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Nico Collins

Nico Collins is a wide receiver for the Houston Texans. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Nico Collins: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Nico Collins at a glance

Nico Collins is a 27-year-old wide receiver for the Houston Texans, listed at 6'4" and 222 pounds. The Houston Texans drafted Collins 89th overall in the third round in 2021, out of Michigan, and 2026 is Collins's 6th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Collins for 232.4 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR8 at the position and works out to 15.8 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 1 game of 2026, Collins has scored 21.2 PPR points, or 21.2 per game. That is 9.1% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Collins would finish with about 360 points, ahead of the 232.4 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 21.2 points in Week 1 against BUF, the WR8 finish that week. Collins has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 1 of 1 game, a 100% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Collins ranks in the 87th percentile in target share, the 77th percentile in receiving TDs and the 57th percentile in receptions. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 1st percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Collins has finished as WR87 in 2021, WR77 in 2022, WR12 in 2023, WR23 in 2024 and WR8 in 2025. Two of those 5 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 260.4 PPR points in 2023. Across 67 regular-season games on record, the totals read 296 receptions, 4,422 receiving yards and 25 receiving touchdowns.

Nico Collins by the numbers

Collins has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 10 times and finished in the top twelve 15 times. The career high is 35.8 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2023 against PIT. The game log also shows 4 games of 30 or more PPR points and 12 100-yard receiving games. In all, Collins has reached 20 points in 14 games, 21% of career appearances.

Contract

Collins is playing on a two-year, $60 million contract signed with the Houston Texans in 2026, an average of $30 million per year with $57 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
232.4
PPR / game
15.8

Week 1 projection

Nico Collins is projected for 16.2 PPR points at home against BUF in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 37.2.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 1.6 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
76.7
Dynasty
68.6
Superflex redraft
76.6
Superflex dynasty
74.1
TE premium dynasty
41.3

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026HOU11077511721.2
2025HOU15120711,1176215226.2
2024HOU1299681,006700210.6
2023HOU15109801,297817260.4
2022HOU10663748120097.1
2021HOU14603344610083.6

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