Ricky Collins

Ricky Collins Jr.
No. 3     Saskatchewan Roughriders

Collins playing for A&M–Commerce in 2014.
Date of birth (1992-03-05) March 5, 1992
Place of birth Tyler, Texas
Career information
Status Active
CFL status International
Position(s) Wide receiver
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg)
College Kilgore Junior College
Midwestern State
Texas A&M–Commerce
High school John Tyler High School
Career history
As player
2015 Green Bay Packers*
2016 Winnipeg Blue Bombers*
2016–present Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career stats
Receptions 48
Receiving yards 720
Receiving touchdowns 2
Return yards 192
Return touchdowns 0

Ricky Collins Jr. (born March 5, 1992) is a wide receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Kilgore Junior College, Midwestern State University, and Texas A&M University–Commerce.

High school career

Collins played high school football at John Tyler High School, in his hometown, Tyler, Texas. During his senior season he caught 44 passes for 1,053 yards and 13 touchdowns. He also ran the sprint relays in track for his high school.[1]

College career

Collins (3) in action against East Texas Baptist in 2014.

Collins begin his college career in 2010 at Kilgore Junior College; he had 34 receptions for 654 yards and 3 touchdowns during his freshman season.[1]

During his sophomore season in 2011 he continued at Kilgore and caught 50 passes for 571 yards with 6 touchdowns.[1][2]

After playing at Kilgore, Collins transferred to Midwestern State University for the 2012 season. He started in 2 out of the first 5 games and hauled in 7 passes for 98 yards, before walking away from football to care for his ill father.[3]

After the 2012 season, Collins transferred to Texas A&M University–Commerce but had to sit out a year as a redshirt and pay his own way through school due to the fact that Midwestern State had not released him to be transferred.[3]

After sitting out for the 2013 season, Collins was eligible to play in 2014 and caught 71 passes for 1,187 yards and 14 touchdowns. He currently holds the A&M–Commerce record for TD receptions in a season, which was previously held by his teammate Vernon Johnson. He helped lead a conference championship-winning A&M–Commerce team that led the nation in both average points per game (54.1) and average yards per game (535.4).[4] Collins also took part in the team's season-opening, record-breaking performance against East Texas Baptist, during which the offense produced 13 touchdowns, 98 points, and 986 total yards of offense.[5] After the season, he was awarded Lone Star Conference first team honors.[6]

After the 2014 season Collins was selected to compete in the College Gridiron Showcase.[7] He was projected to be drafted in the 6th or 7th round of the NFL Draft. However, one NFL scout said of Collins: "Good size and has talent but was in a very simple offense and I think he needs to come in as a free agent and prove he can take on a pro offense."[8]

NCAA stats

Receiving Rushing Passing Kick Return
Year Team G Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Att Yds Avg Lng TD Comp Att Yds TD Int Lng Pct Ret Yds Avg Lng TD
2012 Midwestern State 5 7 98 14.0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 Texas A&M–Commerce
Redshirt
2014 Texas A&M–Commerce 11 71 1187 16.7 77 14 1 -16 -16.0 -16 0 1 2 44 1 0 44 .50 1 19 19.0 19 0
Totals: 16 78 1285 16.5 77 14 1 -16 -16.0 -16 0 1 2 44 1 0 44 .50 1 19 19.0 19 0

[1][2]

Professional career

Green Bay Packers

After his 2014 season, Collins signed with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent.[3] He sustained an injury during minicamp and was placed on the physically unable to perform list entering training camp before the preseason.[9] Collins was cut by the Packers with an injury settlement just before the start of the 2015 preseason.[10]

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

On January 14, 2016, Collins was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.[11] He was released by the team on May 3, 2016.[12]

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Collins signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on May 29, 2016.[13] Collins got off to a great start in the 2016 season with his best performance coming in a week 3 game against the Edmonton Eskimos, where Collins caught 6 passes for 115 yards and 1 touchdown.[14] Collins was placed on the six-game injured reserve list on September 17, 2016.[15] Collins returned from injury in week 17 and had a big performance catching 7 passes for 113 passes and 1 touchdown against the Toronto Argonauts.[16] Collins finished his first season with 48 receptions for 720 yards and 2 touchdowns, he also had 8 kick returns for 151 yards and 4 punt returns for 41 yards giving him a total of 912 all-purpose yards for the season.

Canadian football statistics

Regular Season:

Receiving Kick Return Punt Return
Year Team G Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Ret Yds Avg Lng TD Ret Yds Avg Lng TD
2016 SSK 14 48 720 15.0 54 2 8 151 18.9 27 0 4 41 10.3 34 0
Totals: 14 48 720 15.0 54 2 8 151 18.9 27 0 4 41 10.3 34 0

[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ricky Collins - 2012 Football". Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  2. 1 2 "Ricky Collins - 2014 Football". Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sacrifices pay off for rookie receiver Collins". Packers News. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  4. ↑ "Six Lions Named Don Hansen's All-Region Team". Texas A&M-Commerce. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  5. ↑ "Lions Open Season in Record-Breaking Fashion Thursday". Texas A&M-Commerce. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  6. ↑ "Six Lions Earn First Team, Twenty-Six Total Honored by the Lone Star Conference". Texas A&M-Commerce. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  7. ↑ "Three Lions to Play In College Gridiron Showcase". Texas A&M-Commerce. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  8. ↑ "2015 NFL Draft Profile: Ricky Collins". NFL.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  9. ↑ Western, Evan "Tex". "The Packers put four players on the PUP & NFI lists today, but Jordy Nelson and Nick Perry aren't among them". Acme Packing Company. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  10. ↑ "Packers release WR Ricky Collins, who did not practice in training camp". Acme Packing Company. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  11. ↑ "Bombers add receiver Collins". Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  12. ↑ "JUNE 2016". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on June 13, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  13. ↑ "RIDERS TRANSACTION- MAY 29TH". riderville.com. May 29, 2016. Archived from the original on June 13, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  14. ↑ "2016-07-08 - Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Edmonton Eskimos (2287) Archives - Saskatchewan Roughriders". Saskatchewan Roughriders. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  15. ↑ "Roughriders hope third time's a charm against Eskimos | News Talk 650 CKOM". ckom.com. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  16. ↑ "2016-10-15 - Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Toronto Argonauts (2343) Archives - Saskatchewan Roughriders". Saskatchewan Roughriders. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  17. ↑ "Ricky Collins - CFL.ca". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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