Jamie Collins

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Jamie Collins
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Collins in the New England Patriots' dress (2014)
Detroit Lions - No. 58
Linebacker
Date of birth: October 20, 1989
Place of birth: McCall Creek , Mississippi
Height: 1.91 m Weight: 113 kg
NFL debut
2013 for the New England Patriots
Career
College : Southern Miss
NFL Draft : 2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52
 Teams:
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Tackles     576
Passes prevented     30th
Sacks     24.5
Interceptions     10
Forced fumbles     16
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Jamie Collins Sr. (* 20th October 1989 in McCall Creek , Mississippi ) is an American American football poker players on the position of linebackers in the National Football League (NFL). He was able to win the Super Bowl XLIX with the New England Patriots , moved to the Cleveland Browns and is currently playing again for the New England Patriots.

college

Collins, who showed athletic talent at an early age and was a member of the athletics team in high school , attended the University of Southern Mississippi and played for their team, the Golden Eagles, as defensive back college football , putting a total of 314 tackles and 21 , 0 Sacks was able to achieve. He also got three interceptions and three touchdowns .

NFL

New England Patriots

In the 2013 NFL Draft , he was selected in the second round as a total of 52nd by the New England Patriots . Initially mainly a Special Teamer , he was also increasingly used in defense during his rookie season , after Jerod Mayo even dropped out as a starter due to an injury . In 2014 he became an important pillar of his team, so he ran in Super Bowl XLIX , which the Patriots could win against the Seattle Seahawks , on every move of the defense. In 2015 Collins was called up to the Pro Bowl , although he had to pass four games due to illness .

Cleveland Browns

After seven games in the 2016 season, he was given to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a third round pick in the 2017 draft . In January 2017, he signed a four-year deal with the Browns worth $ 50 million . In order to gain leeway in the salary cap , the Browns released Collins in March 2019, despite convincing performances in the 2018 season , in which he led the Browns' defense with 104 tackles.

New England Patriots

He returned to the New England Patriots on May 16, 2019.

Detroit Lions

In March 2020, Collins signed a three-year deal with the Detroit Lions for $ 30 million .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ College statistics on sports-reference.com, accessed May 13, 2017
  2. Player biography ( memento of August 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on the Patriots homepage, accessed on April 19, 2019
  3. Report on NFL.com dated October 31, 2016, accessed May 13, 2017
  4. Report on NFL.com dated October 31, 2016, accessed May 13, 2017
  5. ^ NFL: New England Patriots bring back linebacker Jamie Collins. spox.com, May 16, 2019, accessed May 17, 2019 .
  6. Report on nbcsports.com from March 16, 2020, accessed on May 23, 2020