Player file
Nico Collins
WR Wide Receiver · Michigan · #12 · PRO
6' 4" · 222 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 27 · born 1999-03-19 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
HOU · active
Formal report: Practice: DNP · Game designation not reported. HOU official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-17 Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 6 NFL regular-season line(s) 2021–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#18 rec yds · 1 g2026where he ranks at Receiving yards among 151 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
1 car · 7 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 7 rec · 10 tgt · 75 rec yds · 1 rec TD2026 WR
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z2027Signed through
APY $30,000,000 · cap hit $14,939,529
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · HOU · WR · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 car · 7 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 7 rec · 10 tgt · 75 rec yds · 1 rec TDnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2027Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$30,000,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$14,939,529Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2028 · VoidOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2026 · HOU · WR · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 car · 7 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 7 rec · 10 tgt · 75 rec yds · 1 rec TD
- 2025 · HOU · WR · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 car · 15 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 71 rec · 120 tgt · 1,117 rec yds · 6 rec TD
- 2024 · HOU · WR · 12 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved68 rec · 99 tgt · 1,006 rec yds · 7 rec TD
- 2023 · HOU · WR · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 car · 7 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 80 rec · 109 tgt · 1,297 rec yds · 8 rec TD
- 2022 · HOU · WR · 10 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved37 rec · 66 tgt · 481 rec yds · 2 rec TD
- 2021 · HOU · WR · 14 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved33 rec · 60 tgt · 446 rec yds · 1 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · LAC at HOUDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-20 · LV at HOUDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · HOU at CARDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · BUF at HOUStarted. · 1 car, 7 yds, 0 TD · 7/10, 75 yds, 1 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2019 · Michigan · receiving37 rec · 729 yds · 7 TDHC Jim HarbaughCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2018 · Michigan · receiving38 rec · 632 yds · 6 TDHC Jim HarbaughCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2017 · Michigan · receiving3 rec · 27 yds · 0 TDHC Jim HarbaughCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 2021 Combine · WR · Michigan · 6-4 · 215 lb40 4.43 · bench 14 · vert 37.5" · broad 125" · 3-cone 6.78 · shuttle 4.29drafted 2021 · round 3 · Houston Texans
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
Weekly injury report
- Nico Collins2026-09-17 · Hamstring · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedHOU official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-17
- Nico Collins2026-09-16 · Hamstring · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedHOU official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-16
Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
Source not provisioned · no filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Awards
2× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 2 seasons started · career through 2026
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present
Reception Perception
- 2025 · 284 routesScreen 1.8% · Slant 22.2% · Curl 7% · Dig 24.6% · Post 5.3% · Nine 14.8% · Corner 4.6% · Out 8.8% · Comeback 1.1% · Flat 4.2% · Other 5.6%man 77.1% · zone 82.7% · press 82.8%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2024 · 284 routesScreen 4.6% · Slant 17.6% · Curl 4.9% · Dig 24.6% · Post 6.3% · Nine 12.7% · Corner 7.4% · Out 13% · Comeback 2.1% · Flat 2.5% · Other 4.2%man 77.5% · zone 82.1% · press 82.3%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2023 · 242 routesScreen 3.7% · Slant 21.1% · Curl 12% · Dig 19.8% · Post 10.3% · Nine 7.9% · Corner 4.1% · Out 12% · Comeback 3.3% · Flat 2.9% · Other 2.9%man 77.6% · zone 79.9% · press 82.5%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2022 · 227 routesScreen 2.6% · Slant 22.5% · Curl 18.1% · Dig 18.1% · Post 7% · Nine 14.5% · Corner 4.8% · Out 5.3% · Comeback 4% · Flat 1.3% · Other 1.8%man 71% · zone 75.8% · press 74.5%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2021 · 223 routesScreen 0.4% · Slant 20.6% · Curl 8.1% · Dig 25.6% · Post 4.9% · Nine 19.3% · Corner 3.6% · Out 8.5% · Comeback 5.4% · Flat 2.2% · Other 1.3%man 68% · zone 73.3% · press 71.9%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01