Ferric Collons

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Ferric Collons
Date of birth (1969-12-04) December 4, 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, U.S.
Career information
Position(s) Defensive end
US college California
Career history
As player
1992–1993 Los Angeles Raiders
1995* Jacksonville Jaguars
1995* Green Bay Packers
1995–1999 New England Patriots
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career stats

Ferric Collons (born December 4, 1969) is a former American football player for the California Golden Bears (1987-1991) and New England Patriots (1995-1999).

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Early years

Collons was born in 1969 at Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County, Illinois. He attended Jesuit High School in the suburbs of Sacramento, California, and then enrolled at the University of California. He played college football for Cal from 1987 to 1991. [2]

Professional football

Collons was not selected in the 1992 NFL draft and worked for the next two years as a bar bouncer and for the United Parcel Service. He was a practice squad player for the Los Angeles Raiders in 1992. [3] He returned to the Raiders in 1994, but he was cut before the regular season. [4] He was one of the first players signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1994 but was released and then claimed briefly by the Atlanta Falcons. [4] He signed with the Green Bay Packers in 1995 and played for the Packers in preseason games. [3]

In August 1995, Collons was traded by the Packers to the New England Patriots. [4] He remained with the Patriots from 1995 to 1999. [5] [4] He was a member of the 1996 Patriots team that won the AFC championship and lost to the Packers in Super Bowl XXXI. [6] Collons sacked quarterback Brett Favre in the Super Bowl, and in April 1997, he signed a contract to play two more years for the Patriots for $1.25 million. [7] He was released by the Patriots after the 1998 season but returned in 1999 after signing a one-year free agent contract for the veteran minimum of $400,000. [8] Over five NFL seasons, Collons appeared in a total of 64 NFL games, 27 as a starter, and registered 7.5 sacks. [2]

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References

  1. "Ferric Collons". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Ferric Collons". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Avoiding the 9 to 5 lifestyle: Packers' Collons getting a shot". The Capital Times. August 17, 1995. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Damon Hack (January 10, 1997). "Answering the knock: Collons capitalizes on opporunity [sic] in NFL". The Sacramento Bee. pp. E1, E7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Ferric Collons Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com .
  6. ↑ "Collons calls it 'a wonderful deal'". The Sacramento Bee. July 31, 1999. p. C9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Patriots keep Collons; match Eagles' offer". Intelligencer Journal. Associated Press. April 19, 1997. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Nick Cafardo (September 9, 1999). "Collons is welcomed back -- at reduced rate". The Boston Globe– via Newspapers.com.
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