Nico Collins

WR · HOU · 2021–2026

Born March 19, 1999 · College Michigan · Drafted 2021, round 3, pick 89 (HOU) · 6-4, 222 lb

Pro Bowl ×2 (2024, 2025)

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2023	HOU	15	1	7	0	7.00	+0.346	100.0	+0.3	+0.00
2023 playoffs	HOU	2	1	4	0	4.00	−0.115	0.0	−0.1	−0.01
2025	HOU	15	2	15	1	7.50	+0.998	100.0	+2.0	+0.05
2026	HOU	6	2	12	0	6.00	+0.638	100.0	+1.3	+0.03
Career	HOU	72	5	34	1	6.80	+0.724	100.0	+3.6	+0.08

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2021	HOU	14	60	33	448	1	55.0	−0.004	+0.149−0.018 to +0.317	13.3	10.6	−0.3	+0.06
2022	HOU	10	66	37	481	2	56.1	−0.020	+0.137−0.029 to +0.303	19.0	11.7	−1.3	+0.04
2023	HOU	15	109	80	1,297	8	73.4	+0.652	+0.393+0.239 to +0.546	22.1	10.9	+71.1	+1.56
2023 playoffs	HOU	2	17	11	164	1	64.7	+0.447		32.1	10.8	+7.6	+0.26
2024	HOU	12	99	68	1,006	7	68.7	+0.433	+0.326+0.169 to +0.482	24.8	10.9	+42.8	+1.34
2024 playoffs	HOU	2	16	12	203	1	75.0	+0.999		26.7	13.4	+16.0	+0.40
2025	HOU	15	120	71	1,117	6	59.2	+0.319	+0.300+0.149 to +0.450	24.6	12.7	+38.3	+1.00
2025 playoffs	HOU	1	7	3	21	0	42.9	−0.246		21.9	8.3	−1.7	−0.07
2026	HOU	6	39	28	384	4	71.8	+0.666	+0.310+0.135 to +0.485	20.2	12.0	+26.0	+0.60
Career	HOU	72	493	317	4,733	28	64.3	+0.358		20.8	11.5	+176.6	+4.59

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Forced fumbles
2021	HOU	14	1	0
2022	HOU	10	1	0
2023	HOU	15	1	1
2024	HOU	12	2	0
Career	HOU	72	5	1

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2024	Pro Bowl
2025	Pro Bowl

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2021	HOU	14	532	59.2	–	–
2022	HOU	10	438	71.8	–	–
2023	HOU	15	660	68.3	–	–
2023 playoffs	HOU	2	74	81.3	–	–
2024	HOU	12	500	66.9	–	–
2024 playoffs	HOU	2	118	85.5	–	–
2025	HOU	15	770	77.6	–	–
2025 playoffs	HOU	1	38	55.9	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	66	57.6	1	2.6	10	80.0
2023	109	77.1	3	3.6	16	43.8
2024	99	74.7	3	4.1	14	57.1
2025	120	62.5	2	2.7	20	50.0
2026	39	74.4	0	0.0	16	68.8

Game logs

2026 game log (6 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	vs BUF	L 31–36	1	7	+0.9	10	7	75	1	+4.9
4	2026-10-04	vs DAL	L 30–34	0	0	0.0	8	7	118	2	+9.4
5	2026-10-11	@ TEN	W 26–3	0	0	0.0	7	5	56	0	+4.5
6	2026-10-18	@ JAX	W 34–31	1	5	+0.4	5	3	74	0	+5.1
7	2026-10-25	vs NYG	L 21–27 OT	0	0	0.0	5	2	6	0	−3.8
9	2026-11-08	@ LAC	W 44–22	0	0	0.0	4	4	55	1	+5.9

2025 game log (16 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2025-09-07	@ LA	L 9–14	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	25	0	+0.4
2	2025-09-15	vs TB	L 19–20	0	0	0	0.0	9	3	52	1	−4.0
3	2025-09-21	@ JAX	L 10–17	0	0	0	0.0	11	8	104	1	+4.0
4	2025-09-28	vs TEN	W 26–0	0	0	0	0.0	6	4	79	0	+3.4
5	2025-10-05	@ BAL	W 44–10	1	8	0	+0.5	5	4	52	1	+5.2
7	2025-10-20	@ SEA	L 19–27	0	0	0	0.0	10	4	27	0	−6.5
9	2025-11-02	vs DEN	L 15–18	0	0	0	0.0	11	7	75	0	+4.1
10	2025-11-09	vs JAX	W 36–29	0	0	0	0.0	15	7	136	0	−3.2
11	2025-11-16	@ TEN	W 16–13	0	0	0	0.0	10	9	92	1	+7.8
12	2025-11-20	vs BUF	W 23–19	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	55	0	+3.1
13	2025-11-30	@ IND	W 20–16	1	7	1	+1.5	10	5	98	0	+6.2
14	2025-12-07	@ KC	W 20–10	0	0	0	0.0	8	4	121	0	+3.7
15	2025-12-14	vs ARI	W 40–20	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	85	2	+8.0
16	2025-12-21	vs LV	W 23–21	0	0	0	0.0	9	4	59	0	+1.7
17	2025-12-27	@ LAC	W 20–16	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	57	0	+4.3
P19	2026-01-12	@ PIT	W 30–6	0	0	0	0.0	7	3	21	0	−1.7

