Player facts
- Team
Houston Texans- Position
- Wide Receiver
- Number
- 12
- Born
- Mar 19, 1999 (age 27)
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, AL, USA
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 222 lbs
- College
- Michigan
- Experience
- 6 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Offense
| REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 19 | 24 | 249 | 13.1 | 3 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 308 | 478 | 4,596 | 14.9 | 27 | 75 | 204 | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Advanced stats
2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.
| Plays | EPA/play | Success | CPOE | League rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | 30 targets | +0.80 | 67% | 5th of 94 |
Recent games
| Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST |
@  TEN | W 26-3 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  DAL | L 34-30 | 7 | 8 | 118 | 16.9 | 2 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  BUF | L 36-31 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 10.7 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 3 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Dominique Stephon "Nico" Collins (born March 19, 1999) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines and was selected by the Texans in the third round of the 2021 NFL draft.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nico Collins, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Collins was born and raised in Pinson, Alabama, the youngest of three children. His father, Don Collins, a Michigan native, worked as a surgical tech, and his mother worked in human resources. In his youth, Collins played AAU basketball. He attended Clay-Chalkville High School in Clay, Alabama, where he played wide receiver on the undefeated football team that won the 2014 Class 6A state championship. As a junior, he caught 60 passes for 1,103 yards and 16 touchdowns. As a senior, he had 43 receptions for 865 yards and 9 touchdowns. In February 2017, Collins committed to play football at Michigan over Georgia and Alabama. His paternal grandparents live near Buffalo, NY.
College career
In 2017, Collins enrolled at the University of Michigan. On October 12, 2017, Collins made his first collegiate reception on a 12 yard pass against Rutgers. As a freshman, he appeared in two games and had three receptions for 27 yards. He had a breakout season in his sophomore year of 2018, earning the Most Improved Offensive Player, finishing the season with 38 receptions for 632 yards and six touchdowns. In 2018 he had four catches for 91 yards and two touchdowns against Ohio State. On November 23, 2019, Collins had a career-best 165 receiving yards and three touchdowns against Indiana. Despite playing alongside Donovan Peoples-Jones, Tarik Black and Ronnie Bell, Collins was second on the team in receiving yards in 2019, with 37 receptions for 729 yards and seven touchdowns.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nico Collins, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
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Sources
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- 1WikipediaNico Collins on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Nico Collins