La’el Collins was born on July 26, 1993 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He played his collegiate career at LSU where he won the Jacobs Blocking award in 2014, which recognizes the top offensive lineman in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). La’el Collins is a starting left guard in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys, who signed him as an undrafted free agent after the completion of the 2015 NFL Draft.
Snubbed. That’s the best way to describe Cowboys right tackle La’el Collins in 2019. The young tackle had by far his best season to date, putting himself in the category of those other elite linemen (Zack Martin and Tyron Smith) across the Cowboys offensive line. In fact, at … Read more
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If the 2020 season happens, many Dallas Cowboys will be hoping for their first trip to the annual Pro Bowl. One NFL writer wisely projected that Offensive Tackle La’el Collins is Dallas’ best candidate to be a first-timer. Who would be some other strong candidates from the Cowboys … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys had the top-ranked offense in the NFL in 2019. Dak Prescott nearly set a franchise record with 4,902 yards passing (2nd in the NFL), Ezekiel Elliott rushed for 1,357 yards (4th in the NFL), and Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup each went over 1,100 yards. … Read more
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After giving Dak Prescott the franchise tag, and re-signing Amari Cooper to a lucrative five year contract, the Cowboys went to two of their team leaders to open up more cap space for the 2020 season. Per Field Yates, both Ezekiel Elliott and La’el Collins restructured their deals … Read more
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The 2019 season came to a close on Sunday night as the world watched the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 to win their first Super Bowl in 50 years. While most of the NFL world has already moved onto the business of retooling, rebuilding, … Read more
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Back in September, just before the start of the regular season, the Dallas Cowboys gave Right Tackle La’el Collins a five-year extension on his contract worth $50 million. It was a bit of a surprise at the time, but the Cowboys look like geniuses now after Collins’ strong … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys 2019 season has been an utter disappointment, even for someone like me who chooses to typically look on the positive side of things. They entered the year with high expectations, quite possibly with Super Bowl aspirations, but failed miserably to live up to that billing. … Read more
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The NFL released the initial Pro Bowl rosters as voted on by the fans and the players and while the Dallas Cowboys had four players make the 2020 Pro Bowl, it was the players who didn’t make it that came as a surprise. Dak Prescott and La’el Collins, … Read more
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Once upon a time, the Dallas Cowboys offensive line was considered by most to be the best unit of it’s kind league-wide. This reputation was built mainly on their ability to open up huge holes for All-Pro Ezekiel Elliott who ran his way to two rushing titles in … Read more
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It’s been a really hard and disappointing few weeks for the Dallas Cowboys. Heading into the week 12 game against the New England Patriots the Sunday before Thanksgiving, there was a lot of optimism surrounding this team. Heading to Massachusetts for the Sunday afternoon affair, many thought the … Read more
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Thursday night’s matchup between the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys was not only an important matchup between two clubs that were then 6-6. It featured a rematch of a 2017 matchup in the trenches between All-Pro edge rusher Khalil Mack who was then with the Oakland Raiders … Read more
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Missing Tyron Smith last week as a significant factor in the Dallas Cowboys’ loss to the Green Bay Packers. Losing La’el Collins midway through the game certainly didn’t help, either. Thankfully, the Cowboys may be getting both starting offensive tackles back this week when they face the New … Read more
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The Dallas Cowboys just got a bit of good news today in the midst of a number of injuries mounting on the roster. According to ESPN’s Todd Archer, Right Tackle La’el Collins is expected to play Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. While left tackle Tyron Smith is … Read more
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In need of a bounceback win this week when the Dallas Cowboys host the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, the team is dealing with some injuries along the offensive line. It should come as no surprise that the Dallas Cowboys will be without Left Tackle Tyron Smith after … Read more
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While nearly all of us were anxiously awaiting news that the Dallas Cowboys and Ezekiel Elliott had finally mutually agreed-upon a contract extension, an extension agreement with Right Tackle La’el Collins surprisingly materialized. As Gomer Pyle would say “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise… Gall-lee“. I don’t think anyone outside of the Cowboys … Read more
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Heading into the 2019 NFL Draft, one of the position groups the Dallas Cowboys needed to address was the offensive line. A lot of the focus was at tackle, where it was a fairly deep group because the Cowboys were likely to lose their starting right tackle in … Read more
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The biggest story surrounding the Dallas Cowboys remains the contract negotiation the team is in the middle of with star Running Back Ezekiel Elliott. Per a report from Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports, the team is close to reaching an agreement on a contract extension with yet another … Read more
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In just a few days the Dallas Cowboys will be taking hedge trimmers to the 90-man roster in hopes of forming it into a beautifully constructed 53-man roster that they’ll put on display for the rest of the NFL. With the 2019 squad looking like the deepest team … Read more
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For the last half-decade, the Dallas Cowboys have built their team through running the football with a dominant offensive line. All-Pro Left Tackle Tyron Smith is the elder statesman of the group, causing long Sundays for right-side defensive ends since 2011. All-Pro Center Travis Frederick came in 2013, … Read more
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How good is La’el Collins? This is a question that Cowboys fans have disagreed on since his rookie season. Collins, who originally joined the team as their left guard replacing an injured Ronald Leary in 2015, moved out to right tackle in 2017, starting all 32 games there … Read more
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