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Nico Collins

Houston Texans#125 yrs expMichigan76 · 222 lb
91Form
98Established
Elite creator#20 of 144 wide receivers
Games17last 17
Targets1408.2 a game
Catches8762% caught
Yards134179 a game
TDs9
Skill profile · last 17 games · vs 144 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: 89th percentileDepth: 73th percentileSeparation: 3th percentileAfter the catch: 75th percentileHands: 93th percentileEfficiency: 78th percentileVolume89thDepth73rdSeparation3rdAfter the catch75thHands93rdEfficiency78th
CollinsPosition averageElite, 90th
VolumeAbove avgshare of team targets
24.9%89th pct
DepthAbove avgavg depth of target
12.9 yd73rd pct
SeparationBelow avgyards of separation at the catch
2.10 yd3rd pct
After the catchAbove avgYAC over expected per catch
+1.0 yd75th pct
HandsElitedrop rate
0.7% drops93rd pct
EfficiencyAbove avgEPA per target
+0.4178th pct
F&D score · current form, last 17 games

91: 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
70
Consistencyhow steady game to game
94
Holds up vs good Doutput against the tougher half
2
Trend, last 6 gamesRising
Schedule facedSoft

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

Top wide receivers · F&D form now
Props · this week

This week's lines against his last 17

Each bar is a game; green cleared the line. "Market says" is the bookmaker's price with the margin taken out. Our own prop model is switched off until it passes a public audit, so this is history and the market, not a tip.

This week · draftkings

Receiving yards over 76.5

Cleared8/17
Market says50%
Price1.89
line 76.55210479522775136925598121855957751185617 games agolatest
This week · draftkings

Receptions over 5.5

Cleared6/17
Market says54%
Price1.75
line 5.53844477935434377517 games agolatest
The matchup · week 6 · HOU at JAX

Where Collins can hurt the Jaguars

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

Nico Collins · against JAX

No obvious soft spot

Profile

Where his targets come from

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

Short (under 10)
42%
Intermediate
38%
Deep (20+)
20%
Left side
34%
Middle
29%
Right side
36%

How JAX defend it

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

Short (under 10)
1st
Intermediate
9th
Deep (20+)
13th
Left side
2nd
Middle
7th
Right side
9th
Yards after catch allowed
2nd
Sack rate forced
26th
The read
  1. Jacksonville are mid-table or better at every depth over their last 17 games. Collins's likeliest route is deep balls (20% of his targets), where they rank 13th.
  2. Don't force short throws: they've been Collins's worst return (-0.02 EPA a target), and Jacksonville are 1st there.
  3. Contested catches aren't his edge this week: he's 3rd percentile for separation and 93rd for hands, and Jarrian Jones and Jourdan Lewis both 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.

JAX'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
Jarrian Jones826.555%9.870
Montaric Brown797.557%12.385
Greg Newsome II597.763%11.494
Jourdan Lewis495.963%7.693

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: 0 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: 1 games100110–119 yds: 1 games120–129 yds: 1 games120130–139 yds: 1 games
16/17games with 40+ yds
10/17games with 60+ yds
7/17games with 80+ yds
4/17games with 100+ yds
Role

Game by game

avg 8.2 targets25 wk 2: 925 wk 3: 1125 wk 4: 625 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: 725 wk 226 wk 5
Game log · last 17

Every game

GameOpponentTgtRecYdsTDAir ydsEPAOver 76.5
26 wk 5TEN7556082+4.5No
26 wk 4DAL871182112+9.4Yes
26 wk 1BUF107751120+4.9No
25 wk 17LAC4357057+4.3No
25 wk 16LV94590153+1.7No
25 wk 15ARI4385235+8.0Yes
25 wk 14KC841210129+3.7Yes
25 wk 13IND105980180+6.2Yes
25 wk 12BUF3355036+3.1No
25 wk 11TEN109921104+7.8Yes
25 wk 10JAX1571360188-2.1Yes
25 wk 9DEN117750148+4.1No
25 wk 7SEA104270102-6.5No
25 wk 5BAL5452164+5.2No
25 wk 4TEN6479071+3.4Yes
25 wk 3JAX1181041139+4.0Yes
25 wk 2TB9352188-4.0No