Nico Collins

Nico Collins is an American football wide receiver (WR) for the Michigan Wolverines. He was one of three highly-rated WR committed to play football at Michigan in 2017, along with Donovan Peoples-Jones and Tarik Black.

Nico Collins

Michigan Wolverines – No. 1
Position	Wide receiver
Class	Senior
Career history
College	Michigan (2017–2020)
Bowl games	2018 Outback Bowl 2018 Peach Bowl (December) 2020 Citrus Bowl 2021 Senior Bowl
High school	Clay-Chalkville (Birmingham, AL)
Personal information
Born:	March 19, 1999
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career highlights and awards
Team Most Improved Player (Offensive) Award (2018)

Early years

Collins was a wide receiver at Clay-Chalkville High School in Pinson, Alabama. As a junior, he caught 60 passes for 1,103 yards for 16 touchdowns. This was followed by a senior year with 43 passes for 865 yards and 9 touchdowns.[1] Collins was rated a 4-star recruit and no. 2 WR in Alabama by Scout.com, and a 4-star recruit and no. 5 player in Alabama by 247.com. On February 2, 2017, Collins committed to play football at Michigan over Georgia and Alabama.[2] In a 2019 interview just before the Citrus Bowl game against Alabama, Collins explained his decision to play for Michigan over Alabama, "Mainly, if you're recruited to Alabama, you go to Alabama. But I saw it as an opportunity to be different and I feel that's what I did. I feel like it was best for me."[3]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
Nico Collins WR	Birmingham, Alabama	Clay-Chalkville High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	4.50	Feb 1, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: 120  247Sports: 138  ESPN: 150
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Michigan Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 4, 2020. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 4, 2020. "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

College career

On October 12, 2017, Collins made his first collegiate reception on a 12 yard pass against Rutgers. As a freshman, he appeared in 2 games and had three receptions for 27 yards.

Collins had a breakout season in his sophomore year in 2018. He had a 51-yard catch against Maryland, a 47-yard catch against Penn State and four catches for a career high 91-yard and two touchdowns against Ohio State.[4] He ended the season as the most improved offensive player of the team with 38 receptions for 632 yards and 6 touchdowns.

On November 23, 2019, Collins had a career 146 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns against Indiana. Despite playing along Donovan Peoples-Jones, Tarik Black and Ronnie Bell, Collins was second on the team in receiving yards in 2019, with 729 yards from 37 receptions and had 7 touchdowns.

College statistics

Season	Team	Conf	G	Receiving				Rushing				Returns
				Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
2017	Michigan	Big Ten	2	3	27	9.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2018	Michigan	Big Ten	13	38	632	16.6	6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2019	Michigan	Big Ten	12	37	729	19.7	7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Career			27	78	1,388	17.8	13	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
All values from Sports Reference[5]

References

1. "Nico Collins - Football". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
2. Kirshner, Alex (2017-02-01). "4-star WR Collins picks Michigan over Bama, Georgia". SBNation.com. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
3. Casagr, Michael; Mcasagr, E. | (2019-12-30). "Why star Birmingham WR chose Michigan over Alabama". al. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
4. "Michigan WR Nico Collins can capitalize on breakout sophomore season". mlive. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
5. "Nico Collins College Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-01-03.