Many people expected Landon Collins to make a leap in his second season, but they didn't know it would be this high.



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The Giants' second-year safety dominated on one of the most dominant defenses in the NFL, and for that, he has been named the "Breakout Player of 2016" by Pro Football Focus. In 2016, Collins again led his team with 125 tackles, a franchise record for a safety.

The 23-year-old also had 4.0 sacks, five interceptions (one he returned for a touchdown), 13 passes defensed, nine tackles for loss, and a fumble recovery. He was twice named NFC Defensive Player of the Week and was the conference's Defensive Player of the Month for November while becoming the only player in league history to have at least 100 solo tackles, 2.0 sacks, five interceptions, and 12 passes defensed in a season.

That's the type of production general manager Jerry Reese and his staff envisioned when they traded up to select the Alabama product with the first pick of the second round in the 2015 NFL Draft.