Nico Collins holds the LWR · Starter spot in Houston Texans’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Nico Collins played 16 games in 2025 with a 76% snap share.

Nico Collins is a 6'4", 222-pound left wide receiver for the Houston Texans selected 89th overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. The Michigan product played three seasons for the Wolverines (2017-19) before opting out in 2020, recording 78 receptions for 1,388 yards and 13 touchdowns. In his rookie 2021 season, Collins appeared in 14 games with eight starts, catching 33 passes for 446 yards and one touchdown. He missed most of 2022 after appearing in 10 games with 37 receptions for 481 yards and two touchdowns. In 2023, Collins played in 15 games with 10 starts, posting 80 receptions for 1,297 yards and eight touchdowns—his first season surpassing 1,000 receiving yards. Through five seasons, he has 150 career receptions for 2,224 yards and 11 touchdowns across 39 games started.

Michigan2017 – 2020

Texans2021 — present

CollegeMichiganDraftRound 3 · No. 89 overall · 2021 · HOUHometownBirmingham, AL