Collin's struggles began during his senior season at Leesville when the NCAA Clearinghouse declared that he would be required to retake his ACT Test.

On his third attempt, Collins failed to make the required score by one point and was forced to sit out his first year at LSU.

[1] Collins was selected as the first pick in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL draft by the Dolphins out of McNeese State University by then coach-general manager Jimmy Johnson.

[5] On December 16, 1999, Collins committed burglary in Palm Trace Landings, an apartment complex in Davie, Florida.

[10] During his prison sentence, Collins said he found God and married a woman he met while she was visiting another inmate.