Houston Texans · WR · 5 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Michigan (2021 Round 3, Pick 89)

Nico Collins

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69.8

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #23 of 99 qualified WRs

Rec / Targets: 24/3522.4% target share
Receiving yards: 32913.7 YPR
Receiving TD: 365.8 yds/G
Snap share: 70%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.57435 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 57.1%Play-by-play positive EPA

Nico Collins among the 99 qualified receivers: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Smith-Njigba97.0
Lamb93.7
Olave90.5
St. Brown90.3
Higgins88.5
McMillan88.2
London87.9
Nabers87.3
Wilson85.2
Collins#2369.8

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 99 qualified WRs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game20% weight · Raw +0.537 → Shrunk +1.780

80thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.425 → Shrunk +1.456

82thpercentile

Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 9.40 → Shrunk 53.71

75thpercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed6% weight · Raw 12.77 → Shrunk 75.67

74thpercentile

Offensive snaps per team game, regressed10% weight · Raw 0.77 → Shrunk 25.53

16thpercentile

Target share30% weight · Raw 22.4% → Shrunk 20.8%

73thpercentile

First-down rate, regressed8% weight · Raw 42.9% → Shrunk 39.0%

70thpercentile

20+ yard target rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 17.1% → Shrunk 12.7%

82thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Nico Collins. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rush yds
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	vs BUF	L 31-36	7	10	75	1	7
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs DAL	L 30-34	7	8	118	2	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ TEN	W 26-3	5	7	56	0	0
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ JAX	W 34-31	3	5	74	0	5
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs NYG	L 21-27	2	5	6	0	0

College to the NFL: Michigan to Houston Texans

Verified identity bridge linking Nico Collins's college regular-season yards at Michigan to official NFL game lines.

Michigan (College yards)

122017

5522018

6812019

8989th pick
2021 Draft

HOU (NFL yards)

4462021

4812022

1,2972023

1,0062024

1,1172025

3292026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 6 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2021	HOU	14	0	0	0	33/60	446	1
2022	HOU	10	0	0	0	37/66	481	2
2023	HOU	15	1	7	0	80/109	1,297	8
2024	HOU	12	0	0	0	68/99	1,006	7
2025	HOU	15	2	15	1	71/120	1,117	6
2026 (so far)	HOU	5	2	12	0	24/35	329	3

Compare Nico Collins with top receivers

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Nico Collins vs. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)Score 69.8 vs. 97.0 Nico Collins vs. CeeDee Lamb (DAL)Score 69.8 vs. 93.7 Nico Collins vs. Chris Olave (NO)Score 69.8 vs. 90.5 Nico Collins vs. Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET)Score 69.8 vs. 90.3 Nico Collins vs. Tee Higgins (CIN)Score 69.8 vs. 88.5 Nico Collins vs. Tetairoa McMillan (CAR)Score 69.8 vs. 88.2