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 2018, along with Donovan Peoples-Jones and Tarik Black.

Nico Collins
Michigan Wolverines – No. 4
PositionWide receiver
ClassJunior
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolClay-Chalkville (Birmingham, AL)
Personal information
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight222 lb (101 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.
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