2013 All Southland Conference All-Academic Team2013 NSU Chris Waddell Award2012 Southland Conference All-Academic Team2011 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2014 Season: Started all 12 games at strong safety in his first season as a starter … fourth on the team with 66 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss … added one forced fumble (against Missouri State) and one recovered fumble (Sam Houston State) with an interception (against Nicholls) and four pass breakups … made a career-high 11 tackles against Baylor … added eight tackles each against McNeese State and Missouri State … had 10 games with at least four tackles.
2013 Season: Played in seven games, and started in two … season-high five tackles at McNeese State, three solo and two assists … three tackles and a fumble recovery against Southern … recorded tackles against Missouri State, Cincinnati and Langston.
2012 Season: Saw action in nine games… two tackles versus Nicholls State.
2011 Season: Redshirted.
High School: Lettered in three sports including soccer (4 years), football (3 years) and track (2 years) … led the football team to a playoff appearance in 2010 and the soccer team to two state playoff appearances in his sophomore and senior seasons … as a junior, he was named all-district second team in football and all-district first team in track (800 meters and 4 x 400 meters) … as a senior, selected first-team all-district in football, track and soccer and named defensive captain for the Chiefs … participated in Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and selected to the National Honor Society … graduated in 2011 with a 3.5 grade point average.
Personal: Born Oct. 28, 1992 … son of Danielle and Timothy Moran … one of six children, Cole (26), Christian (23), Connor (18), Ty (17), and Hall (9) … majoring in biology/pre-med with an anticipated graduation date in 2015 … plans to attend medical school and become a doctor after graduating … Collins aims to be an “awesome millionaire.”
| Collins' Career Stats |
| TACKLES |
| YEAR | G | T | A | TOT | TFL | S | FF | FR | INT | PBU | BLK |
| 2014 | 12 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 28 | 49 | 30 | 79 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 |
| GAME HIGHS |
| Tackles: 11 at Baylor, Sept. 6, 2014 |
| Tackles for loss: 1.5 vs. McNeese State, Nov. 1, 2014 |
| Interceptions: 1 vs. Nicholls, Nov. 15, 2014 |
