Shawn Collins (born February 20, 1967) is a former professional

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

wide receiver in the

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. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round of the 1989 NFL Draft. He played college football at Northern Arizona. Collins also played for the

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and Frankfurt Galaxy. He played in the

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in 1995 for the

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and the

Memphis Mad Dogs The Memphis Mad Dogs were a Canadian football team that played the 1995 season in the Canadian Football League. The Mad Dogs were part of a failed attempt to expand the CFL into the United States. They played at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. ...

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1967 births Living people Players of American football from San Diego Players of Canadian football from San Diego American football wide receivers Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football players Atlanta Falcons players Cleveland Browns players Green Bay Packers players Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Frankfurt Galaxy players Iowa Barnstormers players Memphis Mad Dogs players Kearny High School (California) alumni {{widereceiver-1960s-stub