Andre Collins
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born | May 4, 1968 Riverside Township, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Cinnaminson (NJ) | ||||||||
| College | Penn State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1990: 2nd round, 46th overall pick | ||||||||
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Andre Pierre Collins (born May 4, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He started in Super Bowl XXVI for the Washington Redskins. Collins currently serves as director of retired players for the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), where he works to ensure retirees make successful post-football transitions.[1]
A standout inside linebacker playing college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, Collins was named a 1989 All-American and a Butkus Award finalist. He attended Cinnaminson High School in Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey.[2] Collins was in the first group of inductees to the Cinnaminson High School Athletics Hall of Fame.[3] He was selected by Washington in the second round of the 1990 NFL draft.[4]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | ||||
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| 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in (1.87 m) |
224 lb (102 kg) |
31+3⁄8 in (0.80 m) |
10+3⁄8 in (0.26 m) |
4.76 s | 1.70 s | 2.72 s | 4.33 s | 34.5 in (0.88 m) | ||||
| All values from NFL Combine[5] | ||||||||||||
Collins earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Policy and Administration from Penn State in 1991.
References
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- ^ Andre Collins profile, Database Football. Accessed July 19, 2007.
- ^ "Bengals Linebacker Leads Cinnaminson Hall-of-fame List," 8 Oct 1997, by Beth Onufrak; [1]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- "Andre Collins, Transition Player" Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, NFL Players Association website, July 16, 2004.
- 1968 births
- Living people
- American football linebackers
- Chicago Bears players
- Cincinnati Bengals players
- Cinnaminson High School alumni
- Detroit Lions players
- Penn State Nittany Lions football players
- Sportspeople from Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey
- People from Riverside Township, New Jersey
- Players of American football from Burlington County, New Jersey
- Washington Redskins players
- Gaziantep Basketbol players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football linebacker, 1960s birth stubs