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Dan Albano. Sports HS Reporter.

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Mater Dei wide receiver AJ Collins (6-5, 195) is back from injury, and college recruiters have noticed.

The senior-to-be has picked up his first scholarship offer courtesy of North Texas of Conference USA, he announced on Twitter.

Collins suffered a season-ending ankle injury last fall against St. John Bosco but has shown steady progress this summer in returning to form. He has used his size and hands to become a main target.

“I feel a lot better,” Collins said after the Air Strike tournament at Dana Hills in late May. “I’ve worked countless times at school with coaches trying to get back to the way I was and I feel like it’s starting to pay off.”

Collins is part of a loaded receiving corp at Mater Dei that includes C.J. Parks and the St. Brown brothers among others.

Please send football recruiting news to Dan Albano at dalbano@ocregister.com