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Nico Collins

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

Scouting report

Nico Collins: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 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 4 games of 2026, Collins has scored 73.5 PPR points, or 18.4 per game. That is 31.6% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Collins would finish with about 312 points, ahead of the 232.4 projected. The best week so far is 30.8 points in Week 4 against DAL, the WR3 finish that week. Collins has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 2 of 4 games, a 50% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Collins ranks in the 87th percentile in yards per target, the 84th percentile in receiving TDs and the 79th percentile in target share. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 4th 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 70 regular-season games on record, the totals read 311 receptions, 4,670 receiving yards and 27 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 11 times and finished in the top twelve 16 times. The career high is 35.8 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2023 against PIT. The game log also shows 5 games of 30 or more PPR points and 13 100-yard receiving games. In all, Collins has reached 20 points in 15 games, 21% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Collins drew 8.3 targets per game at an average depth of 12.6 air yards. 40% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 3 targets came in the red zone.

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
2026HOU43022323321273.5
2025HOU15120711,1176215226.2
2024HOU1299681,006700210.6
2023HOU15109801,297817260.4
2022HOU10663748120097.1
2021HOU14603344610083.6

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