Player Career

Mike Collins Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Mike Collins story

Mike Collins built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a quarterback from New Canaan, CT wearing No. 4, spending time with Rice and TCU. The clearest part of Mike Collins' career was his passing role: 1,909 passing yards, 16 touchdown passes, 231 attempts, and 95 rushing yards across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with TCU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 95 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rice and TCU.

The arc is straightforward: Mike Collins moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    TCU

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Rice

    2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonTCU0
2018 Regular SeasonTCU1,16968.318.51,169
2019 Regular SeasonTCU5876.32.1-1,111
2020 Regular SeasonRice77760.924.6719

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ North Texas

Week 12 · L 17-27 · Conference game

Loss with 289 yards of offense and 61.9 efficiency.

289

Total Offense

82.8 takeover

289 total offense with 61.9 efficiency.

#2

@ Kansas

Week 9 · L 26-27 · Conference game

384

Total Offense

75.6 takeover

Loss with 384 yards of offense and 69.8 efficiency.

384 total offense with 69.8 efficiency.

#3

@ West Virginia

Week 11 · L 10-47 · Conference game

219

Total Offense

69.9 takeover

Loss with 219 yards of offense and 52.7 efficiency.

219 total offense with 52.7 efficiency.

#4

vs Kansas

Week 5 · W 51-14 · Conference game

31

Total Offense

67.9 takeover

Win with 31 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.

31 total offense with 100 efficiency.

#5

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 8 · L 34-40 · Conference game

254

Total Offense

62.3 takeover

Loss with 254 yards of offense and 52.7 efficiency.

254 total offense with 52.7 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Rice

777 primary output · 60.9 efficiency · 24.6 usage

69.6

#2

2018 Regular Season · TCU

65

1,169 primary · 68.3 efficiency · 18.5 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · TCU

45.9

58 primary · 76.3 efficiency · 2.1 usage

Milestones

2

250+ passing yards

1

300+ total offense

3

3+ TD games

7

Above avg efficiency