Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
2017 Football Roster
Roster
Collins, Rosheem
Jersey Number 96
Rosheem Collins
- Position:
- DL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 303
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Waycross, GA
- High School:
- Ware County
Bio
2018 (Senior)
• Played in 14 games and had 11 starts
• Finished with a career-best 30 tackles, including 3.5 TFLs, a sack and three hurries
• Turned in three stops in win over UT-Martin
• Had three tackles and a hurry in win over FAU
• Also registered three stops at Marshall
• Collected three solo tackles at FIU
• Had four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs in win at ODU
• Added four stops and two hurries against WKU
• Had a sack at UTEP
2017 (Junior)
• Played in all 13 games and had five starts
• Finished with 18 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs
• Added five stops against FAU and had three in win over FIU
• Had three tackles against Marshall with 1.5 being TFLs
• Played a season-high 58 snaps against FAU
East Central CC
• Played two years as a defensive lineman at East Central
• Ranked eighth on the team in tackles with 26 stops in 2016 to go with 3.5 TFLs and a sack
• Had 18 tackles, including two TFLs as a freshman
High School
• Lettered in football at Ware County High School
• Earned first team all-state and all-region honors
• Named the defensive player of the year
• Played for Coach Franklin Stephens
Personal
• Full name: Rosheem Collins
• Parents: Gary Franklin and Jona Collins
• Born: 4/17/96
• Major: Liberal Studies
• Other: His uncle is Germayle Franklin who played for the Blue Raiders from 2002 to 2006
• Played in 14 games and had 11 starts
• Finished with a career-best 30 tackles, including 3.5 TFLs, a sack and three hurries
• Turned in three stops in win over UT-Martin
• Had three tackles and a hurry in win over FAU
• Also registered three stops at Marshall
• Collected three solo tackles at FIU
• Had four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs in win at ODU
• Added four stops and two hurries against WKU
• Had a sack at UTEP
2017 (Junior)
• Played in all 13 games and had five starts
• Finished with 18 tackles, including 2.5 TFLs
• Added five stops against FAU and had three in win over FIU
• Had three tackles against Marshall with 1.5 being TFLs
• Played a season-high 58 snaps against FAU
East Central CC
• Played two years as a defensive lineman at East Central
• Ranked eighth on the team in tackles with 26 stops in 2016 to go with 3.5 TFLs and a sack
• Had 18 tackles, including two TFLs as a freshman
High School
• Lettered in football at Ware County High School
• Earned first team all-state and all-region honors
• Named the defensive player of the year
• Played for Coach Franklin Stephens
Personal
• Full name: Rosheem Collins
• Parents: Gary Franklin and Jona Collins
• Born: 4/17/96
• Major: Liberal Studies
• Other: His uncle is Germayle Franklin who played for the Blue Raiders from 2002 to 2006
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