarier! His attitude as well just screams success for this kid.

 
theknife said:
The fact he can slide over to DE if needed is also fantastic news.
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Not that I want Gregory off the field but against teams that run a lot or certain situations, going McMullen, Curry, Valentine, Collins across the front line would be a lot of beef for other teams to have to move out of the way.

 
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