Ricky Collins

He was a member of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL), the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, and Toronto Argonauts of the CFL, and the Brooklyn Bolts of the Fall Experimental Football League.

He started in 2 out of the first 5 games and hauled in 7 passes for 98 yards, before walking away from football to care for his ill father.

[4] He currently holds the A&M–Commerce record for touchdown receptions in a season, which was previously held by his teammate Vernon Johnson.

[3] He sustained an injury during minicamp and was placed on the physically unable to perform list entering training camp before the preseason.

[11] Collins joined the Brooklyn Bolts of the Fall Experimental Football League for the remainder of 2015.

On January 14, 2016, Collins was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.

[16] Collins returned from injury in Week 17 and had a big performance, catching 7 passes for 113 yards and 1 touchdown against the Toronto Argonauts.

Collins began the 2017 season on the six-game injured reserve list with a shoulder injury that he had sustained during the Week 1 match-up against the Montreal Alouettes.

[20] About a week after free agency began Collins signed with the BC Lions on February 22, 2018.

After the CFL canceled the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Collins chose to opt-out of his contract with the Eskimos on August 26, 2020.

Collins (3) in action against East Texas Baptist in 2014.