L.J. Collier is a defensive lineman for the Arizona Cardinals whose 2025 season was largely lost to a knee injury.
L.J. Collier entered the NFL as a first-round pick out of TCU with the Seattle Seahawks before reviving his career in Arizona. The Cardinals have leaned on him as a rotational defensive end and run defender. His 2025 season was disrupted by injury after he re-signed in the offseason.
Path to the league
Collier played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. After his Seattle tenure he found a steadier role with the Arizona Cardinals.
Career highlights
Collier appeared in all 17 regular-season games for the Cardinals in 2024, the first time he had done so in his career, and finished with career highs of 29 total tackles and 3.5 sacks. He re-signed with Arizona on a one-year, $4 million contract on March 12, 2025.
2025 season
Collier's 2025 season was cut short by a knee injury suffered in the team's Week 2 win over the Carolina Panthers, and Arizona placed him on injured reserve on September 17. He was activated on December 24 ahead of the Week 17 matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Sources
- Wikipedia: L. J. Collier
- ESPN: L.J. Collier player page
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Defense
4 games played▶Defense · career
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | cardinals | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | cardinals | 17 | 29 | 13 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | cardinals | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | seahawks | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | seahawks | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | seahawks | 16 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | seahawks | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Defensive End
- Group
- defense
- College
- TCU
- Hometown
- Munday, TX, USA
- Age
- 30
- Status
- active
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