Mo Collins (American football)

Mo Collins (American football)
Mo Collins
No. 79     
Offensive tackle, offensive guard
Personal information
Date of birth: September 22, 1976 (1976-09-22) (age 35)
Place of birth: Charlotte, North Carolina
High School: West Charlotte High School
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Weight: 325 lb (147 kg)
Career information
College: University of Florida
NFL Draft: 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23
Debuted in 1998 for the Oakland Raiders
Last played in 2003 for the Oakland Raiders
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Games played     71
Games started     64
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Damon Jamal "Mo" Collins (born September 22, 1976) is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s. Collins played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Oakland Raiders of the NFL.

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Early years

Collins was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1976.[1] He attended West Charlotte High School in Charlotte,[2] and he played high school football for the West Charlotte Lions. Collins was a key member of the Lions' North Carolina 4A state championship team in 1993. The Charlotte Observer ranked him as one of the top five high school football players in the state of North Carolina in 1993.

College career

Collins received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1995 to 1997.[3] As a true freshman in 1994, Collins suffered a foot injury and was redshirted by the Gators coaching staff, but became a full-time starter the following season.[3] Collins was a member of the 1995 Gators team that went 12–0 in the regular season and played the Nebraska Cornhuskers for the Bowl Alliance national title in the Fiesta Bowl, and the 1996 Gators team that defeated the Florida State Seminoles 52–20 to win the Bowl Alliance national championship in the Sugar Bowl. After his junior year in 1997, Collins decided to forgo his final year of NCAA eligibility and enter the NFL Draft.

Collins graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport sciences in 1998.

Professional career

The Oakland Raiders selected Collins in the first round (twenty-third pick overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft,[4] and he played for the Raiders from 1998 to 2003.[5] In his six NFL seasons, Collins appeared in seventy-one regular season games and started in sixty-four of them.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Mo Collins. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
  2. ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Mo Collins. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
  3. ^ a b 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 42, 99, 180 (2011). Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  4. ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, 1998 National Football League Draft. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
  5. ^ National Football League, Historical Players, Mo Collins. Retrieved July 22, 2010.

Bibliography

  • Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0794822983.
  • Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
  • Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). ISBN 1-58261-514-4.
  • McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). ISBN 978-0-7385-0559-6.
  • Nash, Noel, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). ISBN 1-57167-196x.

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