Collins was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers as the 36th overall pick of the 1974 NBA draft but spent his professional career in the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA).

[2] He transferred to Washington High School in Princess Anne, Maryland, where he led the team to a 19–0 record during the 1970–71 regular season.

[5] Collins was inducted into the Maryland Eastern Shore Athletics Hall of Fame twice: as a member of the 1973–74 NIT team in 2004 and individually in 2010.

[9] Collins played one game for the Scranton Apollos of the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) during the 1974–75 season.

[10] He played alongside his Hawks teammate, Billy Gordon, in the Urban Coalition League of Washington, D.C., in 1975.