Quarterback, Penn State, 1991–94
Kerry Collins
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Kerry Collins played quarterback at Penn State (1991–94). He won the 1994 Davey O’Brien Award and the 1994 Maxwell Award. He finished fourth in the 1994 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1994. The Carolina Panthers took Collins in the first round, No. 5 overall in the 1995 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2018.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 2018College Football Hall of Fame
- 1994Davey O’Brien Award
- 1994Maxwell Award
- 1994Kellen Moore Award
- 1994Sammy Baugh Trophy
- 1994Consensus All‑American
- 1994Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
- 1994Chicago Tribune Silver Football
- 1994First-team All-Big Ten
- 1994National leader in passer rating (172.9)
- 1994Fourth in the Heisman vote
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 1994
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Passing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | |
| 1991 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 204.7 |
| 1992 | 64 | 137 | 46.7 | 925 | 4 | 2 | 110.1 |
| 1993 | 127 | 250 | 50.8 | 1,605 | 13 | 11 | 113.1 |
| 1994 | 176 | 264 | 66.7 | 2,679 | 21 | 7 | 172.9 |
| Career | 370 | 657 | 5,304 | 39 | 21 | ||
From the college statistics table in Collins’s Wikipedia article (Kerry Collins, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 1995 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′5″ |
| Weight | 240 lb |
| Arm length | 32¾″ |
| Hand size | 10″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.90 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 2 (1996, 2008)
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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