2024 game log (14 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ IND	W 29–27	8	6	117	0	+9.3	0
2	2024-09-15	vs CHI	W 19–13	10	8	135	1	+8.6	0
3	2024-09-22	@ MIN	L 7–34	10	4	86	0	−2.7	1
4	2024-09-29	vs JAX	W 24–20	15	12	151	1	+9.2	0
5	2024-10-06	vs BUF	W 23–20	2	2	78	1	+5.8	0
11	2024-11-18	@ DAL	W 34–10	7	4	54	0	−1.4	0
12	2024-11-24	vs TEN	L 27–32	9	5	92	1	+0.8	0
13	2024-12-01	@ JAX	W 23–20	11	8	119	0	+5.6	0
15	2024-12-15	vs MIA	W 20–12	6	4	17	2	+1.6	0
16	2024-12-21	@ KC	L 19–27	10	7	60	0	−2.5	1
17	2024-12-25	vs BAL	L 2–31	6	3	59	0	+4.3	0
18	2025-01-05	@ TEN	W 23–14	5	5	38	1	+4.2	0
P19	2025-01-11	vs LAC	W 32–12	8	7	122	1	+10.6	0
P20	2025-01-18	@ KC	L 14–23	8	5	81	0	+5.4	0

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	@ BAL	L 9–25	0	0	0.0	11	6	80	0	+3.8	0
2	2023-09-17	vs IND	L 20–31	0	0	0.0	9	7	146	1	+14.4	0
3	2023-09-24	@ JAX	W 37–17	0	0	0.0	3	2	34	0	+0.1	0
4	2023-10-01	vs PIT	W 30–6	0	0	0.0	9	7	168	2	+12.3	0
5	2023-10-08	@ ATL	L 19–21	0	0	0.0	4	3	39	0	+0.2	0
6	2023-10-15	vs NO	W 20–13	0	0	0.0	6	4	80	0	+3.6	1
8	2023-10-29	@ CAR	L 13–15	0	0	0.0	6	4	30	0	+0.4	0
9	2023-11-05	vs TB	W 39–37	0	0	0.0	5	3	54	1	+4.3	0
11	2023-11-19	vs ARI	W 21–16	0	0	0.0	11	7	65	0	−3.2	0
12	2023-11-26	vs JAX	L 21–24	0	0	0.0	9	7	104	1	+4.9	0
13	2023-12-03	vs DEN	W 22–17	0	0	0.0	12	9	191	1	+12.1	0
14	2023-12-10	@ NYJ	L 6–30	0	0	0.0	1	1	13	0	+1.4	0
16	2023-12-24	vs CLE	L 22–36	0	0	0.0	6	4	18	1	−2.4	0
17	2023-12-31	vs TEN	W 26–3	1	7	+0.3	8	7	80	0	+4.7	0
18	2024-01-06	@ IND	W 23–19	0	0	0.0	9	9	195	1	+14.5	0
P19	2024-01-13	vs CLE	W 45–14	1	4	−0.1	7	6	96	1	+6.3	0
P20	2024-01-20	@ BAL	L 10–34	0	0	0.0	10	5	68	0	+1.3	0

2022 game log (10 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs IND	T 20–20 OT	3	2	26	0	−2.1	0
2	2022-09-18	@ DEN	L 9–16	9	4	58	0	−1.4	0
3	2022-09-25	@ CHI	L 20–23	4	2	41	0	+1.7	0
4	2022-10-02	vs LAC	L 24–34	5	3	82	0	−1.8	1
5	2022-10-09	@ JAX	W 13–6	6	4	65	0	+2.8	0
7	2022-10-23	@ LV	L 20–38	3	3	33	0	+2.2	0
10	2022-11-13	@ NYG	L 16–24	10	5	49	1	+0.4	0
11	2022-11-20	vs WAS	L 10–23	7	5	48	0	+0.3	0
12	2022-11-27	@ MIA	L 15–30	9	6	44	0	−1.4	0
13	2022-12-04	vs CLE	L 14–27	10	3	35	1	−2.1	0

2021 game log (14 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs JAX	W 37–21	3	1	7	0	−1.1	0
2	2021-09-19	@ CLE	L 21–31	1	1	32	0	+2.2	0
6	2021-10-17	@ IND	L 3–31	6	4	44	0	−2.9	1
7	2021-10-24	@ ARI	L 5–31	5	2	28	0	−2.3	0
8	2021-10-31	vs LA	L 22–38	4	4	55	0	+4.1	0
9	2021-11-07	@ MIA	L 9–17	3	3	27	0	+2.3	0
11	2021-11-21	@ TEN	W 22–13	2	1	9	0	−0.4	0
12	2021-11-28	vs NYJ	L 14–21	5	2	28	0	−1.8	0
13	2021-12-05	vs IND	L 0–31	1	0	0	0	−2.3	0
14	2021-12-12	vs SEA	L 13–33	10	5	69	0	−0.7	0
15	2021-12-19	@ JAX	W 30–16	4	2	14	0	−1.3	0
16	2021-12-26	vs LAC	W 41–29	4	3	33	1	+5.4	0
17	2022-01-02	@ SF	L 7–23	5	2	35	0	−2.4	0
18	2022-01-09	vs TEN	L 25–28	7	3	67	0	+1.0	0