Freshman safety with a coach-approved, all-business edge
Trevon Collard arrives at Western Michigan in the 2026 season as a 6-foot, 170-pound freshman safety with a consensus three-star pedigree and a reputation for instincts, athleticism, and a no-nonsense approach[9][10][12]. He was a productive high school defender at De Smet, where he posted 53 tackles as a senior and earned two Second Team All-MCC selections, which suggests he can already bring reliability and range to the back end[10][11]. The intrigue here is his mentality: Western Michigan’s staff specifically praised his “all-business mindset,” and that kind of wire-to-wire focus tends to travel well to college football[10][11].
