The Green Bay Packers got some major news regarding Nick Collins, one of the best safeties to ever play for the organization. While his career was cut short due to injuries, in his six full years he was a three-time pro bowler, three time all-pro, led the league in pick-sixes in 2008, and played a huge role in Green Bay winning Super Bowl XLV.
On Wednesday, the NFL released some big news regarding the legendary safety.
Breaking: Packers Legend Nick Collins Receives Huge News From The NFL
According to Matt Schneidman of The Athletic:
Former Packers safeties Nick Collins and Morgan Burnett are among the 15 coaches on Green Bay’s staff this spring as part of the NFL’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship.
Per NFL.com:
The program’s objective is to use NFL clubs’ training camps, offseason workout programs and minicamps to give talented coaches opportunities to:
- Observe
- Participate
- Gain experience
- Ultimately gain a full-time NFL coaching position
Designed as a vocational tool to increase the number of full-time NFL minority coaches, all 32 NFL clubs participate each year. Specific aspects of the program — including hiring, compensation and coaching duties — are administered on a club-by-club basis. The NFL does not mandate any elements of the fellowship to the clubs, but it recommends several best practices, including:
- Hiring participants for the duration of training camp, including all pre-season games.
- Encouraging clubs to hire at least two fellows with an offensive coaching background.
- Mentoring participants in the form of continuing and constructive feedback regarding their work while with the club.
Here is a look at Nick Collins’ career stats:
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | IntTD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | FRTD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty | AV | Awards |
| 2005 | 22 | GNB | NFL | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 86 | 66 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 2006 | 23 | GNB | NFL | FS | 16 | 16 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 82 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 24 | GNB | NFL | FS | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 25 | GNB | NFL | FS | 16 | 16 | 7 | 295 | 3 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | PB,AP-2 |
| 2009 | 26 | GNB | NFL | FS | 16 | 16 | 6 | 110 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 53 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | PB,AP-2 |
| 2010 | 27 | GNB | NFL | FS | 16 | 16 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0.0 | 70 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | PB,AP-2 |
| 2011 | 28 | GNB | NFL | DB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 Yrs | 95 | 95 | 21 | 507 | 4 | 62 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 1.0 | 421 | 345 | 76 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 53 | |||||
| 17 Game Avg | 17 | 17 | 4 | 91 | 1 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.2 | 75 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
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