Alex Collins (August 26, 1994 – August 13, 2023) was an American professional

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player who was a

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in the

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(NFL). He played

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for the

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and was selected by the

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in the fifth round of the

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with the 171st overall pick. He spent two seasons with the

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in 2017 and 2018 before re-signing by Seattle in 2020. He played one season with the

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of the

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(USFL).

Early life

Alex Collins was born on August 26, 1994, in

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. He attended

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in Fort Lauderdale where he was a

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, and track. He was named Broward County Player of the Year as a junior after rushing for 1,786 yards and 28

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s as the Paladins earned seven victories and qualified for the state playoffs. As a senior, he rushed for 1,400 yards and 14 touchdowns despite missing three games due to injury, helping South Plantation to nine wins, the district title and a berth in the 8A state playoffs. Following his senior season, he was selected to play in the Semper Fidelis

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Bowl, where he was teammates with fellow Arkansas signee Austin Allen. Also a talented sprinter, Collins ran the third leg on South Plantation's state-champion

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(41.98 s), leading to him being named the 2013 Broward County Male Athlete of the Year. Collins was ranked as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com and the 13th best

in his class. Collins committed to play

at the

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in February 2013. On signing day, Collins's mother provided some momentary drama, when she refused to sign the

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(LOI) for him to attend school at Arkansas, and then ran away with the LOI. She wanted Collins to stay close to home and attend the

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. The drama ended the next day when Arkansas head coach

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faxed another LOI to Collins, which was signed by his father.

College career

Collins played for the University of Arkansas from

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. He started his career as the first

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(SEC) history to rush for 300 yards in his first three games. Splitting time with Jonathan Williams, he finished the year with 1,026 rushing yards on 190 carries with four touchdowns. For his play he was named the 2013 SEC Freshman of the Year. In his sophomore season in

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, Collins ran for 1,100 yards and 12 touchdowns on 204 carries, while still splitting time with Williams. He also helped lead Arkansas to a

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victory over the

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. Williams went down with an injury before the 2015 season, so Collins became the featured back in Bret Bielema's offense. He started every game his junior year, and on November 7, 2015, with 108 yards against

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, Collins became only the third player in SEC history to rush for 1,000 plus yards in three seasons, joining

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and

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. Collins finished his junior season with a career-high 1,577 yards, and a school-record 20 rushing touchdowns. He was named second-team all-SEC, mostly because

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and

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outrushed him and were All-Americans. Collins led Arkansas to a Liberty Bowl victory over

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on January 2, 2016. He finished the 45–23 victory with 185 yards and three rushing touchdowns, earning MVP honors. Collins is second on the Razorback career rushing yards list (3,703), behind only Darren McFadden (4,590).

Statistics

Professional career

Pre-draft

On January 10, 2016, Collins penned an open letter to Arkansas fans announcing his intention to forgo his senior season and enter the

. He was projected to be third round pick and was ranked the third best running back by CBSSports.com prior to the combine. He attended the

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and completed nearly all of the required drills, but chose to not perform the

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due to a headache. His combine performance was described as underwhelming and mediocre. On March 16, 2016, Collins opted to participate at Arkansas'

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along with teammates Hunter Henry, Brandon Allen, Jonathan Williams, Denver Kirkland, Mitchell Loewen, Sebastian Tretola, and five others. He performed positional drills and added four inches to his vertical, finishing with a 32½. On April 12, 2016, it was reported that Collins had a pre-draft visit with representatives from the

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. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Collins was projected to be a third or fourth round pick by the majority of

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experts and analysts. He was ranked the fifth best running back in the draft by ''

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'' and

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. Collins was also ranked the tenth best running back by NFLDraftScout.com.

Seattle Seahawks (first stint)

2016

The

selected Collins in the fifth round (171st overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft. He was the 13th running back selected in the 2016 NFL Draft and one of three running backs the Seahawks drafted in 2016, along with C. J. Prosise (third round, 90th overall) and Zac Brooks (seventh round, 247th overall). His former teammate and backup at Arkansas, Jonathan Williams, was selected before him by the

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in the fifth round (156th overall). On May 6, 2016, Collins signed a four-year deal worth $2.2 million overall with a $184,000 bonus. Upon arriving at the Seahawks'

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, Collins began competing with

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, Prosise, Brooks, and Troymaine Pope for the role as the starting running back after it was left vacant by the retirement of

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. Collins had an impressive training camp was given a chance to showcase his abilities after Rawls missed the starts of training camp while still recovering from injury and Prosise missed a stretch of camp with a hamstring injury. After a mediocre preseason, head coach

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named Collins the fourth running back on the Seahawks' depth chart behind Michael, Rawls, and Prosise. He made his professional regular season debut in the Seahawks' Week 2 matchup against the

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, but had no gain on two carries in their 9–3 loss. The next week, Collins had 12 rushing yards on four carries and made the first two receptions of his career for 19 receiving yards in a 37–18 victory over the

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. He caught his first career pass from

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and gained nine-yards in the first quarter. On October 16, 2016, Collins had a nine-yard reception and one carry for a two-yard gain and the first touchdown of his career during Seattle's 26–24 defeat over the

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. Collins finished his rookie season with 31 carries for 125 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown, in 11 games. He also caught 11 passes for 84 receiving yards. Collins also had eight carries for rushing 27 yards and three receptions for 28 receiving yards in two playoff games. After a 10–5–1 season, the Seahawks finished atop the

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and received a playoff berth. On January 7, 2017, Collins had six carries for 13 rushing yards and one 11-yard reception in the Seahawks' 26–6 victory over the

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in the

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. They lost the following game to the Falcons by a score of 36–20 in the Divisional Round.

