Todd Collins (linebacker)

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Todd Collins
No. 54, 59
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1970-05-27) May 27, 1970 (age 52)
New Market, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:248 lb (112 kg)
Career information
College: Carson–Newman
NFL Draft: 1992  / Round: 3 / Pick: 64
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:427
Sacks:3.5
Forced fumbles:4
Interceptions:2
Player stats at NFL.com

Todd Franklin Collins (born May 27, 1970) is a former National Football League linebacker. He started for the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI, and Super Bowl XXXIV for the Rams.

Collins was a champion in high school and college football. He led Jefferson County High School to the 1987 TSSAA AAA State Championship. Coming out of Jefferson County, Collins was a USA Today High School All-American. He received a scholarship to the University of Georgia, where his older brother Brent was already enrolled. Injury problems kept Todd off the field during the 1988 season, and he transferred to the University of Tennessee for one semester. Both Collins brothers subsequently ended up at Carson-Newman College, with whom they won the 1989 NAIA National Championship.

Collins was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1992 NFL Draft. [1] He left the Patriots for the Rams in 1999. Part of the compensation package the Patriots received from Rams included the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL draft, which the Patriots used to draft Tom Brady.

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References

  1. "1992 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.