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Nico Collins

Houston Texans#125 yrs expMichigan76 · 222 lb
93Form
98Established
Elite creator#16 of 151 wide receivers
Games17last 17
Targets1287.5 a game
Catches8163% caught
Yards124173 a game
TDs8
Skill profile · last 17 games · vs 151 wide receivers

Elite hands, weak separation

Each axis is a percentile against every qualified wide receiver over the same window. The dashed white shape is the position average; the gold ring marks elite (90th percentile).

Volume: 81th percentileDepth: 71th percentileSeparation: 0th percentileAfter the catch: 74th percentileHands: 96th percentileEfficiency: 91th percentileVolume81stDepth71stSeparation0thAfter the catch74thHands96thEfficiency91st
CollinsPosition averageElite, 90th
VolumeAbove avgshare of team targets
22.2%81st pct
DepthAbove avgavg depth of target
13.0 yd71st pct
SeparationBelow avgyards of separation at the catch
1.93 yd0th pct
After the catchAbove avgYAC over expected per catch
+0.9 yd74th pct
HandsElitedrop rate
0.8% drops96th pct
EfficiencyEliteEPA per target
+0.4891st pct
F&D score · current form, last 17 games

93: elite creator

One number for how well Collins has actually played lately, not a talent rating. 70% is the skill profile, weighted towards efficiency; the rest is how steady his games are and whether he still produces against the better defences. Ranked against every qualified wide receiver; 99 is the best. Over the last three seasons he scores 98 (#3 of 121).

Contributionthe skill profile, efficiency-weighted
72
Consistencyhow steady game to game
97
Holds up vs good Doutput against the tougher half
4
Trend, last 6 gamesRising
Schedule facedTough

Trend and schedule are shown for context but kept out of the number: over a handful of games they're mostly noise.

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The matchup · week 10 · HOU at CLE

Where Collins can hurt the Browns

How he gets his production, set against how the Browns have held up in their last 17 games. Ranks are of 32.

Nico Collins · against CLE

No obvious soft spot

Profile

Where his targets come from

Share of his targets. The white tick is the league average.

Short (under 10)
41%
Intermediate
40%
Deep (20+)
19%
Left side
34%
Middle
28%
Right side
38%

How CLE defend it

Ranked of 32, last 17 games. Green is a weakness to attack.

Short (under 10)
6th
Intermediate
12th
Deep (20+)
2nd
Left side
2nd
Middle
23rd
Right side
6th
Yards after catch allowed
14th
Sack rate forced
4th
The read
  1. Cleveland are mid-table or better at every depth over their last 17 games. Collins's likeliest route is intermediate throws (40% of his targets), where they rank 12th.
  2. Work the middle: 28% of his targets go that way and Cleveland rank 23rd defending throws there.
  3. Contested catches aren't his edge this week: he's 0th percentile for separation and 96th for hands, and Denzel Ward, Tyson Campbell and Mekhi Blackmon all allow fewer yards per target than the average corner (7.4).
  4. Free data doesn't show who covers whom on each snap, so this is the defence's profile, not a confirmed one-on-one.

CLE's corners, last 17 games

Who is likely to see him. Free data doesn't say who covers whom on each snap, so this is the group, not a confirmed matchup.

CornerTargetsYds / targetCatch %Depth facedRating
Myles Harden767.563%8.493
Denzel Ward734.544%10.865
Tyson Campbell697.361%11.588
Mekhi Blackmon185.144%13.962

The average corner allows 7.4 yards per target. Red is tighter than average, green is looser.

Full game preview
Floor and ceiling

How his games are spread

0–9 yds: 1 games010–19 yds: 0 games20–29 yds: 1 games2030–39 yds: 0 games40–49 yds: 0 games4050–59 yds: 6 games60–69 yds: 0 games6070–79 yds: 3 games80–89 yds: 1 games8090–99 yds: 2 games100–109 yds: 0 games100110–119 yds: 1 games120–129 yds: 1 games120130–139 yds: 1 games
15/17games with 40+ yds
9/17games with 60+ yds
6/17games with 80+ yds
3/17games with 100+ yds
Role

Game by game

avg 7.5 targets25 wk 5: 525 wk 7: 1025 wk 9: 1125 wk 10: 1525 wk 11: 1025 wk 12: 325 wk 13: 1025 wk 14: 825 wk 15: 425 wk 16: 925 wk 17: 426 wk 1: 1026 wk 4: 826 wk 5: 726 wk 6: 526 wk 7: 526 wk 9: 425 wk 526 wk 9
Game log · last 17

Every game

GameOpponentTgtRecYdsTDAir ydsEPA
26 wk 9LAC4455133+5.9
26 wk 7NYG526049-3.8
26 wk 6JAX5374073+5.1
26 wk 5TEN7556082+4.5
26 wk 4DAL871182112+9.4
26 wk 1BUF107751120+4.9
25 wk 17LAC4357057+4.3
25 wk 16LV94590153+1.7
25 wk 15ARI4385235+8.0
25 wk 14KC841210129+3.7
25 wk 13IND105980180+6.2
25 wk 12BUF3355036+3.1
25 wk 11TEN109921104+7.8
25 wk 10JAX1571360188-2.1
25 wk 9DEN117750148+4.1
25 wk 7SEA104270102-6.5
25 wk 5BAL5452164+5.2