2017

Collins competed with Rawls,

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, Mike Davis, Prosise, and J. D. McKissic throughout training camp for the job as starting running back. On August 30, 2017, it was reported that the Seahawks were fielding trade offers for Collins and cornerback

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. The Seahawks had no role for Collins after Lacy, Rawls, and Prosise were slated to have the bulk of the carries. On September 2, 2017, Collins was waived by the Seahawks.

Baltimore Ravens

2017

On September 5, 2017, Collins was signed to the

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of the

. The Ravens signed Collins and former

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running back

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to provide depth after Kenneth Dixon tore his

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in training camp. On September 16, 2017, Collins was promoted to the active roster after

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was injured in the season-opener and was estimated to miss four-to-six weeks. Head coach

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named him the Ravens' third running back on the depth chart, behind Terrance West and Javorius Allen. The following day, Collins made his Ravens debut and had seven carries for 42 rushing yards and one fumble in the 24–10 victory over the

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. On October 10, 2017, Collins earned his first career start against the

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and finished the 26–9 loss with nine carries for 82 rushing yards and a fumble. During a Week 8 matchup against the

on ''

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'', he rushed for a career high of 113 yards on 18 carries and also caught two passes for 30 yards in the Ravens' 40–0 victory. Although Woodhead returned in Week 9, Collins remained the starting running back and maintained his carries. On November 19, 2017, Collins made his fifth consecutive start and rushed for 49 yards on 20 carries while also scoring his first rushing touchdown of the season on a three-yard run in the fourth quarter of a 23–0 defeat over the

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. He had seven consecutive games without a fumble after analysts criticized him for fumbling twice in three games and worried about his ball security moving forward. On November 27, 2017, he had 16 carries for 60 rushing yards and scored an eight-yard touchdown run in a 23–16 win against the

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. The following week, Collins had 75 rushing yards and 23 receiving yards to go along with a career-high two touchdowns in a 44–20 win over the

. In the next game, on '' Sunday Night Football'' against the Steelers, he ran the ball 18 times for 120 yards and a touchdown, as well as catching two passes for 46 yards, helping the Ravens total 152 yards on the ground. Despite what was arguably the best game of his career so far, the Steelers narrowly escaped with a win in the 39–38 shootout. Collins led the Ravens in rushing yards for the 2017 season with 973 yards, along with six rushing touchdowns.

2018

Collins entered the 2018 season slated as the Ravens starting running back. He started 10 games, recording 411 rushing yards and seven touchdowns along with 15 receptions for 105 yards and one touchdown. He was placed on

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on December 1, 2018, with a foot injury.

2019

On March 1, 2019, Collins was waived by the Ravens after he was arrested following a car crash that morning. On October 3, 2019, he pleaded guilty to possession of more than 10 grams of

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and possession of a handgun in a vehicle and received a sentence of 18 months of unsupervised probation. He was suspended three weeks by the NFL on November 1, 2019, for violating the league's personal conduct policy. He was reinstated from suspension on November 19, 2019.

Seattle Seahawks (second stint)

On November 4, 2020, Collins was signed to the Seahawks' practice squad. He was elevated to the active roster on November 7, 2020, November 14, 2020, and January 2, 2021, for the team's weeks 9, 10, and 17 games against the Bills, Rams, and 49ers, and reverted to the practice squad after each game. He scored a touchdown against the Rams. Against the 49ers, he ran the ball for 29 yards on five carries, including a game-sealing eight-yard touchdown run with less than two minutes left. He was elevated again for the team's Wild Card Round game against the Rams, and reverted to the practice squad again following the game. His practice squad contract with the team expired after the season on January 18, 2021. Collins re-signed with the team on February 24, 2021. In the 2021 season, Collins finished with 108 carries for 411 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns to go along with nine receptions for 87 receiving yards. He started six games.

Memphis Showboats

On January 14, 2023, Collins signed with the

of the

(USFL). On April 29, 2023, in a game against the

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, he threw a touchdown pass. Collins was placed on the team's injured reserve list on May 4.

Death

Collins was killed in a traffic collision in

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, on the evening of August 13, 2023, when the

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that he was riding crashed into the rear passenger side of an

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at high speed. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and it was later reported that he likely died instantly.

References

External links

Arkansas Razorbacks bio
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