Cecil Collins (American football)

Infobox Gridiron football person
Name=Cecil Collins
Position=RB
number=34
College=LSU
McNeese State
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1976|11|9
Birthplace=Fort Knox, Kentucky
Height_ft=5
Height_in=10
Weight_lbs=207
NFLDraftedYear=1999
NFLDraftedRound=5
NFLDraftedPick=134
playing_years=1999
playing_teams=Miami Dolphins
DatabaseFootball=COLLICEC01

Cecil Collins (born November 19, 1976 in Fort Knox, Kentucky) is a former American football running back for the Miami Dolphins of the NFL. He is currently incarcerated in the Hendry Correctional Facility, a Florida prison.

Collins attended Leesville High School and amassed 7,833 yards over his high school football career.

He began college at LSU and in only four games, compiled 596 yards in his first season there before breaking his leg versus Vanderbilt. He was kicked off of LSU after being twice arrested for illegally entering dwellings of coeds and cuddling with the girls while they were asleep. He said he was sleepwalking and had no recollection of the entering the girls' rooms. He made a second attempt at college football at McNeese State University but spent time in prison due to a failed drug screen.

Collins was selected as the first pick in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL draft by the Dolphins out of McNeese State University by then coach-general manager Jimmy Johnson. Johnson explained that he believed Collins had only been sleepwalking. He appeared in eight games in the 1999 season, accumulating 414 yards and two touchdowns.

On December 16, 1999, Collins committed burglary in an apartment complex. He admits he broke into the home of a married woman that he knew from the gym, but said he only wanted to watch her sleep and maybe cuddle. After conviction on the charge, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. His current release date is in 2014. Upon release, he may face incarceration in Louisiana due to his prior conduct there.

External links

* [http://www.dc.state.fl.us/ActiveInmates/detail.asp?Bookmark=1&From=list&SessionID=247635080 Florida Department of Corrections]
* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/CollCe00.htm Collins statistics]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_14_223/ai_54343147 Past imperfect]
* [http://archive.sportingnews.com/nfl/articles/20020720/416836-p.html Behind bars, Cecil the Diesel remains upbeat]
* [http://video.aol.com/video-detail/exclusive-cecil-collins-jailhouse-interview/4023563254 2006 Jailhouse TV Interview]