Nick Collins ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Collins in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Collins a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2005 | 22 | GB | 16 | — | 66 | 49 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 23 | GB | 16 | — | 73 | 58 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 24 | GB | 13 | — | 41 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 25 | GB | 16 | — | 66 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 26 | GB | 16 | — | 43 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 27 | GB | 16 | — | 56 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 28 | GB | 2 | — | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 95 | — | 354 | 284 | 70 | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 21 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
138 career value over replacement — #745 all-time of 4,695. 23/season above a replacement-level S.
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Pick #51 (Rd 2) · GB · 2005 · +29.4 vs expected KV-H
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