Todd Collins (quarterback)
Collins with the Redskins in 2007
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 5, 1971 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Walpole, Massachusetts | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 223 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Michigan | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 45 | ||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 22–24 |
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| Passing yards: | 4,547 |
| QB Rating: | 71.8 |
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Todd Steven Collins (born November 5, 1971) is a formerAmerican football quarterback. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 1995 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan.
Collins played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Redskins. After beginning his career as the heir apparent to Jim Kelly and largely failing in that position, he spent the rest of his NFL career as a backup quarterback, spending several years serving behind Elvis Grbac and Trent Green of the Chiefs. He holds the NFL record for longest gap between starts in post-merger history, ten years and two days. Collins is now the quarterbacks coach for the Walpole High School varsity football team.
Collins was born in Walpole, Massachusetts. Collins attended Walpole High School, located just a few miles from Foxboro, Massachusetts, the home of the New England Patriots. As a senior, he led his football team to a state championship, a feat that helped earn him SuperPrep All-America honors. He was named New England Player of the Year by the Boston Globe.
As a junior, he held a 10–0 record for the baseball team as a right-handed pitcher. Also that year, he guided his basketball squad to the state semifinals, garnering 18 points and 10 rebounds a game along the way.
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